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 State Statistics Service of Ukraine
 Institute for Demography and Social Studies named after M.V. Ptukha of the NAS of Ukraine
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Demographic situation in Ukraine in January-May 2012

(from Reports "Socio-economic situation of Ukraine in January-June 2012)

    As of the 1st June of 2012 Ukraine's population was estimated at 45565,9 thsd. persons. During January-May l 2012 the population decreased by 67,7 thsd. people, that amounted to 3,6 persons per 1000 population. At the same time a natural increase of the population was registered in six regions of Ukraine: Zakarpattya,Volyn, Kyiv, Rivne, ñity of Kyiv and Sevastopol (from 2,5 to 1,4 persons per 1000 population).

    The population decline by was exclusively due to natural decrease –81,8 thsd. persons, at the same time the migration gain – 14,1 thsd. persons was registered.

    In comparison with January-May l of 2011 the volume of a natural decrease reduced by 16,6 thsd. persons, or from 5,2 to 4,3 persons per 1000 population. A natural decrease of the population was registered in the 23 Ukraine`s regions, but only in the city of Kyiv, Rivne, Zakarpattya, and Volyn regions a natural increase of the population (1387, 1079, 919 and 211 persons) was registered.

        A natural movement of the population in January-May l 2012 was characterized by the increase of birth and decrease death rates. .A significant surplus of the number of deaths over the number of live birth remains: 100 deaths per 72 live births.

  Total, thsd. January-May 2012 in % versus January-May 2011 Per 1000 persons 1
January-May 2012 January-May 2011 January-May 2012 January-May 2011
Live births 208,3 194,4 107,2 11,0 10,3
incl. dead births 13242 12242 108,2 6,33 6,33
Deaths 290,1 292,8 99,1 15,3 15,5
incl. infants under 1 year of age 18392 18112 101,5 8,74 8,84
Natural decrease –81,8 –98,4 83,1 –4,3 –5,2

1Here and further in the section the indicators are given per year, calculated per actual population.
2Persons (units)
3 Per 1000 live births and dead births
4 Per 1000 live births

 

       There was a significant difference in the birth rate between Ukraine's regions: from 9,2‰ in Chernihiv region to 15,3 in Rivne region that reflect the data in the table below.

Birth rate per 1000 persons1, ‰ Regions with corresponding birth rate
11,0 Ukraine
Up to 10,0 Chernihiv, Luhans`k, Donets`k, Sumy,Cherkasy, Kharkiv, Poltava,
10,0-10,9 Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovs`k , Kirovohrad, Ternopil
11,0-11,9 Vinnytsya, Mykolayiv,Khmel`nyts`kyyi,Kherson, ,L`viv, Sevastopol` (city council), Kyiv, the city of Kyiv, Autonomous Republic of Crimea,
12,0-12,9 Zhytomyr, vano-Frankivs`k, Odesa, Chernivtsi
Over 12,9 Zakarpattya, Volyn`, Rivne

The death rate decreased from 15,5 ‰ in January-May of 2011 to 15,3 - in January-May of 2012. The heighest death rate was registered in Chernihiv region (19,5‰), the lowest - in the city of Kyiv (10,2‰).

Death rate per 1000 persons1, ‰ Regions with corresponding death rate
15,3 Ukraine
Up to 14,4 the city of Kyiv, Zakarpattya, Ivano-Frankivs`k, L`viv, Rivne, Volyn, Chernivtsi,Sevastopol` (city council)
14,4–15,3 Ternopil, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Odesa, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Kherson
15,4-16,3 Mykolayiv, Khmel`nyts`kyyi, Vinnytsya, Dnipropetrovs`k
16,4-17,3 Kyiv, Cherkasy, Luhans`k, Donets`k,Sumy,Poltava
Over 17,3 Kirovohrad, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr



       In January-Mayl 2012 there were registered 1324 cases of dead births, that is by 100 cases more compared to the corresponding period of the preceding year. The number of infant deaths under 1 year of age deacreased by 6 cases and constituted 1839 persons.

     The leading causes of infant death under 1 year of age were: certain conditions arising in the perinatal period; congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (congenital abnormalities); external death causes; some infectious and parasitic diseases; diseases of the nervous system; diseases of the respiratory system. There remains a significant part of infants (4,2%) whose death cause was not determined by medical personnel.
  Persons In % to the total Per 100 thsd. people1
January-May 2012 January-May 2011 January-May 2012 January-May 2011 January-May 2012 January-Mayl 2011
Total deaths 290076 292756 100,0 100,0 1531,7 1547,4
among them from
diseases of blood circulatory system
194961 198036 67,2 67,6 1029,5 1046,7
malignant neoplasms or cancer 38313 36358 13,2 12,4 202,3 192,2
external causes 16942 17177 5,8 5,9 89,5 90,8
among them from
lethal traffic accidents
1946 1690 0,7 0,6 10,3 8,9
accidental drownings and submersions 657 635 0,2 0,2 3,5 3,4
accidental poisonings and effects of alcohol 1959 1904 0,7 0,7 10,3 10,1
intentional self-harm 3757 3621 1,3 1,2 19,8 19,1
consequences of an attack with the intention of murder or injury 992 1068 0,3 0,4 5,2 5,6
diseases of the digestive system 11425 10535 3,9 3,6 60,3 55,7
diseases of the respiratory system 7511 8230 2,6 2,8 39,7 43,5

    In January-May 2012 in 17 regions there was an increase of migration and in 10a decrease of migration was observed.

Information of migration flows is given in the table below:
  Total, thsd. January-May 2012
in % versus
January-May 2011
Per 1000 persons1
January-May 2012 January-May 2011 January-May 2012 January-May 2011
All migration flows
arrivals 218,8 208,8 104,8 115,5 110,4
departures 204,7 201,8 101,5 108,1 106,7
migration increase (decrease) 14,1 7,0 200,3 7,4 3,7
Internal migration
arrivals 199,9
196,3 101,8 105,5 103,8
departures 199,9 196,3 101,8 105,5 103,8
migration increase (decrease) õ õ õ õ õ
External migration
arrivals 18,9 12,5 151,7 10,0 6,6
departures 4,8 5,5 89,2 2,6 2,9
migration increase (decrease) 14,1 7,0 200,3 7,4 3,7
    Among those who arrived in Ukraine during January-May of 2012 the immigrants from the CIS countries constituted 60,1%, from other countries - 39,9%. Among those who left Ukraine 43,4 % moved to the CIS countries and 56,6% - to other countries

 
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