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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-July 2012

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

    As of the 1st August of 2012 Ukraine's population was estimated at 45560,3 thsd. persons. During January-July 2012 the population decreased by 73,4 thsd. people, that amounted to 2,8 persons per 1000 population. At the same time a natural increase of the population was registered in seven regions of Ukraine: Kyiv, Volyn, Rivne, Zakarpattya, Ivano-Frankivs'k and Sevastopol (from 3,4-0,7 persons per 1000 population).

    The population decline by was exclusively due to natural decrease –97,3 thsd. persons, at the same time the migration gain – 23,9 thsd. persons was registered.

    In comparison with January-July of 2011 the volume of a natural decrease reduced by 21,0 thsd. persons, or from 4,5 to 3,7 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 (2878, 1986, 1581 and 667 persons) was registered.

        A natural movement of the population in January-July 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 75 live births.

  Total, thsd. January-July 2012 in % versus January-July 2011 Per 1000 persons 1
January-July 2012 January-July 2011 January-July 2012 January-July 2011
Live births 298,3 279,3 106,8 11,2 10,5
incl. dead births 19142 17902 106,9 6,43 6,43
Deaths 395,6 397,5 99,5 14,9 15,0
incl. infants under 1 year of age 25462 25752 98,9 8,64 8,94
Natural decrease 97,3 118,3 82,3 3,7 4,5

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

 

     At the same time the birth rate increase of from 10,5 persons per 1000 population in January-July of 2011 to 11.2 in January-July of 2012.

There was a significant difference in the birth rate between Ukraine's regions: from 9,3‰ in Chernihiv region to 15,7 in Rivne region that reflect the data in the table below.

Birth rate per 1000 persons1, ‰ Regions with corresponding birth rate
11,2 Ukraine
Up to 10,2 Chernihiv, Luhans`k, Donets`k, Sumy,Cherkasy, Kharkiv, Poltava
10,2-11,1 Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovs`k , Kirovohrad,
11,2-12,1 Vinnytsya, , Ternopil, Mykolayiv,Khmel`nyts`kyyi,Kherson, ,L`viv, Sevastopol` (city council), the city of Kyiv, Autonomous Republic of Crimea
12,2-13,1 Zhytomyr, Ivano-Frankivs`k, Odesa, Chernivtsi, Kyiv,
Over 13,1 Zakarpattya, Volyn`, Rivne

The death rate decreased from 15,0 ‰ in January-July of 2011 to 14,9 - in January-July of 2012. The heighest death rate was registered in Chernihiv region (18,9‰), the lowest - in the city of Kyiv (10,0‰).

 

Death rate per 1000 persons1, ‰ Regions with corresponding death rate
14,9 Ukraine
Up to 13,9 the city of Kyiv, Zakarpattya, Ivano-Frankivs`k, L`viv, Rivne, Volyn, Chernivtsi,
13,9–14,8 Ternopil, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Odesa, Sevastopol` (city council)
14,9-15,8 Mykolayiv, Khmel`nyts`kyyi, Vinnytsya, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Kherson,
15,9-16,8 Dnipropetrovs`k, Kyiv, Donets`k, Cherkasy, Luhans`k, Sumy, Poltava, Zhytomyr
Over 16,8 Kirovohrad, Chernihiv

       In January-July 2012 there were registered 1914 cases of dead births, that is by 124 cases more compared to the corresponding period of the preceding year. The number of infant deaths under 1 year of age decreased from 8,9 to 8,6 cases and constituted 2546 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 (4,1%) whose death cause was not determined by medical personnel.
  Persons In % to the total Per 100 thsd. people1
January-July 2012 January-July 2011 January-July 2012 January-July 2011 January-July 2012 January-July 2011
Total deaths 395628 397533 100,0 100,0 1490,9 1496,9
among them from
diseases of blood circulatory system
262433 266266 66,3 67,0 989,0 1002,6
malignant neoplasms or cancer 54289 51241 13,7 12,9 204,6 192,9
external causes 24155 24311 6,1 6,1 91,0 91,5
among them from
lethal traffic accidents
3022 2689 0,8 0,7 11,4 10,1
accidental drownings and submersions 1853 1683 0,5 0,4 7,0 6,3
accidental poisonings and effects of alcohol 2351 2297 0,6 0,6 8,9 8,6
intentional self-harm 5521 5414 1,4 1,4 20,8 20,4
consequences of an attack with the intention of murder or injury 1355 1468 0,3 0,4 5,1 5,5
diseases of the digestive system 15751 14343 4,0 3,6 59,4 54,0
diseases of the respiratory system 10016 10880 2,5 2,7 37,7 41,0

    In January-July 2012 in 23 regions there was an increase of migration and in 4 - decrease of migration was observed.

Information of migration flows is given in the table below:
  Total, thsd. January-July 2012
in % versus
January-July 2011
Per 1000 persons1
January-July 2012 January-July 2011 January-July 2012 January-July 2011
All migration flows
arrivals 352,4 328,7 107,2 132,8 123,8
departures 328,5 318,9 103,0 123,8 120,1
migration increase (decrease) 23,9 9,8 244,8 9,0 3,7
Internal migration
arrivals 321,0 311,0 103,2 121,0 117,1
departures 321,0 311,0 103,2 121,0 117,1
migration increase (decrease) õ õ õ õ õ
External migration
arrivals 31,4 17,7 177,7 11,8 6,7
departures 7,5 7,9 94,8 2,8 3,0
migration increase (decrease) 23,9 9,8 244,8 9,0 3,7

Among those who arrived in Ukraine during January-July of 2012 the immigrants from the CIS countries constituted 54,1%, from other countries - 45,9%. Among those who left Ukraine 44,2 % moved to the CIS countries and 55,8% - to other countries


 
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