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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-October 2012

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

    As of the 1st November of 2012 Ukraine's population was estimated at 45560,3 thsd. persons. During January-October 2012 the population decreased by 73,4 thsd. people, that amounted to 1,9 persons per 1000 population. At the same time a natural increase of the population was registered in ten regions of Ukraine: Sevastopol, the city of Kyiv, Rivne, Zakarpattya, Kyiv, Volyn, Ivano-Frankivs'k, Chernivtsi, Odesa and Autonomous Republic of Crimea (from 7,7-0,7 persons per 1000 population).

    The population decline by was exclusively due to natural decrease –113,5 thsd. persons, at the same time the migration gain – 40,1 thsd. persons was registered.

    In comparison with January-October of 2011 the volume of a natural decrease reduced by 23,2 thsd. persons, or from 3,6 to3,0 persons per 1000 population. A natural decrease of the population was registered in the 21 Ukraine`s regions, but only in the city of Kyiv, Rivne, Zakarpattya, Volyn, Ivano-Frankivs'k and Chernivtsi regions a natural increase of the population (5306, 3689, 3660, 1619, 574 and 410 persons) was registered.

       A significant surplus of the number of deaths over the number of live birth remains: 100 deaths per 79 live births.

  Total, thsd. January-October 2012 in % versus January-October 2011 Per 1000 persons 1
January-October 2012 January-October 2011 January-October 2012 January-October 2011
Live births 438,6 416,2 105,4 11,5 10,9
incl. dead births 27552,02 26562,02 103,7 6,23 6,33
Deaths 552,1 552,9 99,9 14,5 14,5
incl. infants under 1 year of age 37122,02 37852,02 98,1 8,74 9,24
Natural decrease 113,5 136,7 83,1 3,0 3,6

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 10,9 persons per 1000 population in January-October of 2011 to 11.5 in January-October of 2012.

     There was a significant difference in the birth rate between Ukraine's regions: from 9,5‰ in Chernihiv region to 16,2 in Rivne region that reflect the data in the table below.

Birth rate per 1000 persons1, ‰ Regions with corresponding birth rate
11,5 Ukraine
Up to 10,5 Chernihiv, Luhans`k, Sumy, Donets`k, Poltava, Kharkiv, Cherkasy
10,5-11,4 Zaporizhzhya, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovs`k , Vinnytsya, Khmel`nyts`kyyi
11,5-12,4 Ternopil, Mykolayiv, Kherson, ,Sevastopol` (city council), the city of Kyiv, L`viv, Zhytomyr, Kyiv
12,5-13,4 Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ivano-Frankivs`k, Odesa, Chernivtsi
Over 13,4 Zakarpattya, Volyn`, Rivne

     The death rate decreased from - 14,5‰. January-October of 2011 and - 14,5‰. - in January-October of 2012. The heighest death rate was registered in Chernihiv region (18,6‰), the lowest - in the city of Kyiv (9,8‰).

Death rate per 1000 persons1, ‰ Regions with corresponding death rate
14,5 Ukraine
Up to13,6 the city of Kyiv, Zakarpattya, Ivano-Frankivs`k, Rivne, L`viv, Volyn, Chernivtsi
13,6-14,5 Ternopil, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Odesa, Sevastopol` (city council)
14,6-15,5 Kharkiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhya, Mykolayiv, Khmel`nyts`kyyi, Vinnytsya, Dnipropetrovs`k,
15,6-16,5 Kyiv, Donets`k, Cherkasy, Luhans`k, Sumy, Poltava, Zhytomyr
Over 16,5 Kirovohrad, Chernihiv

    In January-October 2012 there were registered 2755 cases of dead births, that is by 99 cases more compared to the corresponding period of the preceding year. The number of infant deaths under 1 year of age decreased from 9,2 to 8,7 cases (per 1000 live births) and constituted 3712 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 (4,4%) whose death cause was not determined by medical personnel.

  Persons In % to the total Per 100 thsd. people1
January-October 2012 January-October 2011 January-October 2012 January-October 2011 January-October 2012 January-October 2011
Total deaths 552149 552845 100,0 100,0 1453,1 1451,9
among them from
diseases of blood circulatory system
363140 366324 65,8 66,3 955,7 962,1
malignant neoplasms or cancer 77417 73973 14,0 13,4 203,7 194,3
external causes 34163 34509 6,2 6,2 89,9 90,6
among them from
lethal traffic accidents
4870 4550 0,9 0,8 12,8 11,9
accidental drownings and submersions 2497 2368 0,5 0,4 6,6 6,2
accidental poisonings and effects of alcohol 3174 3089 0,6 0,6 8,4 8,1
intentional self-harm 7884 7650 1,4 1,4 20,7 20,1
consequences of an attack with the intention of murder or injury 1909 2115 0,3 0,4 5,0 5,6
diseases of the digestive system 22758 20724 4,1 3,7 59,9 54,4
diseases of the respiratory system 14039 14844 2,5 2,7 36,9 39,0

    In January-October 2012 in 15regions there was an increase of migration and in 12- decrease of migration was observed.

Information of migration flows is given in the table below:
  Total, thsd. January-October 2012
in % versus
January-October 2011
Per 1000 persons1
January-October 2012 January-October 2011 January-October 2012 January-October 2011
All migration flows
arrivals 599,7 554,9 108,1 157,8 145,7
departures 559,6 541,6 103,3 147,2 142,2
migration increase (decrease) 40,1 13,3 301,6 10,6 3,5
Internal migration
arrivals 547,6 529,6 103,4 144,1 139,1
departures 547,6 529,6 103,4 144,1 139,1
migration increase (decrease) õ õ õ õ õ
External migration
arrivals 52,1 25,3 205,5 13,7 6,6
departures 12 12 99,3 3,1 3,1
migration increase (decrease) 40,1 13,3 301,6 10,6 3,5

Among those who arrived in Ukraine during January-October of 2012 the immigrants from the CIS countries constituted 53,6 %, from other countries - 46,4% %. Among those who left Ukraine 43,7 % moved to the CIS countries and 56,3% - to other countries.


 
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