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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-November 2012

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

    As of the 1st December of 2012 Ukraine's population was estimated at 45560,3 thsd. persons. During January-November 2012 the population decreased by 73,4 thsd. people, that amounted to 1,8 persons per 1000 population. At the same time a natural increase of the population was registered in twelve regions of Ukraine: the city of Kyiv,Zakarpattya,Odesa, Rivne,Chernivtsi, Volyn,Kyiv, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ivano-Frankivs'k, Kharkiv and Lviv (from 10,6-0,1 persons per 1000 population).

    The population decline by was exclusively due to natural decrease –125,0 thsd. persons, at the same time the migration gain – 51,6 thsd. persons was registered.

    In comparison with January-November of 2011 the volume of a natural decrease reduced by 24,1 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, Zakarpattya,Rivne, Volyn, Chernivtsi and Ivano-Frankivs'k regions a natural increase of the population (5847, 4089, 3955, 1727, 453 and 432 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-November 2012 in % versus January-November 2011 Per 1000 persons 1
January-November 2012 January-November 2011 January-November 2012 January-November 2011
Live births 481,6 460,5 104,6 11,5 11,0
incl. dead births 29962 29232 102,5 6,23 6,33
Deaths 606,6 609,6 99,5 14,5 14,6
incl. infants under 1 year of age 40682 41192 98,8 8,64 9,14
Natural decrease 125,0 149,1 83,9 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 11,0 persons per 1000 population in January-November of 2011 to 11.5 in January-November of 2012.

     There was a significant difference in the birth rate between Ukraine's regions: from 9,5‰ in Chernihiv region to 16,1 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, Kharkiv, Poltava, Cherkasy
10,5-11,4 Zaporizhzhya, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovs`k , Vinnytsya, Khmel`nyts`kyyi
11,5-12,4 Ternopil, Mykolayiv, Kherson, L`viv, Sevastopol` (city council), the city of Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Kyiv
12,5-13,4 Ivano-Frankivs`k, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Odesa, Chernivtsi
Over 13,4 Volyn`, Zakarpattya, Rivne

     The death rate decreased from - 14,6‰. January-November of 2011 and - 14,5‰. - in January-November 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, L`viv, Rivne, Chernivtsi, Volyn
13,6-14,5 Autonomous Republic of Crimea,Ternopil, Sevastopol` (city council), Odesa
14,6-15,5 Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Mykolayiv, Kherson, Vinnytsya, Khmel`nyts`kyyi, Dnipropetrovs`k
Over 15,5 Kyiv, Donets`k, Cherkasy, Luhans`k, Sumy, Poltava, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Chernihiv

    In January-November 2012 there were registered 2996 cases of dead births, that is by 73 cases more compared to the corresponding period of the preceding year. The number of infant deaths under 1 year of age decreased from 9,1 to 8,6 cases (per 1000 live births) and constituted 4068 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 (4,3%) whose death cause was not determined by medical personnel.

  Persons In % to the total Per 100 thsd. people1
January-November 2012 January-November 2011 January-November 2012 January-November 2011 January-November 2012 January-November 2011
Total deaths 606633 609569 100,0 100,0 1453,5 1457,3
among them from
diseases of blood circulatory system
398719 403913 65,7 66,3 955,4 965,6
malignant neoplasms or cancer 85167 81528 14,0 13,4 204,1 194,9
external causes 37646 38227 6,2 6,3 90,2 91,4
among them from
lethal traffic accidents
5493 5174 0,9 0,8 13,2 12,4
accidental drownings and submersions 2632 2478 0,4 0,4 6,3 5,9
accidental poisonings and effects of alcohol 3590 3528 0,6 0,6 8,6 8,4
intentional self-harm 8530 8277 1,4 1,4 20,4 19,8
consequences of an attack with the intention of murder or injury 2120 2314 0,3 0,4 5,1 5,5
diseases of the digestive system 25261 23040 4,2 3,8 60,5 55,1
diseases of the respiratory system 15431 16365 2,5 2,7 37,0 39,1

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

Information of migration flows is given in the table below:
  Total, thsd. January-November 2012
in % versus
January-November 2011
Per 1000 persons1
January-November 2012 January-November 2011 January-November 2012 January-November 2011
All migration flows
arrivals 670,6 617,4 108,6 160,7 147,6
departures 619,0 602,4 102,7 148,3 144,0
migration increase (decrease) 51,6 15,0 345,4 12,4 3,6
Internal migration
arrivals 605,8 589,1 102,8 145,1 140,8
departures 605,8 589,1 102,8 145,1 140,8
migration increase (decrease) õ õ õ õ õ
External migration
arrivals 64,8 28,3 229,3 15,6 6,8
departures 13,2 13,3 99,1 3,2 3,2
migration increase (decrease) 51,6 15,0 345,4 12,4 3,6

Among those who arrived in Ukraine during January-November of 2012 the immigrants from the CIS countries constituted 52,3 %, from other countries - 47,7 % %. Among those who left Ukraine 44,4% moved to the CIS countries and 55,6% - to other countries.


 
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