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Mortality
Key indicators
Short description of trends and patterns in this theme.
Infant mortality rate
Number of deaths
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Number of births, deaths and marriages in February 2020
In February 2020, 1 304 newborn were registered in civil status registry offices, which is 6 % less than in the same month of the previous year.
Number of births, deaths and marriages in January 2020
Over the past four years, birth number is declining, however during the year there are months when greater birth number is registered. In January 2020, 1.6 thousand newborn were registered, which is 5 % more than in the corresponding month a year ago.
18.6 thousand children were born in 2019
In Latvia, birth number has been declining for four years in a row. 18 589 births were registered in 2019, which is 725 births fewer than in 2018.
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Statistics on causes of death
The Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Latvia compiles statistics on the causes of death.
EU data on mortality
The number of deaths are available by characteristics of the deceased (for example citizenship, country of birth, region of residence etc.)
Information on infant mortality (both at national and at regional levels) and late foetal deaths (at national level) is also available.
EU statistics on causes of death
Statistics on causes of death (COD) provide information on mortality patterns and form a major element of public health information.
COD data refer to the underlying cause which - according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) - is "the disease or injury which initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to death, or the circumstances of the accident or violence which produced the fatal injury".