Statistics by theme
Mortality
Key indicators
Short description of trends and patterns in this theme.
Infant mortality rate
Number of deaths
Statistical tables
Database is an online tool to select, view and download statistical tables.
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The collection of statistics includes information on the population number and changes thereof, as well as gender, age and ethnic composition of population, demographic burden, number of marriages and divorces, fertility, mortality, long-term migration, and citizenship. The key data are shown in dynamics.
14 thousand births recorded over the nine months of 2019
During the nine months of 2019, 14 130 births were registered, which is 550 children fewer than in the respective period of 2018.
The collection of statistics covers information on the number of children births and deaths, as well as age composition, state of health, education, social protection thereof, risk of material deprivation and monetary poverty in households with children, economic activity of children, use of information technologies, violence against children and children in conflict with law in 2018 and in comparison, with the previous years.
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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".