How does COVID-19 affect mortality in Ukraine?
According to the State Statistics Office of Ukraine, about 1,000 people died from respiratory diseases monthly before quarantine, including 500 from ARVI and pneumonia.
| Month | January 2019 | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | January 2020 | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | January 2021 | February | March | April | May | June | July |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of deaths | 62,196 | 47,891 | 49,177 | 47,879 | 53,791 | 43,396 | 47,930 | 42,359 | 41,914 | 50,245 | 46,986 | 47,350 | 53,610 | 47,128 | 48,326 | 46,223 | 44,680 | 47,043 | 47,297 | 44,008 | 48,372 | 59,047 | 63,438 | 67,663 | 57,721 | 51,391 | 64,938 | 68,621 | 57,293 | 49,077 | 46,851 |
| Flu and pneumonia | 908 | 517 | 535 | 502 | 542 | 396 | 483 | 418 | 400 | 579 | 514 | 458 | 621 | 705 | 648 | 384 | 341 | 379 | 419 | 529 | 794 | 1,998 | 2,244 | 2,296 | 1,499 | 1,117 | 1,762 | 2,313 | 1,561 | 952 | 751 |
| COVID-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 243 | 411 | 449 | 525 | 928 | 1,735 | 405 | 6,184 | 6,175 | 3,922 | 3,014 | 8,104 | 12,545 | 6,327 | 1,762 | 599 |
According to statistics, the presence of the COVID-19 has significantly affected the death rate dynamics. According to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, 20,709 Ukrainians died from COVID-19 in 2020. Compared to previous years, the number of deaths from respiratory diseases increased by 34%: 16,705 people in 2020 compared to 12,488 in 2019.
On average, 2,070 people per month died from COVID-19 in Ukraine in 2020. Respiratory diseases claimed the lives of 1,392 people every month.
In 2020, COVID-19 became the third most common cause of death in Ukraine. Oncology takes second place (10.7%). The most common cause is cardiovascular diseases (66.1%).
| Cardiovascular diseases | 37,618 | 66.1% |
|---|---|---|
| Oncologic diseases | 6,112 | 10.7% |
| COVID-19 | 3,922 | 6.9% |
| Fatal accidents | 2,526 | 4.4% |
| Digestive tract diseases | 2,220 | 3.9% |
| Respiratory diseases | 1,953 | 3.4% |
| Symptoms, signs, and deviations discovered during clinical and laboratory assessments (outside other categories) | 1,711 | 3.0% |
| Nervous diseases | 352 | 0.6% |
| Tuberculosis | 247 | 0.4% |
| Genitourinary system diseases | 233 | 0.4% |
In 2020, the country experienced the lowest birth rate for the last ten years: it amounted to 293,457 people, while the death rate reached 616,835 people. According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, the birth and death data shows depopulation: the population of Ukraine has shrunk by 2,257,309 people in 10 years.
Mortality data is a crucial tool for decision-makers on the national and community level. Unfortunately, the data from the State Statistics Service of Ukraine is still almost two months behind, so we cannot realistically estimate the mortality rate in Ukraine right now.