The population of Lithuania (edition 2021)

Infant mortality

 

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In 2020, 82 stillbirths were registered. Compared to 2019, the number of stillbirths decreased by 31 (27.4 per cent).

In 2020, 70 infant deaths were registered, i.e. by 20 (22.2 per cent) less than in 2019. The infant mortality rate (the number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births) decreased from 3.3 in 2019 to 2.7 in 2020.

In 2020, more than half (47, or 67.1 per cent) of all infant deaths were deaths in the neonatal period (infants aged 0–27 days). The number of such infant deaths per 1,000 live births stood at 1.9.

In 2020, according to the data of the Health Information Centre of the Institute of Hygiene, the most frequent causes of infant deaths were diseases of the perinatal period – 30 (42.9 per cent), and congenital anomalies – 22 (31.4 per cent); in 2019, 39 (43.2 per cent) and 22 (36.7 per cent) respectively.

 

Infant deaths mortality, 2010–2020

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The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

Infant mortality by county, 2010, 2020
Infant deaths per 1,000 live births, ‰

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Stillbirths by sex in urban and rural areas, 2018–2020

 

Total

Urban areas

Rural areas

2018

2019

2020

2018

2019

2020

2018

2019

2020

Stillbirths

115

113

82

73

76

44

42

37

38

Males

55

57

39

36

41

20

19

16

19

Females

60

56

43

37

35

24

23

21

19

The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

Perinatal mortality, 2010–2020

 

Total

of which

per 1,000 births

Stillbirths

deaths at the age of 0–6 days

Total

of which

stillbirths

deaths at the age of 0–6 days

2020

110

82

28

4.36

3.25

1.11

2019

149

113

36

5.42

4.11

1.31

2018

153

115

38

5.41

4.07

1.35

2017

141

102

39

4.90

3.54

1.35

2016

180

130

50

5.85

4.23

1.63

2015

179

126

53

5.66

3.99

1.69

2014

189

139

50

6.20

4.56

1.65

2013

188

143

45

6.26

4.76

1.50

2012

162

117

45

5.30

3.83

1.48

2011

212

148

64

6.97

4.87

2.11

2010

200

147

53

6.49

4.77

1.71

The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

Infant mortality by age 2010–2020
Per 1,000 live births

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The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators


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Stillbirths by sex, infant mortality in urban and rural areas, 2010–2020

Infant deaths by county and municipality, 2010–2020


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