According to the committee, in January-March 2020, 37.5 thousand deaths were registered in Uzbekistan, respectively, the mortality rate was 4.4 ppm. It decreased by 0.1 ppm compared with the same period in 2019 (for January-March 2019 – 4.5 ppm).

Of the total number of registered deaths in January-March 2020, 62.4% patients died from circulatory diseases, 9.3% – from neoplasms, 4.3% – from accidents, poisoning and injuries, 4.8% – from digestive diseases, 5.5% – from respiratory diseases, 1.4% – from infectious and parasitic diseases and 12.3% – from other diseases.

In addition, the number of registered death cases among children under the age of 1 year amounted to 2.1 thousand, of which 51.1% died from conditions arising in the perinatal period, 23.9% – from respiratory diseases, 13.2% – from congenital anomalies, 4.0% – from infectious and parasitic diseases, 2.5% – from accidents, poisoning and injuries, 0.5% – from diseases of the digestive system, 4.8% – from other diseases.

At the same time, in January-March 2020, the natural population growth amounted to 132.9 thousand people and increased by 10.3 thousand people compared with the same period in 2019 (in January-March 2019 – by 122.6 thousand people).