PUTRAJAYA – The number of deaths recorded in the third quarter of 2021 (Q3 2021) in Malaysia increased by 60.5% to 65,584 compared with 40,858 during the same period last year, according to Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin.
He said the demographic statistics for Q3 of 2021 showed that Selangor recorded the highest number of deaths at 13,926, and the Federal Territory of Putrajaya, the lowest at 90.
“Deaths due to Covid-19 were the main contributor to the significant increase in the number of deaths in Q3 2021,” he said in a statement today.
Of the deaths in Q3 2021, a total of 21,165 were due to Covid-19, an increase from 15 in the same period last year, he said.
Selangor registered the highest number of deaths due to Covid-19 with 7,788, while Putrajaya registered the lowest with only nine, he said.
Uzir said deaths due to Covid-19 increased in Q3 2021 in Asean countries such as Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam, and a similar trend was also observed in developed countries such as the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom.
Uzir said the number of births recorded in Q3 2021 in Malaysia decreased by 0.5% to 120,147 compared with 120,725 during the same period last year.
Male babies outnumbered females at 61,613 to 58,534 births, with Selangor recording the highest live births at 22,956 babies, and Labuan the lowest with 430 births, he said.
According to Uzir, the decline in the number of births is in line with the trend in other countries such as the US, South Korea, the UK, France, and Spain.
Uzir said Malaysia’s population in Q3 2021 was estimated at 32.67 million, an increase of 0.2% over the 32.6 million in Q3 2020.
The total population comprised 30.01 million citizens or 91.9%, and 2.65 million or 8.1% non-citizens, he said.
In Q3 2021, males outnumbered females at 16.77 million to 15.89 million, with a ratio of 106 males per 100 females, he said.
Uzir said three states with the highest population composition in Q3 2021 were Selangor with 20.1%, followed by Sabah (11.7%) and Johor (11.6%). – Bernama, November 8, 2021
