And not about anything! They claim that proportionally more people die of coronavirus in Hungary than in the EU. But that's not true.
140,900 people died in Hungary in 2020, 8.7% or 11,297 more than in 2019. Prior to this, the last time the number of deaths was over 140,000 was in 1999. Compared to the five-year average number of deaths between 2015 and 2019, there are 8,331 additional deaths, which means an increase of 6.3%.
In the first seven weeks of 2021, 4% fewer people died than on average in the years 2015-2019, but this year's similar figure is 7.2% higher than in 2020. After the increase in the number of people infected with the coronavirus registered in the third wave that started at the beginning of February, the number of deaths is expected to increase again in the coming weeks.
With an average weekly number of over 4,000 cases peaking in the last three weeks of November and the first two weeks of December 2020, the second wave of the epidemic was followed by a reduction in the following weeks.
Examining the regional data on deaths in the first seven weeks of 2021, with the exception of the capital and Heves and Pest counties, more people died in the other counties of the country than a year earlier. The largest increase of 42% was measured in Tolna, and the most significant decrease of 13% was measured in Heves county.
In terms of the legal status of the settlements, the number of deaths in the capital decreased by 11% in the first seven weeks of 2021. Almost the same increase of around 10% was registered in the other categories.
International outlook
According to current data, in 2020, 10.6% more people died on average in the countries of the European Union than in 2019. 15 countries had excess deaths above the average. In Hungary, the growth was more favorable than the average, at 8.7%. In the first seven weeks of 2021, an average of 19.7% more people died in the European Union than in the same period of 2020. 10 countries had excess deaths above the average. In Hungary, the growth was more favorable than the EU average, at 7.2%.
Within the EU, the proportion of those vaccinated with at least one dose in the age group older than 60 is the highest in Hungary.
In the first seven weeks of 2021, the average number of weekly deaths per 100,000 inhabitants is particularly high in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. In Hungary, as in neighboring countries, this value is high, 29.3, in Slovakia 35.4; 32.8 in the Czech Republic; in Serbia 32.1; 31.2 in Croatia; in Romania 31.1; 21.5 in Austria.
In the first seven weeks of 2021, 4% fewer people died than on average in the years 2015-2019. In the mortality data, the proportion of those who died from the coronavirus known from government communications (NNK) amounted to 22%. The same ratio is 6/16% in Austria, 18/18% in Poland, 48/30% in the Czech Republic, 8/19% in France, -4/13% in Belgium.
The proportion of vaccinated people in an international context
The proportion of those vaccinated with at least one dose on 08.12.2020. and 17.03.2021. in the period between the United Kingdom, Monaco, Malta and Serbia, it is the highest, and the lowest in Albania and Ukraine. In Hungary, this value is high, 15%. The percentage of fully immunized is the highest in Monaco and Serbia, and the lowest in Latvia, Bulgaria and Albania. In Hungary, this value is medium, 4.4%.
Within the EU, the proportion of those vaccinated with at least one dose in the age group older than 60 is the highest in Hungary.
Source: KSH, mandiner.hu
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