Population Development in the CR 1999

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Tab. 1: Natural Changes of Population 1960-1998
Average for Years, Year	Mid-Year Population	Marriages	Divorces	Live Births	Abortions¹		Deaths		Natural Increase
Average for Years, Year	Mid-Year Population	Marriages	Divorces	Live Births	Total	Of Which Induced	Total	Of Which under 1 Year	Natural Increase
1960-64	9,653,680	77,233	14,039	139,343	79,741	61,327	99,053	2,761	40,290
1965-69	9,847,972	86,666	18,036	141,530	85,317	68,195	111,141	3,130	30,389
1970-74	9,883,684	95,078	23,553	168,334	83,180	63,698	123,231	3,315	45,103
1975-79	10,184,415	92,029	26,080	182,386	80,689	60,385	126,169	3,296	56,217
1980-84	10,319,525	78,981	28,496	142,870	91,216	73,921	132,674	2,175	10,196
1985-89	10,348,786	81,757	30,623	132,236	113,474	98,011	128,982	1,531	3,254
1990-94	10,331,200	72,292	30,232	121,845	98,544	85,352	121,870	1,166	25
1980	10,326,792	78,343	27,218	153,801	86,503	68,930	135,537	2,592	18,264
1981	10,303,208	77,453	27,608	144,438	89,373	71,574	130,407	2,226	14,031
1982	10,314,321	76,978	27,821	141,738	91,531	74,531	130,765	2,130	10,973
1983	10,322,823	80,417	29,319	137,431	92,033	75,037	134,474	1,997	2,957
1984	10,330,481	81,714	30,514	136,941	96,638	79,534	132,188	1,932	4,753
1985	10,336,742	80,653	30,489	135,881	99,357	83,042	131,641	1,694	4,240
1986	10,340,737	81,638	29,560	133,356	99,452	83,564	132,585	1,639	771
1987	10,348,834	83,773	31,036	130,921	122,822	107,717	127,244	1,577	3,677
1988	10,356,359	81,458	30,652	132,667	125,331	110,031	125,694	1,463	6,973
1989	10,362,257	81,262	31,376	128,356	122,110	107,403	127,747	1,280	609
1990	10,362,740	90,953	32,055	130,564	121,802	107,131	129,166	1,410	1,398
1991	10,308,682	71,973	29,366	129,354	117,039	103,124	124,290	1,343	5,064
1992	10,317,807	74,060	28,572	121,705	106,763	93,435	120,337	1,204	1,368
1993	10,330,607	66,033	30,227	121,025	82,477	69,398	118,185	1,028	2,840
1994	10,336,162	58,440	30,939	106,579	64,640	53,674	117,373	847	-10,794
1995	10,330,759	54,956	31,135	96,097	58,695	48,286	117,913	740	-21,816
1996	10,315,353	53,896	33,113	90,446	56,654	46,506	112,782	547	-22,336
1997	10,303,642	57,804	32,465	90,657	53,455	43,261	112,744	531	-22,087
1998	10,294,943	55,027	32,363	90,535	51,791	40,935	109,527	472	-18,992

Average for Years, Year	Marriages	Divorces	Live Births	Deaths	Natural Increase	Abortions	Induced Abortions	Divorces per 100 Marriages	Infant Mortality
Average for Years, Year	per 1,000 Inhabitants					per 100 Births		Divorces per 100 Marriages	Infant Mortality
1960-64	8.0	1.45	14.4	10.3	4.1	56.7	43.6	18.2	19.8
1965-69	8.8	1.83	14.4	11.3	3.1	59.9	47.8	20.8	22.1
1970-74	9.6	2.38	17.0	12.5	4.5	49.1	37.6	24.8	19.7
1975-79	9.0	2.56	17.9	12.4	5.5	44.0	32.9	28.3	18.1
1980-84	7.7	2.76	13.8	12.9	0.9	63.5	51.5	36.1	15.2
1985-89	7.9	2.96	12.8	12.5	0.3	85.4	73.8	37.5	11.6
1990-94	7.0	2.93	11.8	11.8	0.0	80.6	69.8	41.8	9.6
1980	7.6	2.64	14.9	13.1	1.8	55.9	44.6	34.7	16.9
1981	7.5	2.68	14.0	12.7	1.3	61.6	49.3	35.6	15.4
1982	7.5	2.70	13.7	12.7	1.0	64.2	52.3	36.1	15.0
1983	7.8	2.84	13.3	13.0	0.3	66.6	54.3	36.5	14.5
1984	7.9	2.95	13.3	12.8	0.5	70.2	57.8	37.3	14.1
1985	7.8	2.95	13.1	12.7	0.4	72.8	60.8	37.8	12.5
1986	7.9	2.86	12.9	12.8	0.1	74.3	62.4	36.2	12.3
1987	8.1	3.00	12.7	12.3	0.4	93.4	81.9	37.0	12.0
1988	7.9	2.96	12.8	12.1	0.7	94.1	82.6	37.6	11.0
1989	7.8	3.03	12.4	12.3	0.1	94.7	83.3	38.6	10.0
1990	8.8	3.09	12.6	12.5	0.1	92.9	81.7	35.2	10.8
1991	7.0	2.85	12.5	12.1	0.4	90.1	79.4	40.8	10.4
1992	7.2	2.77	11.8	11.7	0.1	87.4	76.5	38.6	9.9
1993	6.4	2.93	11.7	11.4	0.3	67.9	57.1	45.8	8.5
1994	5.7	2.99	10.3	11.4	-1.1	60.4	50.2	52.9	7.9
1995	5.3	3.01	9.3	11.4	-2.1	60.9	50.1	56.7	7.7
1996	5.2	3.21	8.8	10.9	-2.1	62.4	51.2	61.4	6.0
1997	5.6	3.15	8.8	10.9	-2.1	58.8	47.6	56.2	5.9
1998	5.3	3.14	8.8	10.6	-1.8	57.0	45.1	58.8	5.2
¹data on abortions for 1987-1998 are taken from publications of the Institute for Information on Health and Statistics for the Czech Republic and include only abortions by women with permanent residence in the Czech Republic; ectopic pregnancies are not included

Tab. 2: Analytic Features of Population Development 1980-1998
Year	Percentage of Single Persons¹				Average Age at First Marriage		Total Divorce Rate (per 100 Marriages)	Total Fertility Rate (per 1 Woman)	Percentage of Births²		Average Age of Mothers		Premarital Conceptions³ in %
	Men		Women						Percentage of Births²		Average Age of Mothers
	at the Age of								Out of Wedlock	in 3rd+ Order	Overall	for 1st Child
	23	50	20	50	Men	Women			Out of Wedlock	in 3rd+ Order	Overall	for 1st Child
1980	59.0	10.3	55.0	3.1	24.9	21.7	30.8	2.07	5.6	18.2	24.7	22.4	51.2
1981	58.6	10.8	55.4	3.7	24.8	21.7	31.5	2.00	5.9	18.1	24.7	22.4	51.7
1982	58.3	11.0	56.5	4.3	24.7	21.7	32.1	2.00	6.4	18.0	24.6	22.4	53.7
1983	56.2	10.2	56.1	3.9	24.5	21.7	34.2	1.97	6.8	17.6	24.6	22.4	55.8
1984	55.7	9.8	56.4	4.0	24.5	21.7	35.8	1.97	7.3	16.9	24.6	22.4	56.1
1985	56.4	10.3	57.2	4.1	24.5	21.8	35.9	1.95	7.3	16.4	24.6	22.4	55.8
1986	56.5	10.5	56.7	4.1	24.6	21.7	34.9	1.94	7.4	16.1	24.6	22.4	55.7
1987	55.9	9.9	56.4	4.0	24.5	21.7	36.7	1.91	7.2	15.6	24.7	22.4	55.3
1988	56.2	10.7	56.6	4.4	24.5	21.7	36.3	1.94	7.6	15.8	24.7	22.5	54.6
1989	56.0	10.8	57.5	4.7	24.6	21.8	37.2	1.87	7.9	15.2	24.8	22.5	54.2
1990	48.8	8.9	51.8	3.8	24.0	21.4	38.0	1.89	8.6	15.1	24.8	22.5	54.4
1991	57.3	15.1	61.6	8.6	24.7	22.2	34.8	1.86	9.8	14.4	24.7	22.5	50.6
1992	58.0	14.3	63.5	8.2	24.8	22.5	33.9	1.72	10.7	14.4	24.8	22.5	54.1
1993	64.7	18.2	70.4	12.1	25.4	23.2	36.2	1.67	12.7	14.8	25.0	22.6	54.5
1994	72.4	23.6	78.1	17.5	26.2	23.9	37.5	1.44	14.6	15.4	25.4	22.9	54.0
1995	77.0	26.8	83.2	20.0	26.7	24.6	38.4	1.28	15.6	15.1	25.8	23.3	50.8
1996	80.6	28.6	86.7	22.9	27.1	24.9	41.7	1.18	16.9	15.0	26.1	23.7	49.0
1997	83.0	26.8	88.6	21.3	27.7	25.4	41.9	1.17	17.8	14.7	26.4	24.0	48.1
1998	85.0⁶	28.0⁶	90.0⁶	22.0⁶	28.2⁶	25.8⁶	42.0⁶	1.16	19.0	14.4	26.7⁶	24.3⁶	47.0⁶

Year	Total Rate of Induced Abortions⁴	Miscarriages per 100 Live Births	Life Expectancy at the Age of				Perinatal Mortality⁵	Increase (Fall) per 1,000 Inhabitants
			Life Expectancy at the Age of					Increase (Fall) per 1,000 Inhabitants
			0		60			Natural Change	Migration	Total
			0		60
			Men	Women	Men	Women
			Men	Women	Men	Women					1980	0.91	11.3	66.84	73.92	14.28	18.17	15.0	1.8	0.1	1.9
1981	0.96	12.3	67.18	74.30	14.43	18.46	14.4	1.3	0.1	1.5
1982	1.00	11.9	67.27	74.40	14.38	18.45	14.1	1.0	0.1	1.2
1983	1.01	12.3	67.02	74.25	14.25	18.32	13.3	0.3	0.2	0.5
1984	1.08	12.4	67.31	74.45	14.39	18.46	12.6	0.5	0.2	0.7
1985	1.13	12.0	67.46	74.70	14.38	18.57	11.3	0.4	0.2	0.6
1986	1.14	11.9	67.46	74.62	14.38	18.52	10.9	0.1	0.3	0.4
1987	1.49	11.5	67.83	75.13	14.62	18.91	10.7	0.4	0.3	0.6
1988	1.51	11.5	68.09	75.27	14.75	19.05	10.2	0.7	0.2	0.9
1989	1.50	11.4	68.11	75.40	14.69	19.02	9.3	0.1	0.1	0.2
1990	1.51	11.2	67.54	75.43	14.55	19.16	9.8	0.1	0.1	0.2
1991	1.45	10.7	68.21	75.67	14.99	19.43	9.2	0.4	0.3	0.8
1992	1.29	10.9	68.52	76.11	15.25	19.76	8.4	0.1	1.1	1.3
1993	0.96	10.8	69.28	76.35	15.67	19.79	7.8	0.3	0.5	0.8
1994	0.74	10.2	69.53	76.55	15.86	19.90	6.4	-1.1	1.0	-0.1
1995	0.67	10.8	69.96	76.63	15.94	20.04	6.3	-2.1	1.0	-1.1
1996	0.64	11.2	70.37	77.27	16.25	20.39	6.0	-2.1	1.0	-1.2
1997	0.59	11.2	70.50	77.49	16.39	20.67	5.0	-2.1	1.2	-1.0
1998	0.57⁶	11.9	71.13	78.06	16.72	21.00	5.2	-1.8	0.9	-0.9
¹Data from nuptiality tables ²of all live births ³children born live up to 8 months after marriage per 100 live first order births within marriage ⁴figures for women with permanent residence in the Czech Republic ⁵stillborn children and children dying in the first 7 days of life per 1,000 births ⁶provisional data

Tab. 3: Structure of the Population over the Age of 15 by Age Group and Marital Status¹
Age Group	Total (in thousands)				Men - Marital Status (in ‰)
	Total (in thousands)				Single				Married				Divorced				Widowed
	1970	1980	1991	1999	1970	1980	1991	1999	1970	1980	1991	1999	1970	1980	1991	1999	1970	1980	1991	1999
15-19	425.1	352.1	445.5	375.5	989	988	955	988	11	12	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
20-24	447.0	356.2	350.7	463.6	644	669	667	671	348	321	320	133	8	10	13	8	0	0	0	0
25-29	361.5	420.1	350.8	396.6	210	233	275	279	761	730	680	494	29	36	44	57	0	1	1	0
30-34	282.9	436.5	344.7	354.9	105	113	152	155	854	831	775	689	39	55	72	108	2	1	1	1
35-39	293.7	351.3	405.6	329.4	77	80	107	110	878	853	795	736	42	65	95	128	36	2	3	2
40-44	316.3	273.0	423.3	374.8	65	67	79	81	883	860	808	749	46	68	107	140	6	5	6	6
45-49	329.8	280.5	338.7	402.4	59	59	63	64	881	864	821	765	49	67	106	144	11	10	10	9
50-59	479.8	584.4	501.1	661.1	49	53	50	57	879	862	843	806	44	60	83	117	28	25	24	20
60-69	490.2	372.1	452.7	410.6	45	45	43	39	841	830	825	833	31	46	57	66	83	79	75	62
70-79	205.8	265.2	203.1	269.8	38	42	37	35	719	719	723	767	20	30	40	42	223	209	200	156
80+	47.2	54.4	75.5	68.9	33	37	34	35	478	480	502	597	11	19	24	22	478	464	440	346
Total	3,679.3	3,753.6	3,891.7	4,107.6	253	229	250	293	682	692	655	599	30	44	62	81	35	35	33	27

Age Group	Total (in thousands)				Women - Marital Status (in ‰)
	Total (in thousands)				Single				Married				Divorced				Widowed
	1970	1980	1991	1999	1970	1980	1991	1999	1970	1980	1991	1999	1970	1980	1991	1999	1970	1980	1991	1999
15-19	405.7	335.6	425.4	357.8	914	916	927	985	85	83	72	15	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
20-24	430.4	342.0	334.8	446.4	324	297	351	664	651	674	616	296	22	26	32	19	3	3	1	1
25-29	353.0	408.1	337.3	378.7	93	89	109	238	854	853	817	671	47	53	70	88	6	5	4	3
30-34	280.3	425.2	334.8	340.0	48	50	57	88	890	870	839	769	50	70	95	135	12	10	9	8
35-39	296.2	347.0	400.0	318.1	37	39	41	54	883	858	825	782	59	84	117	150	21	19	17	14
40-44	330.7	275.4	420.6	370.9	40	33	35	41	859	847	808	772	64	85	127	162	37	35	30	25
45-49	359.0	290.1	345.0	405.6	46	30	32	34	820	821	790	760	66	86	123	161	68	63	55	45
50-59	534.6	584.4	542.1	698.3	51	39	28	30	732	732	736730	53	78	97	132	164	151	139	108
60-69	601.6	372.1	587.4	505.6	68	47	34	25	529	523	533	578	39	56	77	89	364	374	356	308
70-79	349.5	265.2	336.0	443.6	89	64	42	32	263	275	261	316	25	38	51	70	622	623	646	582
80+	100.4	54.4	181.8	165.4	90	83	56	42	77	82	84	96	15	25	32	38	812	810	828	824
Total	4,041.4	4,126.3	4,245.2	4,430.6	175	142	157	198	622	632	601	555	41	57	78	98	162	169	164	149
¹1970, 1980 and 1991 – census (percentage of persons of that marital status), 1998 – balance as of 1 January

Tab. 4: Net Nuptiality Table
x	Men						Women
	1989			1997			1989			1997
	q	l	d_x	q	l	d_x	q	l	d_x	q	l	d_x
15	0.00001	100,000	1	0.00001	100,000	1	0.00164	100,000	164	0.00032	100,000	32
16	0.00089	99,999	89	0.00010	99,999	10	0.01314	99,836	1,312	0.00170	99,968	169
17	0.01604	99,910	1,602	0.00276	99,988	276	0.09116	98,524	8,982	0.01622	99,799	1,619
18	0.04146	98,307	4,076	0.00855	99,713	853	0.17366	89,542	15,550	0.03782	98,180	3,713
19	0.05360	94,232	5,051	0.01822	98,860	1,801	0.22237	73,992	16,454	0.06169	94,467	5,828
20	0.08604	89,181	7,673	0.03446	97,059	3,344	0.23362	57,539	13,442	0.08020	88,639	7,109
21	0.15722	81,508	12,814	0.05091	93,715	4,771	0.23956	44,096	10,564	0.09261	81,530	7,551
22	0.18516	68,693	12,719	0.06629	88,944	5,896	0.23381	33,533	7,840	0.10297	73,979	7,618
23	0.18658	55,974	10,444	0.07927	83,048	6,583	0.22050	25,692	5,665	0.11186	66,362	7,423
24	0.18213	45,530	8,293	0.08623	76,465	6,594	0.19408	20,027	3,887	0.11428	58,938	6,735
25	0.16111	37,238	5,999	0.09054	69,871	6,326	0.16382	16,140	2,644	0.11217	52,203	5,856
26	0.14969	31,238	4,676	0.09376	63,545	5,958	0.14969	13,496	2,020	0.10359	46,348	4,801
27	0.13235	26,562	3,516	0.09320	57,587	5,367	0.12570	11,476	1,443	0.08949	41,547	3,718
28	0.11348	23,047	2,615	0.08307	52,219	4,338	0.11100	10,033	1,114	0.08239	37,828	3,117
29	0.09894	20,431	2,021	0.07878	47,882	3,772	0.10108	8,920	902	0.06884	34,712	2,390
30	0.06861	18,410	1,263	0.07070	44,109	3,119	0.07725	8,018	619	0.05775	32,322	1,866
31	0.06446	17,147	1,105	0.05981	40,991	2,452	0.06380	7,399	472	0.04448	30,456	1,355
32	0.05817	16,041	933	0.05391	38,539	2,077	0.05461	6,927	378	0.04475	29,101	1,302
33	0.04832	15,108	730	0.04439	36,462	1,619	0.05083	6,548	333	0.04118	27,799	1,145
34	0.04227	14,378	608	0.03745	34,843	1,305	0.04284	6,216	266	0.03063	26,654	816
35	0.03400	13,770	468	0.03362	33,538	1,127	0.03969	5,949	236	0.02640	25,837	682
36	0.02778	13,302	370	0.03048	32,411	988	0.03140	5,713	179	0.02634	25,155	663
37	0.02636	12,933	341	0.02074	31,423	652	0.02296	5,534	127	0.02152	24,493	527
38	0.02364	12,592	298	0.02366	30,771	728	0.02244	5,407	121	0.01623	23,965	389
39	0.01859	12,294	229	0.01626	30,043	488	0.01506	5,285	80	0.01652	23,577	389
40	0.01744	12,066	210	0.01549	29,554	457	0.01379	5,206	72	0.01153	23,187	267
50	10,780			26,777			4,697			21,278
A	10.8			26.9			4.7			21.3
B	24.58			27.65			21.83			25.43
x – Age of 1 January of the given year; q - Probability of single persons marrying; l - Table number of single persons; d_x - Table number of marriages A – Percentage of persons aged exactly 50 who never married B – Average age at first marriage

Tab 5: Age–Specific Fertility Rates (per 1,000 women)
Age	Number of Live Births per 1,000 Women of that Age									Index 1997/1989
Age	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	Index 1997/1989
15	0.9	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.0	112
16	5.1	6.0	6.4	6.2	6.1	4.9	4.6	4.0	4.1	80
17	22.9	24.4	27.0	24.3	23.0	17.9	13.4	11.3	10.5	46
18	75.7	73.0	78.5	70.8	64.4	47.7	34.5	27.1	24.2	32
19	140.5	141.1	138.7	128.6	117.3	86.0	65.6	50.6	43.5	31
20	172.2	176.0	176.9	149.6	141.2	115.1	85.3	70.7	62.7	36
21	181.8	184.9	179.4	162.7	148.2	122.4	102.3	87.8	77.7	43
22	180.9	181.1	177.3	160.7	151.6	125.0	109.4	98.8	89.7	50
23	171.9	173.6	167.0	153.0	147.1	127.1	110.7	101.9	97.1	57
24	158.8	156.6	154.6	143.3	139.6	120.7	107.4	98.2	101.2	64
25	141.7	144.3	135.5	127.9	125.1	109.6	102.5	97.0	101.0	71
26	116.7	121.4	118.8	110.3	110.1	100.2	94.6	89.0	91.3	78
27	102.1	100.4	100.1	93.2	96.3	85.8	79.5	80.0	81.7	80
28	82.4	83.9	80.6	79.5	78.8	71.9	70.8	68.7	72.6	88
29	69.1	68.0	66.8	64.5	64.9	62.4	59.0	59.1	63.2	92
30	53.6	56.9	54.9	52.8	52.1	51.9	49.9	49.8	51.7	96
31	44.8	43.6	44.4	41.7	43.5	39.7	40.6	41.9	41.8	93
32	35.7	38.0	34.5	34.4	36.4	35.2	33.3	34.1	35.7	100
33	28.9	30.1	29.0	26.4	29.5	26.7	26.8	26.3	29.4	102
34	23.6	23.4	23.6	22.0	23.2	22.3	22.8	22.3	22.8	97
35	17.8	19.2	17.8	16.4	18.5	17.5	17.5	17.8	19.2	108
36	14.6	14.0	14.1	12.4	14.4	13.9	13.8	13.6	15.5	106
37	10.6	10.4	10.8	10.4	10.9	10.1	10.8	11.3	11.4	107
38	7.9	7.6	7.5	7.7	7.7	7.9	7.2	7.6	8.3	105
39	5.2	5.6	6.1	5.4	5.7	5.8	5.5	6.1	6.3	121
40	3.2	3.6	3.9	4.0	3.9	3.7	3.5	3.6	4.0	125
TFR	1.87	1.89	1.86	1.72	1.67	1.44	1.28	1.18	1.17	x

Tab. 6: Marital and Extra-Marital Age-Specific Fertility Rates (per 1,000 women)¹
Age	Event Frequency Rates²				Specific Rates
	Within Marriage		Outside Marriage		Within Marriage			Outside Marriage
	1989	1997	1989	1997	1989	1997	Index 1997/1989	1989	1997	Index 1997/1989
14	-	-	0.1	0.2	-	-	-	0.1	0.2	200
15	-	-	0.9	1.0	-	-	-	0.9	1.0	112
16	1.5	0.4	3.5	3.7	961.8	1,318.2	137	3.5	3.7	103
17	13.4	2.1	9.5	8.3	910.8	869.1	95	9.7	8.3	86
18	64.2	11.4	11.6	12.8	598.2	543.1	91	13.0	13.1	101
19	126.6	28.0	13.9	15.5	474.0	411.6	87	18.9	16.6	88
20	160.2	46.5	12.1	16.2	374.1	312.9	84	21.1	19.1	90
21	171.3	61.8	10.5	15.8	310.5	242.7	78	23.5	21.2	90
22	171.6	75.9	9.4	13.7	265.6	205.6	77	26.5	21.7	82
23	163.4	84.9	8.5	12.3	228.3	177.3	78	29.8	23.5	79
24	151.8	88.9	7.0	12.3	199.0	156.7	79	29.5	28.4	96
25	135.0	89.1	6.7	11.9	169.7	139.9	82	32.9	32.7	99
26	111.2	81.0	5.5	10.3	136.3	117.2	86	30.0	33.4	111
27	96.6	71.8	5.6	9.9	115.8	98.7	85	33.7	36.2	107
28	77.2	64.2	5.2	8.4	91.8	85.6	93	32.7	33.6	103
29	64.3	54.6	4.8	8.6	76.2	71.3	94	30.7	36.6	119
30	49.2	44.7	4.4	7.0	58.0	57.4	99	28.9	31.7	110
31	40.8	35.1	4.1	6.7	48.1	44.6	93	26.8	31.3	117
32	32.1	30.1	3.6	5.6	38.1	38.1	100	22.9	26.7	116
33	25.8	24.4	3.1	5.0	30.7	30.8	100	19.7	24.3	123
34	20.9	18.8	2.7	3.9	24.9	23.7	95	16.8	19.1	113
35	15.3	15.1	2.5	4.1	18.3	18.9	103	15.5	20.3	131
¹number of live births per 1,000 women of that age and marital status ²event frequency rates are distorted by the considerable fall in the percentage of women living in matrimony

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