In 2021, Slovenia had a 15% excess mortality
STA, 7 February 2022 – Last year, when the Covid-19 epidemic was in full swing, Slovenia recorded a 15% excess of mortality, the Statistical Office announced on Monday. The worst month in 2021 was November, when 49% more people died than the average in the same period 2015-2019.
The excess mortality rate represents the excess of the number of deaths over the average number of deaths in previous years in the same period, the Statistical Office explained.
According to provisional data, a total of 23,177 people died in Slovenia in 2021, which is 2,589 more than in 2019 – before the coronavirus outbreak, but 839 (3%) less than in 2020.
The year before last, the Covid-19 epidemic in Slovenia was the worst, as the excess mortality rate was even higher than last year, almost 19%, and in 2020 there were a total of 24,016 deaths.
Very high excess mortality was also recorded in November 2021, almost 50%, followed by January and December 2021, 28%.
In December last year, 2,287 people died in Slovenia, which is 951 less than in December 2020 and 419 more than in the same month in 2019. On average, 74 people died per day in December 2021.
In December last year, a total of 1,507 people aged 75 or over died, representing 66% of the total number of deaths this month. Compared to the average number of deaths in the same age group in 2015-2019, this number was 27% higher.