August 2026

Number of deaths decreased by 1.7% year-on-year, while the number of live births fell by 11.7%

In August 2026, 238 deaths were registered in the Autonomous Region of Madeira (ARM), fewer than in August 2025 (4 fewer deaths; -1.7%). From January to August, 1 926 deaths were recorded, 28 fewer than in the same period of the previous year (-1.4%).

The assessment of “excess mortality”, which compares the number of deaths in the reference month (238 deaths) with the average for the same month in the years 2016 to 2019 (an average of 214 deaths), shows excess mortality of 11.5%, reflecting the fact that, in each of those years, the number of deaths was lower than the figure recorded in August 2026.

In August 2026, no deaths of children under one year of age or stillbirths were registered.

Also in August 2026, 136 live births were recorded, representing a decrease of 11.7% compared with the same month in 2025 (18 fewer births). The total number of live births recorded in the first eight months of 2026 (1 160) was 6.2% higher than in the same period of 2025 (68 more live births).

The difference between live births and deaths resulted in a negative natural change of 102 persons in August 2026, more unfavourable than in the same month of the previous year, when it stood at -88. In the first eight months of 2026, the cumulative natural change amounted to -766, representing an improvement compared with the figure recorded in the same period of 2025 (-862).

In August 2026, 129 marriages were celebrated, an increase of 10.3% compared with the number of marriages recorded in August 2025 (12 more marriages). From January to August, 761 marriages were celebrated, 28 fewer (-3.5%) than in the same period of the previous year.

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