Age fertility rates in Transcarpathian region of Ukraine and analysis of birth rates by women who are not in registered marriage

Abstract

Ukraine is going through difficult times of a prolonged demographic crisis.The objective: to study and analyze the age-related birth rates in the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine and analyze the birth rates among women who are not in a registered marriage.Materials and methods. In the course of the study, official data from sectoral statistical reporting for 2000–2021 were used in the cross-section of the administrative territories of Transcarpathian region. The research was conducted in four stages. Bibliosemantic and medical-statistical methods and the method of structural logical analysis are used.Results. It was established that the total birth rate in Transcarpathian region during the study period decreased by 16.4% and in 2021 it was 1.534. At the same time, a decrease in the birth rate was registered in the age groups of women from 15 to 39 years, and among women in the age category 40–49 years, a tendency to increase the birth rate was revealed.In the age group of 15–19 years the birth rate decreased by 1.31 times and amounted to 39.6; in the age group of 20–24 years, the birth rate decreased by 1.33 times and amounted to 133.3; in the age group of 25–29 years the birth rate decreased by 1.34 times and amounted to 88.9; in the age group of 30–34 years the birth rate decreased by 1.09 times and amounted to 51.3; in the age group of 35–39 years the birth rate decreased by 1.08 times and amounted to 21.0; in the age group of 40–44 years the birth rate increased by 1.13 times and was 5.2; in the age group of 45–49 years, the birth rate increased by 3.0 times and was 0.3.The rate of children who were born in mothers who were not in a registered marriage increased by 1.8 times in 2021 and accounted for 24.3% of the total number of live births. A uniform growth of the specified indicator was registered both in cities and in rural areas.Conclusions. The results of the study provide a basis for ascertaining the negative dynamics of the birth rate in Transcarpathian region, which will further intensify due to the consequences of the war against Russian aggression.