Excess mortality among Lithuanians aged over 50 years has been increasing for the ninth straight week and is at "an unprecedented level", the country's statistics office said.
Institute of Hygiene
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Figures from Lithuania's electronic health services system show that the country's coronavirus death count is higher by 153 cases than officially reported by the country's statistics office that receives its information from the National Public Health Center (NPHC).
The number of suicides and pedestrian deaths is going down in Lithuania but the number of deaths from malignant tumors is growing, the country's Institute of Hygiene said after analyzing public health monitoring data from Lithuanian municipalities of the past five years.
40,100 people died in Lithuania last year, 946 fewer than in 2016.
The suicide rate in Lithuania is on a consistent decline, with a triple increase reported in the number of visits to psychologists in state clinics over the past few years.
Cardiovascular diseases, cancer tumors and external causes were the most frequent causes of death in Lithuania last year, the Hygiene Institute said in aggregate statistics on Friday.
