Penza, 11 September 2020. PenzaNews. 12 440 people died in Penza region in January-July 2020, during the same period 5 627 children were born. This was evidenced by data of Rosstat.

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According to the results of seven months of this year, the natural population decline in the region amounted to 6 813 people.

Over the same period last year, the figure was less and amounted to 4 749 people: 6 127 children were born in January-July 2019, and 10 876 residents died.

The number of births in Penza region for seven months of 2020 decreased by 500 people compared to the same period of 2019, the number of deaths increased by 1 564.