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The demographic changes in Portugal
10 March 2008
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The first part of the current century, in Portugal, is marked by the low fertility, the increase of life expectancy and a sharp decline in immigration. The pace of population growth continues to ...
Net migration in the Alentejo Region from 1991 to 2001 and its effects in population change
10 March 2008
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In spite of the deepening of the negative balance between births and deaths of the Alentejo Region´s population in the decade of 80 of the last century, the 1991 and 2001 census data evidenced ...
The demographic changes in Portugal
03 April 2006
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The pace of population growth is slowing down but the immigration flows remain its most important component. The low fertility, the increase of expectancy of life, more rapid among men, and the ...
The mortality by HIV/AIDS in Portugal: changes in structure age
03 April 2006
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The aim of this study is to evaluate the changes in the age structure of mortality caused by HIV/AIDS over the period 1988-2004, in Portugal. Based on the official statistics we try to analyse the ...
The demographic changes in Portugal
08 January 2009
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At the beginning of the XXI century, Portugal remains a country with low fertility, increasing life expectancy and decreasing net migration. In 2007, the natural increase was negative, a situation ...
Will it be possible to improve health in an impoverishment cycle? Premature mortality and deprivation in the LMA, 2001-2011
05 July 2017
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The second half of the twentieth century was marked by socioeconomic conditions that have provided improvements in the health and an increase in life expectancy of the populations. However, even ...
Incipient nature of the demographic transition in Mozambique
28 July 2011
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Over the last century the population of Mozambique has experienced a silent transformation with no precedent in the history of its evolution. A transformation that could be called ‘demographic ...
The Lee-Carter Method for forecasting mortality
20 January 2005
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In 1992, Lee and Carter presented a new method to modelling and forecasting age-specific mortality rates. Originally applied to USA mortality data, the Lee- Carter method has gained importance mainly ...
Census 2001 versus electoral register
01 December 2003
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Comparison between census data and other sources has been, in the last years, one of the preferred subjects among statistical users and opinion leaders. In this way, this paper compares last census ...
2001 Census versus electoral register
01 December 2003
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Comparison between census data and other sources has been, in the last years, one of the preferred subjects among statistical users and opinion leaders. In this way, this paper compares last census ...
Portuguese health status. A spatial perspective
20 January 2005
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This research demonstrates a clear and direct relationship between population health status and the coastal location and urbanization of municipalities. In the beginning of the 90’s, ...
South: How many are we? Where do we live?
03 February 2014
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For the purpose of the analysis of demographics (dis) continuities revealed by the 2011 Census in Portugal, the whole country was subdivided into different regions according to demographic trends ...
European Union: an open space by different populations (companionship diversity)
10 March 2008
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The framework of this article is the European Union statement “Together in Diversity” and the involvement of several states and people in a project of European integration, which combines ...
The Islands of the Azores and Madeira: population in 2011
03 February 2014
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We present a demographic evolution of the Azores and Madeira in the last years, framed in the context of their specificity as island regions. Highlights the differences from their geographical size ...
Demographic behaviour and socio-economic development challenges in Mozambique
28 July 2011
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During the last three decades Mozambique’s population has been growing at an annual rate of 2% or higher, and the consequences of such growth at the prospects of socio-economic development of ...
Portuguese emigration (Retrospective statistics and thematic reflections)
03 April 2006
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The purpose of this article, regarding the professional experience of the author and some knowledge on methods and sources, is shows two or three questions on the statistical function in the context ...
Recent trend concerning Census : population registers (alternative approaches)
23 March 2016
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It is essential to have statistical information on the resident population for the assessment of their volume, composition, distribution and changes of residence. The latter are related to the ...
The population growth in Angola : 'A glance at Luanda situation and population dynamic'
28 July 2011
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In Angola, there is at the present time a serious demographic data scarcity; this situation is due to lasting civil war. Since country independence event in 1975 no census has been realised until now ...
Approaches to methods of population projections: the Portuguese case
20 January 2005
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This paper intends to summarise the different phases of the production of demographic projections and lists the decisions that must be made before that process. It also intends to compare the results ...
Foreign and foreign-born residents in Portugal, the CPLP highlighted
12 May 2014
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This article fits the motto of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) “Migration for the benefit of all.” The IOM is based on the principle that human and orderly migration ...