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 Incidence rate of notified cases of mandatory notification diseases (Series 2000-2008 - ‰)
Characteristic Description
Name Incidence rate of notified cases of mandatory notification diseases (Series 2000-2008 - ‰) by Place of residence (NUTS - 2002); Annual
Regularity Annual
Source DGS, Notified cases of compulsory notification diseases
First available period 2000
Last available period 2008
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (NUTS - 2002)
Concepts
  • MANDATORY NOTIFICATION DISEASE:  Disease included in a list periodically reviewed and approved by law that must be notified to the competent authority by any medical doctor diagnosing it, in case of disease or death.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • AVERAGE POPULATION:  The average population during a calendar year, generally calculated as the arithmetic mean of the population on two consecutive years.
Formule (Number of notified cases of mandatory notification diseases/ Resident population estimated for the middle of the year)*1000
Measure unit (symbol) Permillage (‰)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 26/11/2014


information presented in 6/11/2025