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 Perinatal deaths (deaths of live births with less than 7 days old and foetal deaths with 22 or more weeks of gestation No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Perinatal deaths (deaths of live births with less than 7 days old and foetal deaths with 22 or more weeks of gestation No.) by Place of residence of mother (NUTS - 2001); Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Mortality by causes of death
First available period 1989
Last available period 2001
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence of mother (NUTS - 2001)
Concepts
  • PERINATAL MORTALITY:  Foetal deaths at with 28 or more weeks of gestation and deaths of live-born children aged less than 7 days.
  • 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).
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations It can also be used as a lower limit 22 or more weeks of gestation, i.e. the perinatal deaths considered in this indicator correspond to the concept adopted in health statistics: deaths of live births aged less than 167 hours old and foetal deaths with 22 or more weeks of gestation.
Last update date 31/07/2009


information presented in 9/11/2025