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 Notified cases of mandatory notification diseases (Series 1996-2008 - No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Notified cases of mandatory notification diseases (Series 1996-2008 - No.) by Place of residence (District/ Region) and Mandatory notification diseases; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source DGS, Notified cases of compulsory notification diseases
First available period 1996
Last available period 2008
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (District/ Region)
  • Mandatory notification diseases
Concepts
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  The persons who regardless of the fact that at the moment of observation ' 0:00 a.m. of the reference day ' are present or absent in a given housing unit, this unit being where they live during most of the year with their family, or where they have all or most of their belongings.
  • MANDATORY NOTIFICATION DISEASE:  Infectious disease with impact on public health, as set out in specific legislation, being subject to mandatory declaration as soon as the diagnosis is made.
  • 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).
  • 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.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations Count
Last update date 20/02/2015


information presented in 5/11/2025