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 Average number of potential years of life lost (Year)
Characteristic Description
Name Average number of potential years of life lost (Year) by Place of residence (NUTS - 2013), Sex and Death cause (List OECD adapted); Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Mortality by causes of death
First available period 2018
Last available period 2019
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (NUTS - 2013)
  • Sex
  • Death cause (List OECD adapted)
Concepts
  • DEATH:  The permanent disappearance of vital functions.
  • UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH:  The disease or injury that initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to death or the circumstances of the accident or violence that produced the injury.
  • 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).
  • POTENCIAL YEARS OF LIFE LOST:  Number of years that theoretically a certain population ceases to live if dying prematurely.
Definition Ratio between the number of potential years of life lost and the number of deaths under 70 years.
Formule Potential years of life lost (Years)/ Number of deaths under 70 years
Measure unit (symbol) Year (Year)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 26/03/2021


information presented in 21/12/2025