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 Potential years of life lost (Year)
Characteristic Description
Name 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
  • 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.
  • DEATH:  The permanent disappearance of vital functions.
  • POTENCIAL YEARS OF LIFE LOST:  It is the number of years that theoretically a given population ceases to live if dying prematurely (before the age of 70 years).
  • 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).
Formule PYLL = Ratio (Oi × Ai), where Oi is the number of deaths in age group i and Ai is the number of years of life between the average age of the age group in which death occurred and 70 years
Measure unit (symbol) Year (Year)
Power of 10  0
Observations All causes of death = Codes A00-Y89 of ICD 10
Last update date 26/03/2021


information presented in 5/11/2025