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 Proportion of deaths (% of deaths in relation to total deaths in geographic location)
Characteristic Description
Name Proportion of deaths (% of deaths in relation to total deaths in geographic location) 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 2020
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.
  • 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).
Definition Ratio between the number of deaths by specific cause of death and the total deaths by total causes of death, per 100.
Formule

PO_total = (Deaths by the specific cause/ Total deaths by all the causes)*100
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 19/07/2022


information presented in 31/12/2025