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 Neonatal mortality rate (‰)
Characteristic Description
Name Neonatal mortality rate (‰) by Place of residence of mother (NUTS - 2024) and Sex; Annual - 0012568
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Demographic indicators
First available period 2021
Last available period 2024
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence of mother (NUTS - 2024)
  • Sex
Concepts
  • 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).
  • NEONATAL MORTALITY RATE:  The ratio of the number of deaths of infants aged under 28 days during a specified period of time, usually a calendar year, to the number of live births in that same period (usually expressed as the number of deaths of infants aged under 28 days per 1,000 (10^3) live births).
Formule NMR = [D-28(0,t)/ LB(0,t)]*10^n;

Where: D-28(0,t) = Infant deaths with lees than 28 days old, between the moments 0 and t;
LB(0,t) = Live births between the moments 0 and t;
n = 3.
Measure unit (symbol) Permillage (‰)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 27/02/2026


information presented in 25/3/2026