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 Proportion of deaths (% in relation of total deaths due to the cause in the country)
Characteristic Description
Name Proportion of deaths (% in relation of total deaths due to the cause in the country) by Place of residence (NUTS - 2024), Sex and Death cause (List OECD adapted); Annual - 0013036
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Mortality by causes of death
First available period 2022
Last available period 2024
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (NUTS - 2024)
  • Sex
  • Death cause (List OECD adapted)
Concepts
  • 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).
  • 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.
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_CM = (Deaths by the specific cause/Total deaths by the specific cause)*100 
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 27/02/2026


information presented in 25/3/2026