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Deaths (No.)

Characteristic	Description
Name	Deaths (No.) by Place of residence (NUTS - 2024), Sex, Age group and Month (death); Annual - 0012539
Regularity	Annual
Source	Statistics Portugal, Deaths
First available period	2021
Last available period	2024
Dimensions	Data reference period Place of residence (NUTS - 2024) Sex Age group Month (death)
Concepts	AGE GROUP: The age interval in years to which a person belongs at the time of reference. 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). DEATH: The permanent disappearance of vital functions.
Measure unit (symbol)	Number (No.)
Power of 10	0
Observations	Count
Last update date	27/02/2026

Post-neonatal deaths (No.)

Characteristic	Description
Name	Post-neonatal deaths (No.) by Place of residence of mother (NUTS - 2024) and Sex; Annual - 0012544
Regularity	Annual
Source	Statistics Portugal, Deaths
First available period	2021
Last available period	2024
Dimensions	Data reference period Place of residence of mother (NUTS - 2024) Sex
Concepts	POST-NEONATAL MORTALITY: Deaths of liveborns aged 28 or more days but less than one year. 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).
Measure unit (symbol)	Number (No.)
Power of 10	0
Observations
Last update date	27/02/2026

Deaths aged 7 and more days and under 1 year (No.)

Characteristic	Description
Name	Deaths aged 7 and more days and under 1 year (No.) by Place of residence (NUTS - 2024) and Sex; Annual - 0012545
Regularity	Annual
Source	Statistics Portugal, Deaths
First available period	2021
Last available period	2024
Dimensions	Data reference period Place of residence (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). DEATH: The permanent disappearance of vital functions.
Measure unit (symbol)	Number (No.)
Power of 10	0
Observations
Last update date	27/02/2026

Foetal deaths (No.)

Characteristic	Description
Name	Foetal deaths (No.) by Place of residence of mother (NUTS - 2024) and Month (death); Annual - 0012546
Regularity	Annual
Source	Statistics Portugal, Deaths
First available period	2021
Last available period	2024
Dimensions	Data reference period Place of residence of mother (NUTS - 2024) Month (death)
Concepts	DEATH: The permanent disappearance of vital functions. STILLBIRTH: A product of fertilisation whose death occurs before delivery or complete extraction from the mother's body, regardless of the duration of the pregnancy. Death is indicated by the fact that, after separation, the foetus has not breathed or shown any signs of life such as heartbeat, umbilical pulse or actual contractions of any muscles subject to voluntary action. FOETAL DEATH: Death of a product of fertilisation before delivery or complete extraction from the mother's body, regardless of the duration of the pregnancy. Death is indicated by the fact that, after separation, the foetus has not breathed or shown any signs of life such as heartbeat, umbilical pulse or actual contractions of any muscles subject to voluntary action. 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).
Measure unit (symbol)	Number (No.)
Power of 10	0
Observations	Count
Last update date	27/02/2026

Neonatal deaths (No.)

Characteristic	Description
Name	Neonatal deaths (No.) by Place of residence of mother (NUTS - 2024) and Sex; Annual - 0012548
Regularity	Annual
Source	Statistics Portugal, Deaths
First available period	2021
Last available period	2024
Dimensions	Data reference period Place of residence of mother (NUTS - 2024) Sex
Concepts	NEONATAL MORTALITY: Deaths of live-born children aged less than 28 days. Deaths of children under 28 days 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).
Measure unit (symbol)	Number (No.)
Power of 10	0
Observations	Count
Last update date	27/02/2026

Perinatal deaths (deaths of live births with less than 7 days old and foetal deaths with 28 or more weeks of gestation No.)

Characteristic	Description
Name	Perinatal deaths (deaths of live births with less than 7 days old and foetal deaths with 28 or more weeks of gestation No.) by Place of residence of mother (NUTS - 2024); Annual - 0012549
Regularity	Annual
Source	Statistics Portugal, Deaths
First available period	2021
Last available period	2024
Dimensions	Data reference period Place of residence of mother (NUTS - 2024)
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). PERINATAL MORTALITY: Foetal deaths at with 28 or more weeks of gestation and deaths of live-born children aged less than 7 days.
Measure unit (symbol)	Number (No.)
Power of 10	0
Observations
Last update date	27/02/2026

Early neonatal deaths (No.)

Characteristic	Description
Name	Early neonatal deaths (No.) by Place of residence of mother (NUTS - 2024) and Sex; Annual - 0012550
Regularity	Annual
Source	Statistics Portugal, Deaths
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). EARLY NEONATAL MORTALITY: Deaths of liveborns aged less than seven days.
Measure unit (symbol)	Number (No.)
Power of 10	0
Observations
Last update date	27/02/2026

information presented in 21/4/2026