SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 14-apr-2020

www.ine.pt page 04/08 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 00 | sci@ine.pt April . 14 . 2020 2016 2017 2018 Sources: Eurostat, Causes of death [hlth_cd_aro]; INE Espanha, Defunciones según la causa de muerte (dados para 2018) and Statistics Portugal, Deaths by death cause (2018 data). For more information se e: (7 of April) World Health Day 0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 4.0% 5.0% 6.0% IN @ COVID-19 SYNTH SIS Latvia Lithuania Estonia Finland Bulgary Croatia Austria Hungary Romania Slovakia Poland Slovenia Czechia Sweden France Germany Luxembourg Italy Netherlands Cyprus Malta Belgium Denmark Spain Greece Portugal Irland United Kingdom Proportion of deaths caused by pneumonia as% of total deaths, EU-28 Among deaths from diseases of the respiratory system in Portugal, more than 40% are caused by pneumonia (43% in 2018), representing 5.1% of the total number of deaths in 2018. This result places Portugal at the top of the list of countries with the worst results regarding deaths from pneumonia.