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 Resident population (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Resident population (No.) by Place of residence, Sex, Age group and Size class of medical consultations in the 3 months preceding the interview; Irregular
Regularity Irregular
Source Statistics Portugal, National health survey - 2005
First available period 2005 / 2006
Last available period 2005 / 2006
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (NUTS I)
  • Sex
  • Age group
  • Size class of medical consultations in the 3 months preceding the interview
Concepts
  • MEDICAL APPOINTMENT:  Care provided by a medical doctor to an individual. It may consist of clinical observation, diagnosis, therapeutic prescription, counselling or checking of developments in his/her health conditions.
  • SEX:  Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
  • 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).
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  The persons who regardless of the fact that at the moment of observation ' 0:00 a.m. of the reference day ' are present or absent in a given housing unit, this unit being where they live during most of the year with their family, or where they have all or most of their belongings.
  • AGE GROUP:  The age interval in years to which a person belongs at the time of reference.
Formule Estimated value
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 29/05/2008


information presented in 26/11/2024