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 Mortality rate per 100 000 inhabitants (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Mortality rate per 100 000 inhabitants (No.) by Place of residence (NUTS - 2013), Sex and Age group; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Mortality by causes of death
First available period 2002
Last available period 2017
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (NUTS - 2013)
  • Sex
  • Age group (decennial)
Concepts
  • AGE GROUP:  The age interval in years to which a person belongs at the time of reference.
  • AVERAGE POPULATION:  The average population during a calendar year, generally calculated as the arithmetic mean of the population on two consecutive years.
  • 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).
Definition MORTALITY RATE - Number of deaths during a given period of time, usually the calendar year, for a particular cause of death, reported to the average population in this period (in number of deaths per 100 000 inhabitants). As a rule, the mortality rates are not calculated when the place of residence or age are unknown.
Formule

(Deaths for a all causes of death/ Annual average resident population with 1 and more years old and live births)*100 000
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations All causes of death = Codes A00-Y89 of ICD 10
Last update date 11/07/2019


information presented in 17/7/2024