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 Deliveries (No.) in hospitals
Characteristic Description
Name Deliveries (No.) in hospitals by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2002) and Type of delivery; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Hospitals survey
First available period 2002
Last available period 2013
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS - 2002)
  • Type of delivery
Concepts
  • CHILDBIRTH:  The complete expulsion or extraction from the mother of one or more foetuses with 22 weeks of gestation or more, weighing 500 grams or more, regardless of the existence of life and whether it is spontaneous or induced.
  • 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).
  • HOSPITAL:  Health establishment with both in and out-patient care, and endowed with diagnostic and therapeutical resources, with the purpose of providing the population with healing and rehabilitation medical assistance. It is also qualified for preventing disease, health care teaching and scientific research.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 10/07/2015


information presented in 17/7/2024