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 Average age at death (Year)
Characteristic Description
Name Average age at death (Year) by Place of residence (NUTS - 2013), Sex and Death cause (List OECD adapted); Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Mortality by causes of death
First available period 2018
Last available period 2019
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (NUTS - 2013)
  • Sex
  • Death cause (List OECD adapted)
Concepts
  • AGE:  The interval of time between the day, month and year of birth and 0:00 a.m. of the reference date. Age is expressed as complete years for adults and children and months, weeks, days, hours or minutes of life, as appropriate, for infants under one year of age.
  • DEATH:  The permanent disappearance of vital functions.
  • UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH:  The disease or injury that initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to death or the circumstances of the accident or violence that produced the injury.
  • 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 Average age of persons (deceased) at the time of death over a given period of time, usually the calendar year.
Formule (Sum of the product of each midpoint of the age group by the number of observations in each age group/ Total number of observations)
Measure unit (symbol) Year (Year)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 26/03/2021


information presented in 17/7/2024