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 Standardized mortality rate (65 and more years) due to malignant neoplasm of female breast per 100 000 inhabitants (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Standardized mortality rate (65 and more years) due to malignant neoplasm of female breast per 100 000 inhabitants (No.) by Place of residence (NUTS - 2013); Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Mortality by causes of death
First available period 2009
Last available period 2017
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (NUTS - 2013)
Concepts
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  The length of time for which data are collected, e.g. a specific day, month or year.
Definition STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATE BY AGE (65 and more years)
It involves the application of crude death rate by age (65 and more years), a standard population (65 and more years) whose age structure is fixed and distributed in the same age groups the crude death rates (expressed as deaths per 100 000 inhabitants). The calculus is based on standard European population (IARC, Lyon 1976) defined by the World Health Organization.
Formule [Total of expected deaths (age = 65 and more years)/ Standard population deaths (age = 65 and more years)]*100 000
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations Malignant neoplasm of female breast = Codes C50 of ICD 10;
Direct method of standardization.
Last update date 11/07/2019


information presented in 29/3/2024