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184 607

No.

Accidents at work (No.)
2023

6,0

No.

Medical doctors per 1000 inhabitants (No.)
2024

2,7

‰

Mortality rate due to malignant neoplasms (‰)
2023

85 499

No.

Nurses (No.)
2024

35 754

No.

Beds (No.) of hospitals
2023

81 813

No.

Deaths (No.)
2025
Between 2003 and 2023, the number of specialist nurses in hospitals of the national and regional health services tripled
15 September 2025
Between 2003 and 2023, the number of specialist nurses in hospitals of the national and regional health services tripled

Number of dentists triples in the last two decades - 2024
31 July 2025
Number of dentists triples in the last two decades
2024

More than a quarter of the population at-risk-of-poverty lived in a condition of housing cost overburden - 2024
10 July 2025
More than a quarter of the population at-risk-of-poverty lived in a condition of housing cost overburden
2024

Nominal growth of current health expenditure exceeded that of GDP in 2024
03 July 2025
Nominal growth of current health expenditure exceeded that of GDP in 2024

Decrease in the number of birth deliveries - 2024
18 June 2025
Decrease in the number of birth deliveries
2024

4.1% of the population in moderate or severe food insecurity - 2019-2024
06 June 2025
4.1% of the population in moderate or severe food insecurity - 2019-2024


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Health Statistics - 2023
This publication Health Statistics - 2023 presents health statistical data in Portugal mainly for 2023, comprising ten subthemes detailed, in general, by the third level of NUTS - 2024: health status, hospitals, pharmacies and medicines, health professionals licensed to practice, childbirths, ...

Issue year: 2025


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Health Statistics - 2022
This publication, Health Statistics - 2022 , presents health statistical data in Portugal mainly for 2022, comprising ten subthemes, in general detailed by the third level of NUTS - 2024: health status, hospitals, pharmacies and medicines, health professionals licensed to practice, childbirths, ...

Issue year: 2024

Indicators
Date of update
Geographical Level
Quinquennial neonatal mortality rate (‰) by Place of residence of mother (NUTS - 2024); Annual 10-09-2025 Município
Quinquennial infant mortality rate (‰) by Place of residence (NUTS - 2024); Annual 10-09-2025 Município
Dentist medical doctors per 1000 inhabitants (No.) by Place of residence (NUTS - 2024); Annual 31-07-2025 NUTS III
Nurses (No.) by Work location (NUTS - 2024) and Sex; Annual 31-07-2025 Município
Nurses per 1000 inhabitants (No.) by Work location (NUTS - 2024); Annual 31-07-2025 Município
WebInq
SICAE
IPC - Simulator
SDG
National Statistics System on Gender Equality
Portuguese National Accounts
 
ESC2024
International Statistical Literacy Project - ISLP
Local Applied Statistics Action - ALEA
Statistical Council - CSE
European Statistical System - ESS
Censos 2021