Mortality Trends in Portugal from 1913 to 2022

Portugal's annual crude and age-standardized mortality rates from 1913 to 2022. The dataset, created by figshare admin karger and last updated in 2026, shows a 42.1% decrease in crude mortality over the period. It includes sex-stratified analysis and uses joinpoint regression to analyze trends from 1940 onward.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term mortality decline based on annual crude mortality rates from 1913 to 2022.
• Compare sex-specific mortality trends based on stratified analysis.
• Model temporal inflection points in mortality rates using joinpoint regression results from 1940 onward.
• Study the impact of demographic transition on different age groups based on age-stratified mortality rates.

Strengths

• Covers a 109-year time span from 1913 to 2022.
• Includes both crude and age-standardized mortality rates.
• Provides sex-stratified analysis revealing different trends for men and women.
• Uses official statistics on deaths and resident population.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the source.

Provenance

Source

Official statistics on deaths and resident population.

Collection Method

Calculated annual crude mortality rates and age-standardized mortality rates.

Time Range

1913 to 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 07:16:39; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Portugal