Foetal mortality

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• Mainland Portugal
• Region
• Region and Gender

Mainland Portugal

Foetal mortality rate / 1,000 live births

(a) New Target calculated for mainland Portugal. (b) Luxemburg, HFA-WHO (2007).
Source: INE, 2007.

* Death totals by gender don't match total because it was not possible to know two foetus sex.
(a) New Target calculated  for mainland Portugal. (b) Luxemburg, HFA-WHO (2007).
Source: INE, 2007.

The foetal mortality rates in mainland Portugal, between 2004 and 2008 registered a decrease of 13,5%, although between 2004 and 2006 there was a slight increase.

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Region

Foetal mortality rate / 1,000 live births, by Region (NUTs level 2)

(a) New Target calculated  for mainland Portugal. (b) Luxemburg, HFA-WHO (2007).
Source: INE, 2007.

(a) New Target calculated for mainland Portugal. (b) Luxemburg, HFA-WHO (2007).
(c) NUTS level 2 (2002).
Source: INE, 2007.

From 2004 to 2008, the foetal mortality decrease in mainland Portugal, from 3,7%o to 3,2%o.
Only Algarve showed  a increase from 4,0 in 2004 to 4,6 in 2008 .  The most positive values were to be found in Norte, for both years.

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Region and Gender

Foetal mortality rate / 1,000 live births, by Region (NUTs level 2) and by gender

(a) Calculated  for mainland Portugal.
Source: INE, 2007.

(a) NUT<s level 2 (2002).
Source: INE, 2007.

The foetal mortality rate, verified for the mainland, registered an decrease from 2004 to 2008 only for males(-25,6%). Both in 2004 and 2008, the Alentejo and Algarve Regions were the ones showing the highest rates, for males and females respectively

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