PT · 2021 · tps00134
Death due to diseases of the nervous system, by sex
Portugal, 2021
In 2021, Portugal's death due to diseases of the nervous system, by sex decreased by 11.2% compared to 2020, reaching 67.1%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 81.1%.
Portugal ranks 17th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.3% (from 68.7% in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00134, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.