PT · 2023 · tps00134
Death due to diseases of the nervous system, by sex
Portugal, 2023
In 2023, Portugal's death due to diseases of the nervous system, by sex decreased by 1.8% compared to 2022, reaching 65.8%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 82.3%.
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 6.3% (from 70.2% in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00134, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.