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Medical doctors per 1000 inhabitants (No.) by NUTS-2024 place of residence

How many doctors serve each 1,000 inhabitants, reported for Portugal, its regions and its municipalities, annually from 2021 — the standard measure of healthcare access, and one of the first things people moving to a region ask about. It is a density per head of population, not a count of doctors and not a euro figure, so a small municipality with few doctors but few residents can score well. Source: Statistics Portugal, CC BY 4.0.

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Unit
per 1000 inhab.
Geography
concelho
Periodicity
Annual
Coverage
2021-01-01 – 2025-01-01

Medical doctors per 1000 inhabitants (No.) by NUTS-2024 place of residence over time

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What is “Medical doctors per 1000 inhabitants (No.) by NUTS-2024 place of residence”, and what is the latest value?
How many doctors serve each 1,000 inhabitants, reported for Portugal, its regions and its municipalities, annually from 2021 — the standard measure of healthcare access, and one of the first things people moving to a region ask about. It is a density per head of population, not a count of doctors and not a euro figure, so a small municipality with few doctors but few residents can score well. Source: Statistics Portugal, CC BY 4.0.
How is the national figure for “Medical doctors per 1000 inhabitants (No.) by NUTS-2024 place of residence” calculated?
No national figure is published for this series: the per-concelho values are rates, and neither their sum nor an unweighted average of them is the national rate. The per-concelho values are published unchanged. It is collected at concelho level. Values are expressed in per 1000 inhab..
How often is “Medical doctors per 1000 inhabitants (No.) by NUTS-2024 place of residence” updated, and what period does it cover?
Medical doctors per 1000 inhabitants (No.) by NUTS-2024 place of residence is published annually. The series covers 2021-01-01 to 2025-01-01.
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