PT · 2017 · tps00116
Death due to cancer, by sex
Portugal, 2017
In 2017, Portugal's death due to cancer, by sex decreased by 0.9% compared to 2016, reaching 487.0.
Portugal accounts for 96.4% of the EU-27 total of 504.9.
Portugal ranks 16th 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 0.5% (from 489.7 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00116, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.