PT · 2021 · tps00116
Death due to cancer, by sex
Portugal, 2021
In 2021, Portugal's death due to cancer, by sex decreased by 6.0% compared to 2020, reaching 452.3.
Portugal accounts for 96.1% of the EU-27 total of 470.7.
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 8.0% (from 491.6 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00116, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.