“POrtugal was the country in the European Union where the most children died under the age of one, and in 2022, the country occupied the ‘top’ 10 of countries with the lowest infant mortality rate”, says the portrait “50 years of democracy in numbers” from Pordata.
According to the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation’s statistical database, in 1974, 38 children under the age of one died in the country for every 1,000 births, when the average in the European Union was 21 in this indicator.
“In 2022, Portugal occupied the ‘top’ 10 of countries with the lowest infant mortality rate, 2.6, with the European average being 3.3”, says the Pordata document that illustrates the “profound changes that have occurred” in the country in diverse areas, such as health, demography, modernization, education, transport, labor and social protection, over the last half century.
The data released today also indicates that, in 1970, only 38% of births took place in healthcare establishments, but, five years later, this figure was already 61% and, currently, “practically all children are born” in Portuguese hospitals.
Between 1974 and 2022, the number of births in Portugal dropped significantly, from almost 172 thousand to around 83 thousand.
The transformations in the health system “are also associated with the modernization of services and the growth in the number of professionals”, highlights Pordata, adding that, in the last five decades, the number of doctors has increased almost five times and the number of nurses close to four times.
In 1975, 11 thousand professionals were registered with the Medical Association and, in 2022, there were around 60 thousand. There were almost 19 thousand nurses and now there are around 82 thousand, says Pordata.
As for living conditions, the statistical portrait shows that, 50 years ago, 53% of houses in Portugal did not have running water, 42% did not have sanitary facilities, 40% did not have sewage and 36% did not have electricity, while currently At least 98% of homes already have these facilities.
“It should also be noted that the 1981 census recorded more than 46 thousand non-classic family dwellings, such as shacks, where around 126 thousand people lived. In the 2021 census, four thousand non-classic family dwellings were recorded, where 11 thousand people lived “, indicates Pordata.
In 50 years, the number of houses of habitual residence has also doubled and there are 15 times more houses of secondary residence, highlights the portrait, warning that, “in recent years, the increase in house prices has relaunched the debate on housing” in the country.
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