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 Resident population with 15 and more years old that consulted a dentist in the 12 months preceding the interview (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Resident population with 15 and more years old that consulted a dentist in the 12 months preceding the interview (No.) by Sex, Level of education and Main reason for the last consultation with a dentist; Quinquennial
Regularity Quinquennial
Source Statistics Portugal, National health survey (series 2014)
First available period 2014
Last available period 2014
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (Portugal)
  • Sex
  • Level of education
  • Main reason for the last consultation with a dentist
Concepts
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  Set of persons who, regardless of being present or absent in a given housing unit at the moment of observation, have lived in the place of their usual residence for a continuous period of 12 months prior to the moment of observation, or have arrived to the place of their usual residence during the period of 12 months prior to the moment of observation, with the purpose of living there for a year, at least.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:  The degrees, diplomas, certificates, professional titles and so forth that an individual has acquired by study.
  • APPOINTMENT:  Health act in which a health professional evaluates the clinical situation of a person and plans the provision of health care.
  • DENTIST MEDICAL DOCTOR:  Health professional that has a degree in dental medicine and the respective professional order's authorization to practice dental medicine.
  • SEX:  Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 23/06/2016


information presented in 30/4/2025