Sociodemographic and health related characteristics of the adult Portuguese population: EpiReumaPt population (first and second phase) and Census 2011 population (Portuguese population)
| Demographic characteristics | First phase study population n=10 661 | Second phase study population n=3877 | CENSUS 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender (female) | 6551 (52.6%) | 2630 (52.5%) | 4 585 118 (53.0%) |
| Age group (years) | |||
| 18–29 | 1182 (22.1%) | 190 (21.0%) | 1 470 782 (17.0%) |
| 30–39 | 1511 (18.8%) | 403 (19.3%) | 1 598 250 (18.5%) |
| 40–49 | 1906 (17.3%) | 680 (18.2%) | 1 543 392 (17.8%) |
| 50–59 | 1801 (14.8%) | 818 (14.7%) | 1 400 011(16.2%) |
| 60–69 | 1915 (12.9%) | 914 (13.4%) | 1 186 442 (13.7%) |
| 70–74 | 849 (5.8%) | 376 (5.3%) | 496 438 (5.7%) |
| ≥75 | 1497 (8.4%) | 496 (8.0%) | 961 925 (11.1%) |
| Ethnicity/race | |||
| Caucasian | 10 342 (96.0%) | 3786 (93.3%) | No comparable data |
| Black | 221 (3.4%) | 64 (6.1%) | |
| Asian | 8 (0.1%) | 2 (0.0%) | |
| Gipsy | 20 (0.3%) | 3 (0.1%) | |
| Other | 38 (0.3%) | 13 (0.5%) | |
| Education level (years) | |||
| >12 | 1764 (20.4%) | 508 (21.1%) | 1 741 567 (20.1%) |
| 10–12 | 1920 (23.8%) | 575 (23.2%) | 1 560 958 (18.0%) |
| 5–9 | 2175 (22.6%) | 775 (22.4%) | 2 134 401 (24.6%) |
| 0–4 | 4726 (33.2%) | 1997 (33.4%) | 3 239 724 (37.4%) |
| NUTS II | |||
| Norte | 3122 (34.9%) | 1050 (37.2%) | 3 007 823 (34.7%) |
| Centro | 1997 (22.8%) | 856 (19.8%) | 1 938 815 (22.4%) |
| Lisboa | 2484 (26.7%) | 708 (29.6%) | 2 300 053 (26.6%) |
| Alentejo | 669 (7.3%) | 273 (5.8%) | 633 691 (7.3%) |
| Algarve | 352 (3.8%) | 144 (3.1%) | 370 704 (4.3%) |
| Azores | 1029 (2.2%) | 420 (2.3%) | 192 357 (2.2%) |
| Madeira | 1008 (2.3%) | 426 (2.2%) | 213 797 (2.5%) |
NUTS II, Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (Norte, Centro, Alentejo, Algarve, Lisboa, Madeira and the Azores).