Deaths are attributed to unhealthy water sources or disabled or non -existent sanitation and hygiene conditions, entering this coding deaths by cholera, typhoid fever, shigelosis or other bacterial intestinal infections and parasitic diseases.
The deaths attributed to contaminated water sources and lack of hygiene have been increasing in Portugal, and 518 deaths were registered in 2023, according to IP data released by (JN), this Wednesday.
The newspaper cites data from (INE) pointing to a new maximum of 518 deaths in 2023, leveraging the mortality rate to 4.9 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, The highest value, since at least 2010when it was 1.1.
In 2022 472 deaths (4.5%) were recorded, in 2021 were 398 (3.8%) and in 2020 were 413 (4%).
According to the data, 57% of the deaths reported to people over 85, followed by age group 75-84, with 28% of deaths.
According to IA data, six out of 10 deaths were women.
“In over 85 the mortality rate reached 78.6/100 thousand, the second being higher in the 75-84 (16.6%), followed by the babies under one year (4.9), according to INE.
The deaths, according to the list consulted by JN, are attributed to unhealthy water sources or disabled or non -existent sanitation and hygiene conditions, entering this coding deaths by Cholera, typhoid fever, shigellosis or other bacterial intestinal infections and parasitic diseases.
In turn, Hydrobiologist Adriano Bordalo defended a joint work of the Ministries of Health and the Environment that “can lead to the design of correction actions”.
“If the studies were not done we could not improve the health of our population,” he said.
