What are people in Portugal most likely to die from, at each age?
Life expectancy at birth in Portugal is about 79 years for men and 85 for women. But what threatens people most changes with age — and until late middle age it is rarely what people expect. Pick an age group for the full picture.
Top cause = the most likely cause of death over the next 10 years (on wider screens, with its share of all risk) · 10-year risk = chance of dying from any cause within 10 years, for someone in the middle of the age group.
Cancer screening in Portugal
- Breast cancerevery 2 years, ages 45–74
- Colorectal cancerevery 2 years, ages 50–74 (home stool test)
- Cervical cancerevery 5 years, ages 30–69 (HPV test; you can take the sample yourself)
- Lung cancerif you smoke or smoked heavily, ages 50–74 — ask whether it's offered
Based on the Portuguese DGS screening programmes and European guidelines. Each cancer's page compares the programmes country by country.
Computed by Odainn from official Eurostat mortality statistics for Portugal (2023) — how we calculate. Educational, not medical advice.