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Portugal, which was founded in 1143, is a small southwest European country with a total of 35,556.15 square miles (roughly the size of the state of Maine in the United States). It consists of a continental portion that shares a land border with Spain and a maritime border with the Atlantic Ocean, along with 2 archipelagos: the Azores and Madeira. Portugal has been a member of the European Community since 1985 and has a population of approximately 10,562,178 inhabitants (52.2% female and 47.8% male). Portugal is facing the progressive aging of its population. Presently 14.7% of the population is aged 14 years or younger, 65.7% is between 15 and 64 years, and 19.6% is 65 years or older. The average life expectancy at birth is 80 years (82.8 for women and 76.9 for men) 1 Pordata Current expenditure on healthcare as a % of GDP in Portugal. http://www.pordata.pt/en/Portugal/Current+expenditure+on+healthcare+as+a+percentage+of+GDP-610 Google Scholar ; the birth rate is 7.9%, the overall mortality rate is 10.2%, and the infant mortality rate is 2.9%. Figure 1 shows the main causes of death in Portugal. In 2010, Portugal’s death rate for traffic accidents was 7.8 deaths/100,000, 2 Eurostat Causes of death statistics. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/File:Causes_of_death_%E2%80%94_standardised_death_rate,_2010_(per_100_000_inhabitants_aged_less_than_65)_YB14_II.png Google Scholar and the death rate for work accidents was 4.4 deaths/100,000. 1 Pordata Current expenditure on healthcare as a % of GDP in Portugal. http://www.pordata.pt/en/Portugal/Current+expenditure+on+healthcare+as+a+percentage+of+GDP-610 Google Scholar José Miguel Padilha is Professor, Porto Nursing School, Porto, Portugal. Nelson Coimbra is Medical Surgical Specialist Nurse, Centro Hospitalar do Porto and Professor, Santa Maria Nursing School, Porto, Portugal. Article about Portuguese Emergency CareJournal of Emergency NursingVol. 41Issue 5PreviewI read with great interest the article in JEN about the Portuguese emergency medical care system.1 I was particularly interested in this article because I had occasion to witness use of this emergency medical care system last year while on a cruise of the Douro River. Full-Text PDF
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