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REFERENCE PERIOD: &nbsp; Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
SEX: &nbsp; Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.

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Medical doctors (No.)

Characteristic	Description
Name	Medical doctors (No.) by Place of residence (NUTS - 2001) and Sex; Annual
Regularity	Annual
Source	Statistics Portugal, Health personnel statistics
First available period	1991
Last available period	2013
Dimensions	Data reference period Place of residence (NUTS - 2001) Sex
Concepts	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). SEX: Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
Definition	MEDICAL DOCTOR (MD in USA or Canadian terminology) A person holding at least a basic medical degree and that is or was a medical practitioner, whether a physician or a surgeon, in any labour condition. Practicing of medicine depends on the right granted by the Portuguese college of physicians and surgeons (Ordem dos Médicos). Source: Estatuto da Ordem dos Médicos, art.º 1º e 8º
Measure unit (symbol)	Number (No.)
Power of 10	0
Observations	Count
Last update date	09/07/2014