Lisbon: Rectal Cancer

In Lisbon, there were 3,493 deaths from rectal cancer over the study period (1995 - 2008).  This figure consists of 2,031 male deaths and 1,462 female deaths and is based on data from the Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Statistics Portugal).  The spatial distribution of mortality due to rectal cancer in Lisbon is demonstrated in the maps below, shown separately for men and women.  For further information about how these maps were created, please visit the methodological section of the Atlas.

Men

Smoothed Standardised Mortality Ratio (sSMR)

Probability that sSMR is Higher than 100

Women

Smoothed Standardised Mortality Ratio (sSMR)

Probability that sSMR is Higher than 100