Infant mortality: comparison between two birth cohorts from Southeast and Northeast, Brazil Mortalidade infantil: comparação entre duas coortes de nascimentos do Sudeste e Nordeste do Brasil

Infant mortality: comparison between two birth cohorts from Southeast and Northeast, Brazil Mortalidade infantil: comparação entre duas coortes de nascimentos do Sudeste e Nordeste do Brasil

OBJECTIVE: To obtain population estimates and profile risk factors for infant mortality in two birth cohorts and compare them among cities of different regions in Brazil. METHODS: In Ribeirão Preto, southeast Brazil, infant mortality was determined in a third of hospital live births (2,846 singleton...

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Main Authors: Valdinar S Ribeiro, Antônio A M Silva, Marco A Barbieri, Heloisa Bettiol, Vânia M F Aragão, Liberata C Coimbra, Maria T S S B Alves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2004-12-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
Subjects:
Mortalidade infantil
Coeficiente de mortalidade
Mortalidade neonatal
Mortalidade pós-neonatal
Fatores socioeconômicos
Fatores de risco
Recém-nascido de baixo peso
Infant mortality
Mortality rate
Neonatal mortality
Post-neonatal mortality
Socioeconomic factors
Risk factors
Infant, low birth weight
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