Narrowing inequalities in infant mortality in Southern Brazil

OBJECTIVE: To determine the trends of infant mortality from 1995 to 1999 according to a geographic area-based measure of maternal education in Porto Alegre, Brazil. METHODS: A registry-based study was carried out and a municipal database created in 1994 was used. All live births (n=119,170) and infa...

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Published in:Revista de saúde pública 2002-08, Vol.36 (4), p.478-483
Main Authors: Marcelo Zubaran Goldani, Rosange Benatti, Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva, Heloisa Bettiol, Joel Cristiano Westphal Correa, Marcos Tietzmann, Marco Antonio Barbieri
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coeficiente de mortalidade
Iniqüidade na saúde
Mortalidade infantil
Mortalidade neonatal (saúde pública)
Taxas de escolaridade feminina
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Summary:OBJECTIVE: To determine the trends of infant mortality from 1995 to 1999 according to a geographic area-based measure of maternal education in Porto Alegre, Brazil. METHODS: A registry-based study was carried out and a municipal database created in 1994 was used. All live births (n=119,170) and infant deaths (n=1,934) were considered. Five different geographic areas were defined according to quintiles of the percentage of low maternal educational level (
ISSN:1518-8787
DOI:10.1590/s0034-89102002000400014