Inequalities in infant mortality among municipalities in Brazil according to the Family Development Index, 2006-2008 Desigualdades en la mortalidad de menores de un año entre los municipios del Brasil, según el índice de desarrollo familiar de 2006 a 2008
OBJECTIVE: To describe inequalities in the infant mortality rate (IMR) according to socioeconomic indicators among geographic areas and municipalities in Brazil. METHODS: This was an exploratory ecological study of space aggregates that described IMR in 2006-2008 according to municipalities, states,...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:1d6384af09044f22b951c86abecfbe2b 2023-05-15T15:19:15+02:00 Inequalities in infant mortality among municipalities in Brazil according to the Family Development Index, 2006-2008 Desigualdades en la mortalidad de menores de un año entre los municipios del Brasil, según el índice de desarrollo familiar de 2006 a 2008 Walter Massa Ramalho Luciana Monteiro Vasconcelos Sardinha Isabela Pereira Rodrigues Elisabeth Carmen Duarte 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/1d6384af09044f22b951c86abecfbe2b EN ES PT eng spa por Pan American Health Organization http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892013000300007 https://doaj.org/toc/1020-4989 https://doaj.org/toc/1680-5348 1020-4989 1680-5348 https://doaj.org/article/1d6384af09044f22b951c86abecfbe2b Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 33, Iss 3, Pp 205-212 (2013) Desigualdades en la salud mortalidad infantil tasa de mortalidad infantil bienestar del lactante Brasil Health inequalities infant mortality infant mortality rate infant welfare Brazil Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2013 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-30T21:57:10Z OBJECTIVE: To describe inequalities in the infant mortality rate (IMR) according to socioeconomic indicators among geographic areas and municipalities in Brazil. METHODS: This was an exploratory ecological study of space aggregates that described IMR in 2006-2008 according to municipalities, states, and the Family Development Index (FDI), a socioeconomic indicator that ranges from 0 to 1. All the municipalities in Brazil were categorized according to four strata as defined by FDI quartiles, where stratum 4 included those with better FDI conditions, and stratum 1, worse conditions. The selected inequality measures were: Concentration Index, Attributable Risk Percent, Population Attributable Risk Percent, Rate Ratio, and number of avoidable events (number of infant deaths). RESULTS: The average IMR (per 1 000 live births) according to the FDI strata were: stratum 1 (FDI = 0.41-0.52) = 18.8; stratum 2 (FDI = 0.53-0.55) = 17.9; stratum 3 (FDI = 0.56-0.58) = 15.0; and stratum 4 (FDI = 0.59-0.73) = 13.4. Overall, the Concentration Index was 0.02. Moreover, stratum 1, with a proportion of 17% of all live births in the population, had a concentration of 20% of infant deaths. Additionally, the profile of causes and ages of infant mortality also differed qualitatively when stratum 1 was compared to stratum 4. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest an association between the socioeconomic indicators, specifically the FDI, and the risk of infant death. These results call attention to the specific population groups in Brazil that are most vulnerable to infant mortality and demonstrate that the FDI can be used to identify these populations. OBJETIVO: Describir las desigualdades en la tasa de mortalidad de menores de un año entre las zonas geográficas y los municipios del Brasil según los indicadores socioeconómicos. MÉTODOS: Se realizó un estudio exploratorio y ecológico de los grupos de espacios que definieron la tasa de mortalidad de menores de un año en el período de 2006 a 2008 según los municipios, los estados y el índice de ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
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OBJECTIVE: To describe inequalities in the infant mortality rate (IMR) according to socioeconomic indicators among geographic areas and municipalities in Brazil. METHODS: This was an exploratory ecological study of space aggregates that described IMR in 2006-2008 according to municipalities, states, and the Family Development Index (FDI), a socioeconomic indicator that ranges from 0 to 1. All the municipalities in Brazil were categorized according to four strata as defined by FDI quartiles, where stratum 4 included those with better FDI conditions, and stratum 1, worse conditions. The selected inequality measures were: Concentration Index, Attributable Risk Percent, Population Attributable Risk Percent, Rate Ratio, and number of avoidable events (number of infant deaths). RESULTS: The average IMR (per 1 000 live births) according to the FDI strata were: stratum 1 (FDI = 0.41-0.52) = 18.8; stratum 2 (FDI = 0.53-0.55) = 17.9; stratum 3 (FDI = 0.56-0.58) = 15.0; and stratum 4 (FDI = 0.59-0.73) = 13.4. Overall, the Concentration Index was 0.02. Moreover, stratum 1, with a proportion of 17% of all live births in the population, had a concentration of 20% of infant deaths. Additionally, the profile of causes and ages of infant mortality also differed qualitatively when stratum 1 was compared to stratum 4. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest an association between the socioeconomic indicators, specifically the FDI, and the risk of infant death. These results call attention to the specific population groups in Brazil that are most vulnerable to infant mortality and demonstrate that the FDI can be used to identify these populations. OBJETIVO: Describir las desigualdades en la tasa de mortalidad de menores de un año entre las zonas geográficas y los municipios del Brasil según los indicadores socioeconómicos. MÉTODOS: Se realizó un estudio exploratorio y ecológico de los grupos de espacios que definieron la tasa de mortalidad de menores de un año en el período de 2006 a 2008 según los municipios, los estados y el índice de ... |
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Inequalities in infant mortality among municipalities in Brazil according to the Family Development Index, 2006-2008 Desigualdades en la mortalidad de menores de un año entre los municipios del Brasil, según el índice de desarrollo familiar de 2006 a 2008 |
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Inequalities in infant mortality among municipalities in Brazil according to the Family Development Index, 2006-2008 Desigualdades en la mortalidad de menores de un año entre los municipios del Brasil, según el índice de desarrollo familiar de 2006 a 2008 |
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Inequalities in infant mortality among municipalities in Brazil according to the Family Development Index, 2006-2008 Desigualdades en la mortalidad de menores de un año entre los municipios del Brasil, según el índice de desarrollo familiar de 2006 a 2008 |
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Inequalities in infant mortality among municipalities in Brazil according to the Family Development Index, 2006-2008 Desigualdades en la mortalidad de menores de un año entre los municipios del Brasil, según el índice de desarrollo familiar de 2006 a 2008 |
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Inequalities in infant mortality among municipalities in Brazil according to the Family Development Index, 2006-2008 Desigualdades en la mortalidad de menores de un año entre los municipios del Brasil, según el índice de desarrollo familiar de 2006 a 2008 |
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inequalities in infant mortality among municipalities in brazil according to the family development index, 2006-2008 desigualdades en la mortalidad de menores de un año entre los municipios del brasil, según el índice de desarrollo familiar de 2006 a 2008 |
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