Dataset on infant mortality rates in Brazil

Health informatics

Infant mortality rates

Statistics

Data science

Authors

Gabriel Souto

Matheus Miloski

Carlos Cardoso

Vinicius Kreischer

Balthazar Paixão

Victor Ribeiro

Raquel Gritz

Lucas Carraro

Sérgio Cruz

Carmen Bonifácio

Raphael Saldanha

Leandro Zirondi

Gizelton Alencar

Ariane Alves

Nelson Nieiro Neto

Rebecca Salles

Jefferson Lima

Marcel Pedroso

Published

July 17, 2023

Reference

SOUTO, G. et al. Dataset on infant mortality rates in Brazil. BMC Research Notes, v. 16, n. 1, p. 149, Jul. 2023.

Abstract

Objectives

Surveillance of infant and fetal deaths is of paramount importance in thinking about government strategies to reduce these rates, provide greater visibility of these mortality figures in the country, enable the adoption of prevention measures, as well as contribute to a better record of deaths.

Data description

The dataset comprises fetal, neonatal, early neonatal, late neonatal, and perinatal Mortality Rates of Brazilian municipalities with their respective information, between 2010 to 2020, aggregated by epidemiological week.