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Brazil Live Birth Information System SINASC 1998

General Info

Original or alternative title 
Sistema de Informações Sobre Nascidos Vivos
Provider 
Ministry of Health (Brazil)
Microdata access: Download
Geography 
Brazil (BRA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
January, 1998 - December, 1998
Series or system 
Brazil Live Birth Information System (SINASC)
Data type
Vital registration: Subnationally representative
Summary 

Managed by the Secretariat of Health Surveillance, Ministry of Health, the Live Birth Information System (SINASC) provides microdata for live births by sex, birth place, birth weight, age and residence of mother, plus other variables.

Keywords 
Antenatal care, Birth weight, Caesarean section, Education, Gestational age, Live births, Marital status, Place of delivery, Race

Citation

Contributors 
Secretariat of Health Surveillance, Ministry of Health (Brazil)
Publisher 
Ministry of Health (Brazil)
Suggested citation 
Secretariat of Health Surveillance, Ministry of Health (Brazil). Brazil Live Birth Information System SINASC 1998. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Ministry of Health (Brazil).
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