NavGeneral InfoEmail Print 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 01/2016 - 12/2016 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 place, Birth weight, Caesarean section, Chromosomal abnormalities, Cleft lip and cleft palate, Congenital anomalies, Congenital heart anomalies, Digestive system malformations, Down's syndrome, Education, Employment, Fetal alcohol syndrome, Gestational age, ICD-10, Klinefelter syndrome, Live births, Marital status, Medical tests, Mortality, Multiple births, Musculoskeletal anomalies, Neural tube defects, Occupations, Place of delivery, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Race, Turner syndrome, Urogenital anomalies 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 2016. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Ministry of Health (Brazil). GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 25, 2021