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. 2023 Jul 17;16(1):149.
doi: 10.1186/s13104-023-06425-9.

Dataset on infant mortality rates in Brazil

Gabriel Souto #  1   2 , Matheus Miloski #  3   4 , Carlos Leonardo Souza Cardoso  3   5 , Vinicius Kreischer  3   6 , Balthazar Paixão  3   7 , Victor de Paula Dornellas Ribeiro  3   6 , Raquel Gritz  3   5 , Lucas Carraro  3 , Sérgio Ricardo de Borba Cruz  3 , Carmen Lúcia Corrêa Bonifácio  3   5 , Raphael de Freitas Saldanha  3 , Leandro Zirondi  3   7 , Gizelton Pereira Alencar  3   8 , Ariane Camilo Pinheiro Alves  3 , Nelson Niero Neto  3 , Rebecca Salles  3   7 , Jefferson da Costa Lima  3 , Marcel Pedroso  3
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Dataset on infant mortality rates in Brazil

Gabriel Souto et al. BMC Res Notes. .

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.

Keywords: Data science; Health informatics; Infant mortality rates; Statistics.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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