Table 1 Vital events found in the proactive search by information source, Amazonia and Northeast Brazil, 2008
Source | Deaths | Live births |
|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | |
Hospitals | 2,196 (26.4) | 9,027 (51.5) |
Registry offices | 2,588 (31.1) | 7,397 (42.2) |
Primary health care units | 355 (4.3) | 350 (2.0) |
Institutes of forensic medicine/services of death investigation | 402 (4.8) | - |
Official and unofficial cemeteries | 1,368 (16.5) | - |
Funeral homes | 960 (11.5) | - |
Unified Registry of the Federal Government Social Programs | 83 (1.0) | 578 (3.3) |
Other | 360 (4.3) | 175 (1.0) |
Total | 8,312 (100.0) | 17,527 (100.0) |