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Table 3 Municipal deaths and live birth correction factors by level of reporting, Brazil, 2008

From: Correction of vital statistics based on a proactive search of deaths and live births: evidence from a study of the North and Northeast regions of Brazil

Category of ASMR* (per 1,000 inhabitants)

Death correction factor

  
 

Infants

Total

RLBcategory**

LB correction factors

<2

7.17

3.40

<0.5

2.30

≥2 to <3

3.17

2.18

≥0.5 to <0.6

1.74

≥3 to <4

2.11

1.51

≥0.6 to <0.7

1.40

≥4 to <5

1.52

1.20

≥0.7 to <0.8

1.19

≥5 to ≤5.5

1.24

1.06

≥0.8 to <0.9

1.08

≥5.5

1.10

1.03

≥0.9

1.05

  1. *ASMR: age-standardized mortality rate using the Brazilian population, 2008, as the standard.
  2. **R LB : ratio between reported and estimated live births.