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Table 5 Completeness of vital information reporting and IMR estimates (reported and corrected data), Brazilian regions, 2000-2010

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

Region

Completeness (%)

Completeness (%) of vital information reporting

  

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

North

Infant Deaths

60.2

61.0

64.5

64.4

66.4

66.6

65.5

67.3

71.1

71.8

74.1

Total Deaths

75.3

76.6

79.0

79.0

80.4

80.4

80.3

81.7

83.4

84.4

85.4

LB

81.3

83.7

86.4

88.3

89.6

90.2

91.0

91.5

90.7

90.5

90.5

Northeast

Infant Deaths

60.8

65.3

69.4

71.1

71.6

72.3

72.2

72.9

74.8

76.6

78.1

Total Deaths

79.6

82.0

83.9

84.9

85.1

85.4

85.5

86.1

87.2

88.1

88.9

LB

86.0

87.9

89.8

90.7

91.5

91.8

92.1

92.2

92.8

93.0

92.9

Brazil

Infant Deaths

74.1

76.1

78.5

79.4

80.1

80.6

80.3

81.1

82.7

83.8

85.0

Total Deaths

91.0

91.7

92.5

92.9

93.1

93.2

93.2

93.5

94.0

94.3

94.4

LB

92.5

93.4

94.3

94.9

95.4

95.5

95.6

95.7

95.8

96.0

96.0

Region

IMR estimates (per 1,000 LB)

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

North

Reported*

24.3

23.4

22.1

21.3

20.6

19.9

19.2

18.5

18.0

17.6

17.2

Corrected**

32.8

32.1

29.7

29.3

27.8

27.1

26.8

25.3

23.1

22.3

21.0

Northeast

Reported*

25.4

24.8

23.7

22.9

21.7

20.4

19.4

18.3

17.5

16.6

16.0

Corrected**

35.9

33.4

30.8

29.3

27.8

25.9

24.8

23.2

21.8

20.3

19.1

Brazil

Reported*

20.8

20.2

19.4

18.7

17.9

17.1

16.4

15.7

15.2

14.6

14.2

Corrected**

26.1

24.9

23.4

22.5

21.5

20.4

19.6

18.6

17.7

16.8

16.0

  1. *reported number of infant deaths x 1,000/reported number of live births.
  2. **corrected number of infant deaths x 1,000/corrected number of live births.