Mortality rates due to pneumonia among children under five years old in city of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1979-1985

Authors

  • Paulo Augusto Moreira Camargos Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Faculdade de Medicina; Departamento de Pediatria
  • Mark Drew Crosland Guimarães Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Faculdade de Medicina; Departamento de Medicina Preventiva e Social
  • Eliane de Freitas Drumond Fundação Hospitalar do Estado de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101989000500005

Keywords:

Pneumonia^i2^smortal, Infant mortality, Perinatal mortality, Mortality rate^i2^stre

Abstract

Death rates due to pneumonia in children under five years old in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, during the period from 1979 to 1985, were studied on the basis of official reports and death certificates. The data show that mortality was 35 times higher in Belo Horizonte than in developed countries in 1979. The annual reduction in the death rate in Belo Horizonte over the same period was two-thirds of that observed in the developed countries. The death rate was higher among children from lower-income families and those living in poor areas of the city, at least during 1985, but the difference was not statistically significant (Z = 1.2, p >; 0.05).

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Published

1989-10-01

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 5 (1989)

Section

Original Articles

How to Cite

Camargos, P. A. M., Guimarães, M. D. C., & Drumond, E. de F. (1989). Mortality rates due to pneumonia among children under five years old in city of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1979-1985. Revista De Saúde Pública, 23(5), 388-394. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101989000500005