TABLE 3.

Fixed-Effects Models for the Association Between Infant Mortality Rate and Family Health Program Coverage, by Baseline Infant Mortality Rate and Human Development Index: Brazil, 1996–2004

	No FHP coveragea (Ref)	Incipient FHP coverageb RR (95% CI)	Intermediate FHP coveragec RR (95% CI)	Consolidate FHP coveraged RR (95% CI)
Baseline infant mortality ratee
≥ 24.1f	1.00	0.83 (0.81, 0.85)	0.77 (0.74, 0.80)	0.66 (0.60, 0.74)
< 24.1g	1.00	0.90 (0.88, 0.91)	0.91 (0.88, 0.94)	0.86 (0.80, 0.93)
Human development indexh
≤ 0.766f	1.00	0.85 (0.82, 0.89)	0.89 (0.85, 0.93)	0.73 (0.65, 0.80)
> 0.766g	1.00	0.88 (0.86, 0.89)	0.82 (0.79, 0.84)	0.80 (0.74, 0.87)

Note. CI = confidence interval; FHP = Family Health Program; RR = rate ratio. Models were adjusted for total fertility rate, per capita income, percentage of functional illiterates, percentage of persons living in households with running water, Gini index, and local hospitalization.

^aDefined as coverage equal to 0% of the population.

^bDefined as coverage of less than 30.0% of the municipal population.

^cDefined as coverage of 30.0% to 69.9% of the municipal population or coverage of 70.0% or more and time of implementation in the municipality of fewer than 4 years.

^dDefined as coverage of 70.0% or more of the municipal population and time of implementation in the municipality of 4 years or longer.

^eThe mean infant mortality rate was 24.1 in 1996.

^fMunicipalities with < 100 000 inhabitants; 2457 observations were made in 273 municipalities.

^gMunicipalities with ≥ 100 000 inhabitants; 4032 observations made in 448 municipalities.

^hMeasurement of the average achievements in life expectancy, education, and standard of living. The national mean was 0.766 in 2000.