Table 3.
Municipal deaths and live birth correction factors by level of reporting, Brazil, 2008
|
Category of ASMR* (per 1,000 inhabitants) |
Death correction factor |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infants | Total | RLB category** | 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 |
*ASMR: age-standardized mortality rate using the Brazilian population, 2008, as the standard.
**RLB: ratio between reported and estimated live births.