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. 2019 Nov 20;4(2):1140. doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v4i2.1140

Table 1: Administrative databases hosted at CIDACS.

Databases Description

Unified Registry (Cadastro Único – CadUnico) (2001 - 2018) 114,008,317 records between 2001-2015. National Register for social benefits. Data from 2016 to 2018 are currently being processed. National coverage. Database includes data on families and individuals applying the several social protection programmes. Individuals may be eligible for different social benefits. Data includes demographics, family composition, income, work, education, expenses, housing type, water supply, sanitation, electricity, garbage collection, among others. Data are updated whenever essential information changes, e.g. household composition, school and income, or every two years to update beneficiary records.

Cash Transfer Programme (Bolsa Família – PBF) (2004 -2015) 27,376,582 families. National coverage. Database includes data on families and individuals receiving benefits from the Brazilian conditional cash transfer programme. Datapoints include start and end date of benefit endowments, total value received per family, participant age, number of months of received payments.

Housing Programme (Minha Casa Minha Vida) (2009-2017) 1,509,749 records. National coverage. Database includes families and individuals receiving benefits from the Housing Programme for poor families. Housing units are offered based on income. Data include benefits received and family composition of beneficiaries.

Cistern Supply Programme (2011-2016) 1,002,375 records. Rainwater collection cistern distribution programme. Semi-arid zone coverage, including information on municipality of residence, state, sex, schooling, income, number of persons in family, sanitation, water consumption and treatment, housing type.

Mortality Information System (SIM) (2000 -2017) 20,510,101 records. National coverage. Database includes information on individuals at time of death, including maternal and child information. Data are recorded on type of death, date of death, date of birth, gender, race, education, duration of pregnancy, single or multiple pregnancies, type of delivery, age of mother, gestational age, birth weight and cause of death.

Live Births Information System (SINASC) (2001-2017) 50,265,232 records. National coverage. Database includes information on individuals at time of birth, including maternal information. Data include mother’s date of birth, education, marital status, number of children and abortions, number of prenatal consultations, date of last menstruation, gestational age, type of pregnancy, type of delivery, child’s date of birth, gender, race, birth weight, presence of anomaly, who attended the childbirth.

Disease Notification Information System (SINAN)

(2001-2016)

The original source contains notifications on 52 different diseases, comprised of several separate databases for each disease. National coverage. Currently, CIDACS hosts the following databases:

  • SINAN Tuberculosis (2001-2013): 1,114,740 records

  • SINAN Hansen (2007-2016): 771,039 records

  • SINAN Zika (2013-2016): 309,796 records

  • SINAN Dengue (2007-2016): 13,222,763 records

  • SINAN-Chikungunya (2012-2016): 303,523 records


Register of Infectious Events in Public Health (RESP- microcephaly) 16,242 records. National coverage. Database contains data on microcephaly notification, including microcephaly cases, mother’s clinical and epidemiological data, ethnicity, skin color, location of residence, child’s sex, birth date, birth weight, length and information regarding delivery, pregnancy events.

Hospitalization Information System (SIH) (2000-2017)

The original source contains hospitalization information on individuals admitted to public or private hospitals whose hospital stays were covered by SUS. State-level coverage. CIDACS is in the process of obtaining all national data. Currently, the following databases have been preprocessed:

  • SIH Bahia State (2000-2017): 9,758,611 records

  • SIH MG State (2002-2017): 8,438,288 records


Food and Nutrition Surveillance System (SISVAN) (2008-2017)

The original source contains nutritional information on individuals. National coverage. Database includes data on anthropocentric indices, food consumption, age and municipality of residence. Currently, the following databases have been processed:

  • SISVAN- Anthropometric data (2008-2017): 97,156,600 records

  • SISVAN- Food consumption data (2015-2017):2,055,674 records.