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Preventable deaths in children under five in the Macro Norte region of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Abstract

This is a descriptive epidemiological study, with objective of evaluating preventable deaths of children under the age of 5 years which occurred in 2013 in northern macro-region of Minas Gerais. There were 3,641 preventable deaths in Minas Gerais in year studied, 392 of them located in the northern macro-region. The study found a prevalence of preventable deaths in male children of brown colour. Deaths according to age group are also noteworthy.

Cause of death-Disease; Infant mortality; Epidemiological studies; Epidemiology-Information

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