Brazil
Key demographic indicators
14.0
Deaths per 1,000 live births211,140,729
PersonsTrends in under-five mortality rate in Brazil
Child health
Careseeking for ARI – percentage of children (under age 5) with acute respiratory infection symptoms whom advice or treatment was sought from a health facility or provider
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50
Diarrhoea treatment – percentage of children (under age 5) with diarrhoea who received ORS (packets or pre-packaged fluids)
Find out moreITN use by children – percentage of children (under age 5) who slept under an insecticide-treated mosquito net the night prior to the survey
Find out morePercentage of households with at least one insecticide-treated mosquito net (ITN)
Find out morePercentage of surviving infants who received the third dose of DTP-containing vaccine
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90
Percentage of children who received the 2nd dose of measles-containing vaccine, as per administered in the national schedule
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64
Child protection
96
26
Percentage of children (aged 5-17 years) engaged in child labour (economic activities and household chores)
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2
Percentage of children (aged 1-14 years) who experienced any physical punishment and/or psychological aggression by caregivers
Find out morePercentage of women (aged 15-49 years) who consider a husband to be justified in hitting or beating his wife for at least one of the specified reasons
Find out morePercentage of men (aged 15-49 years) who consider a husband to be justified in hitting or beating his wife for at least one of the specified reasons
Find out morePercentage of girls and women (aged 15-49 years) who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM)
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