Brazil Slide Series: Collection Ethnicity And Population, Slide No. 0036.

Creator

Herbert Knup
Jon M. Tolman
Carmen Lucia M. Azevedo

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Publication Date

4-6-2009

Description

Father with his two water-belly children, victims of intestinal parasites. Malnourishment, high infant mortality, and poor health care especially abound in the Northeast. The average infant mortality rate in Brazil per 1,000 births is 71 (1985), yet it is over 100 in certain areas of the Northeast.Pai com suas duas crianças com barriga-d'água, vítimas de doenças intestinais causadas por parasitas. Desnutrição, alta mortalidade infantil e deficiente assistência médica são especialmente abundandes no Nordeste. A taxa de mortalidade infantil, em média no Brasil, é de 71 crianças em cada 1000 nascimentos (1975), mas no Nordeste este número chega a ser mais de 100 em algumas áreas.

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Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico

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Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1989