National Immunization Day: a strategy to monitor health and nutrition indicators
Leonor Maria Pacheco Santos, Rômulo Paes-Sousa, Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Junior, César Gomes Victora
Volume 86, Number 6, June 2008, 474-479
Table 2. Data derived from HNDs and comparisons with household-based data, Brazil 2005–2006
| Indicator | Population, region |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-arid, north-east regiona (%) | Land reform settlements, north-east regiona (%) | Quilombolas, nationalb (%) | |
| Length/height-for-age deficitc | 6.6d | 15.5e | 11.6f |
| Weight-for-age deficitc | 5.6d | 8.6e | 8.1f |
| Weight-for-length/height deficitc | 2.8d | 7.3e | 2.0f |
| Child has a birth certificate (informed) | 96.0 | 92.1 | 93.9 |
| Child has a health card (confirmed) | 98.6 | 95.2 | 95.6 |
| Weight recorded on the card last 3 months | 64.5 | 45.5 | 57.6 |
| Mothers with > 5 prenatal care visits | 80.5 | 61.7 | 74.0 |
| Head of household with < 4 years schooling | 41.8 | 81.4 | 46.1 |
| Families with Bolsa Família Programme | 35.2 | 38.9 | 51.7 |
| Household with electricity | 95.4 | 54.4 | 79.9 |
| Household with water supply | 76.3 | 7.5 | 29.6 |
| Household with electricity (PNAD 2005)g | 92.8h | 77.2i | 82.5j |
| Household with water supply (PNAD 2005)g | 71.9h | 19.3i | 21.0j |
a Source: reference 13.b Source: Ministry of Social Development and the Fight Against Hunger. Available at: http://www.mds.gov.br/sagi/estudos-e-pesquisas/pesquisas/sumarios [accessed 20 August 2007].c Below –2.0 Z-scores, NCHS reference.d Mean child age = 29.2 months. 95% confidence interval: 27.8–30.6; standard error = 0.711. Source: based on reference 19.e Mean child age = 31.9 months. 95% confidence interval: 28.8–35.0; standard error = 1.556. Source: based on reference 19.f Mean child age = 29.6 months. 95% confidence interval: 29.0–30.2; standard error = 0.308. Source: Ministry of Social Development and the Fight Against Hunger internal data.g Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios, PNAD 2005. Available at: http://www.sidra.ibge.gov.br/bda/pesquisas/pnad/default.asp [accessed 20 August 2007].h Data refers to total north-east region.i Data refers to rural north-east region.j Data refers to rural Brazil.