USAID Country Health Statistical Report Brazil

The population growth rate is 1.2% in 2010, and 84% of the population resides in urban areas. The number of women aged 15-19 is 8,087,640, and the number of women aged 15-49 is 54,702,155. The life expectancy at birth is 72.3 years, and the crude birth rate is 18.1 per 1,000 people. The crude death rate is 6.4 per 1,000 people, and the number of live births is 3,641,981 in 2010. The GNI per capita (PPP) is $8,230 in 2005, and health expenditure as a percentage of GDP is 7.6% in 2003. The number of physicians per 1,000 people is 2.1, and the adult literacy rate is 88.6% in 2004. The adult literacy rate for females is 89.1%, and for males is 88.2%. The gross enrollment ratio for primary school is 129.6%, and the gender parity index for net enrollment ratio is 1. The total fertility rate is 2.2, and the contraceptive prevalence rate for modern methods among all women is 51%. The median age of sexual debut among women aged 25-49 is 19.5 years, and the mean ideal family size is 2.3. The percentage of women aged 20-24 who gave birth before age 20 is 32%. The total fertility rate in rural areas is 3.5, and the unmet need for family planning in rural areas is 12.5%. The maternal mortality ratio is 110 per 100,000 live births in 2005, and the antenatal care rate is 85.7%. The assisted delivery rate by a health professional is 87.6%, and the assisted delivery rate by a doctor is 77.6%. The anemia prevalence among women of reproductive age is not available. The infant mortality rate is 21.9 per 1,000 live births in 2010, and the under-5 mortality rate is 28.3 per 1,000 live births in 2010. The acute respiratory infection and oral rehydration therapy care-seeking rate is 46.1% among children under 5, and the oral rehydration therapy use rate is 73.4%. The DPT3 vaccination rate is 80.8% in 1996, and the measles vaccination rate is 87.2%. The polio vaccination rate is 80.7%, and the tetanus toxoid vaccination rate is 45.1%. The HIV prevalence proportion among adults aged 15-49 is 0.6% in 2007, and the estimated number of people living with HIV is 730,000. The estimated number of people living with HIV among women aged 15 and above is 240,000, and among children aged 0-14 is not available. The tuberculosis estimated number of cases is 92,102 in 2007, and the tuberculosis case detection rate is 78%. The tuberculosis treatment success rate is 72% in 2006. The malaria cases per 100,000 population is 204 in 2003, and the DOTS coverage is 75% in 2007. The HIV-infected with active tuberculosis rate is 14.1% in 2007.