Indigenous children and adolescent mortality inequity in Brazil: What can we learn from the 2010 National Demographic Census?

• Main Authors: Ricardo Ventura Santos (Author), Gabriel Mendes Borges (Author), Marden Barbosa de Campos (Author), Bernardo Lanza Queiroz (Author), Carlos E.A. Coimbra, Jr (Author), James R. Welch (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Indigenous peoples worldwide are highly disadvantaged compared to national baseline populations. Given historical challenges to accessing relevant data for Brazil, the present study innovates by using 2010 Brazilian National Demographic Census data to estimate mortality curves in Indigenous children...