Dataset on infant mortality rates in Brazil

Abstract

Objectives: Surveillance of infant and fetal deaths is of paramount importance inthinking about government strategies to reduce these rates, provide greatervisibility of these mortality figures in the country, enable the adoption ofprevention measures, as well as contribute to a better record of deaths. Data description: The dataset comprises fetal, neonatal, early neonatal, lateneonatal, and perinatal Mortality Rates of Brazilian municipalities with theirrespective information, between 2010 to 2020, aggregated by epidemiologicalweek.