Impact of the Family Health Program on the quality of vital information and reduction of child unattended deaths in Brazil: an ecological longitudinal study

Table 4 Fixed-Effect Negative Binomial Models for the adjusted* association between specific under-five mortality groups and PSF coverage, by Human Development Index (HDI): Brazil, 2000-2006.

Variables	Unattended death Mortality RR (95% CI)		Remaining Ill-defined Mortality RR (95% CI)
HDI ≤ 0.713
PSF coverage
No PSF ^a	1		1
Low ^b	0.75	(0.69 - 0.81)	1.02	(0.91 - 1.14)
Intermediate ^c	0.59	(0.55 - 0.64)	0.85	(0.75 - 0.95)
High ^d	0.42	(0.38 - 0.45)	0.76	(0.67 - 0.86)
Num. Observations	14154		12936
Num. Municipalities	2022		1848
HDI >0.713
PSF coverage
No PSF ^a	1		1
Low ^b	0.69	(0.59 - 0.81)	0.95	(0.86 - 1.05)
Intermediate ^c	0.49	(0.41 - 0.59)	0.79	(0.71 - 0.88)
High ^d	0.36	(0.29 - 0.46)	0.80	(0.69 - 0.92)
Num. Observations	5124		10325
Num. Municipalities	732		1475

Abbreviations: CI = Confidence Interval; PSF = Family Health Program; RR = Rate Ratio.
^a = defined as coverage equal to 0% of the population.
^b = defined as coverage of less than 30% of the municipal population.
^c = defined as coverage of 30% to 69.9% of the municipal population.
^d = defined as coverage of more than or equal to 70% of the municipal population.
*Models adjusted for total fertility rate, per capita income, percentage of functional illiterates among individuals older than 15 years and population of the municipalities.

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