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Table 5 The relation between the proportion of live births by prenatal visits and the proportion of physicians and nurses per thousand inhabitants and child mortality

From: Health capabilities and the determinants of infant mortality in Brazil, 2004–2015: an innovative methodological framework

 

Neonatal mortality

Infant mortality

Under-five mortality

Coef. (95% CI) R2 p-value

Coef. (95% CI) R2 p-value

Coef. (95% CI) R2 p-value

Live-births by prenatal visits

−1.34 (− 2.58, − 0.11) 0.60 0.034

−1.33 (− 2.81, 0.15) 0.74 0.076

−0.93 (− 2.48, 0.62) 0.71 0.233

Number of physicians and nurses by 1000 inhabitants

− 0.42 (− 0.81, − 0.02) 0.60 0.041

−0.93 (− 1.32, − 0.54) 0.75 0.000

−0.87 (− 1.26, − 0.48) 0.72 0.000

  1. R2 refers to adjusted values