Abstract Objective: To analyze economic inequality (absolute and relative) due to family income in relation to the occurrence of preterm births in Southern Brazil. Methods: Four birth cohort studies were conducted in the years 1982, 1993, 2004, and 2011. The main exposure was monthly family income and the primary outcome was preterm birth. The inequalities were calculated using the slope index of inequality and...
Estudo ecológico que analisou a proporção da realização de mamografia e do exame de Papanicolaou e a associação destes com o Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano (IDH), nas 26 capitais brasileiras e Distrito Federal, em 2011, com dados do VIGITEL. A proporção de mamografia em algum momento da vida esteve acima de 70% para todas as capitais estudadas. Entretanto, poucas capitais atingiram a meta de 80% para o Papani...