Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística

About - Health statistics

In 2016, the IBGE began to release thematic studies developed by its technical staff under the title National and International Overview of the Production of Social Indicators, aiming at assessing welfare and life quality of the Brazilian population, as well as at following up the accomplishment of the goals of public and development policies, among other purposes. These studies explore results of institutional and external surveys, as well as international recommendations and experiences from other national statistical offices and organizations related to the theme under analysis, thus outlining the state of the art in this field, highlighting the advances and perspectives observed within the IBGE.

With this publication, the IBGE provides readers with one more set of panoramic social studies. Considering the corporate commitments undertaken in the coordination of the construction of indicators to implement the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, headed by the United Nations, they turn up especially welcome in Brazil, not only for encompassing the health theme according to multiple perspectives - national accounts, population statistics, health-based household sample surveys, health of students, mental health and installed capacity in health -, but also for unveiling possible directions to be followed to improve the statistics on this matter in the institutional work plan.