List of Brazilian states by infant mortality


There are 26 States of Brazil, or Estados in Portuguese, which are the federal states of Brazil, plus the Federal District which holds the capital city, Brasília. This and the below figures are based on 2010 estimate data.
PositionStateInfant deaths per
1,000 live births
1Santa Catarina2,2
2Rio Grande do Sul2,9
3Paraná3,8
4São Paulo4,4
5Espírito Santo5,0
6Distrito Federal5,6
7Rio de Janeiro6,2
8Minas Gerais7,6
9Mato Grosso do Sul8,0
10Goiás8,7
11Roraima9,4
12Pernambuco9,5
13Tocantins10,4
14Mato Grosso10,5
15Ceará11,7
16Pará12,3
17Rio Grande do Norte12,6
18Acre14,1
19Amazonas14,2
20Sergipe14,6
21Rondônia15,7
22Paraíba15,9
23Bahia17,1
24Piauí18,4
25Amapá19,6
26Maranhão22,0
27Alagoas25,2