This study analyzes the probability of low birthweight birth using a sample representing all births in Uruguay during 2003. Data from the Perinatal Information System allow us to estimate the effects of health inputs and risk factors on birthweight outcomes for a less-developed country. The...

This paper analyzes infant mortality in a unique and highly-detailed data set from Uruguay. A duration model is employed to estimate the relationships between infant mortality and socioeconomic status at the individual, household, and community level. Our results indicate that the most important...

A partir de todos los nacimientos ocurridos en el Uruguay entre 2002 y 2003 y lasdefunciones ocurridas en el primer año de vida, se estima la tasa de mortalidad infantil através de modelos probit y hazard. Debido a que las muertes se concentran en losprimeros días y semanas de vida, el modelo...

Based on all the births that occurred in Uruguay between 2002 and 2003 and all the deaths that occurred during the first year of life, the infant mortality rate by way of the probit and hazard models is estimated. Since the deaths concentrate in the first days and weeks of life, the hazard model...