Microcephaly cases newborns Brazil by state 2010-2016

This statistic shows the number of cases of microcephaly among newborn children in Brazil from 2010 to 2016, by federal state. In 2014, there were 12 cases of microcephalia reported for Pernambuco. In 2016, the number of cases rose dramatically to 2,163 cases, according to data available as of October 2016. Brazil had seen a sharp rise in total cases of microcephaly among newborns in 2015 believed to be connected with the spreading of the Zika virus.

Cases of microcephaly among newborns in Brazil from 2010 to 2016, by state

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February 2017

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Brazil

Survey time period

2010 to 2016

Supplementary notes

* March to October.
Figures from 2010 to 2014 were added from a previous report by the same source and can be found here.
Figures for 2015 were added from Boletim Epidemilógico (Vol. 47, No. 1, 2016), according to figures available as of December 26, 2015. Suspected cases of microcephaly related to Zika virus.

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