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In 2005, life expectancy at birth of Brazilians was 71.9 years December 01, 2006

The infant mortality rate was 25.8%, having fallen by 14.3% between 2000 and 2005. Between 1991...

GDP changes by 0.5% from second to third quarter November 30, 2006

The change in relation to the same quarter in 2005 was 3.2%. The Gross Domestic Product...

IBGE releases Atlas of Literary Representations of Brazilian Regions November 27, 2006

IBGE releases Atlas of Literary Representations of Brazilian Regions The four-volume series...

Point by point, IBGE reveals a country of embroiderers November 24, 2006

Embroidery is the main type of handcrafted work in 75% of Brazilian municipalities The Survey of...

IPCA-15 changed by 0.37% in November November 24, 2006

The index is above the October figure (0.29%), mainly due to the rise of food prices. The IPCA-15...

Forestry production amounts to R$ 10.31 billion in 2005 November 22, 2006

Out of this total, 66.4% came from silviculture (planting of forests with exotic or native...

In September, retail trade sales increased by 2.06% November 17, 2006

The rate maintains tendency to increase, considering the seasonally adjusted month/previous month...

IBGE releases special edition of PME study about Color or Race November 17, 2006

The population who declares to be black and brown has fewer years of schooling and average income...

In 2004, North and Northeast gain participation in the GDP of the country November 16, 2006

The results of the Regional Accounts of 2004, published by the IBGE in partnership with the state...

In September, industrial employment increased by 0.4% November 14, 2006

From August to September, the employment in industry increased by 0.4% in the series without...

In October, the Extended Consumer Price Index changed by 0.33% November 10, 2006

The Extended Consumer Price Index (IPCA) of October changed by 0.33% and was higher than the one...

In September, industrial production fell in 8 among 14 surveyed localities November 10, 2006

The most pronounced decrease in relation to August was registered in Goiás (-7.2%). São Paulo...

In October, National Index of Construction changed by 0.22% November 08, 2006

The National Index of Construction, calculated by IBGE in partnership with Caixa Econômica...

In 2007, harvest shall increase by 5.34% November 08, 2006

IBGE conducted, in October, the first forecast of planted areas or areas to be planted, as well as...

In September, industrial production fell by 1.4% November 07, 2006

Decrease occurred in the adjusted series, in relation to August 2006. In relation to September...

Number of municipalities with health care units increases in Brazil November 01, 2006

From 2002 to 2005, the number of health care units in Brazil increased by 17.8%. In 2002, 146...

Unemployment rate was 10.0% in September October 26, 2006

According to estimates of IBGE’s Monthly Employment Survey (PME), the 5.3% reduction of job search and...

IPCA-15 changes by 0.29% in October October 24, 2006

The result was extremely above the change in September (0.05%), mainly due to rise of the price of...

In August, retail trade sales increased by 2.32% October 17, 2006

Retail trade increased by 2.32% in terms of volume and by 2.35% in terms of nominal revenue of...

Industrial employment changes by -0.1% in August October 13, 2006

The rate was negative in relation to July, in the seasonally adjusted series. In comparison with...

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