Centre for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health Birth Cohort (CIDACS Birth Cohort)
The CIDACS birth cohort is comprised of over 24 million children born alive in Brazil between 2001 and 2015. The CIDACS Birth Cohort is housed at the Centre of Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS), a unit of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Bahia, Brazil. The participants were recruited using linked administrative records from Sistema de Informação sobre Nascidos Vivos (SINASC) Brazil's national live birth database. Participants are from varied socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds.
Study design
Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
24,695,617 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Birth (participants)
Participant year of birth
2001 - 2015 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Live births in Brazil between 2001 and 2015.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2001
Primary Institutions
Centre for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (Centro de Integração de Dados e Conhecimentos para Saúde, CIDACS)
Federal University of Bahia (Universidade Federal da Bahia, UFBA)
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Foundation for Research Support of the State of Bahia (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia, FAPESB)
Funding Authority for Studies and Projects (Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos, FINEP)
Ministry of Health (Ministério da Saúde)
Secretary of Science and Technology of the State of Bahia
Wellcome Trust
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Existing research data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
- Mortality data
- Tax, income & benefit data
Engagement
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