Souza Luciene Guimarães de, Pagliaro Heloisa, Santos Ricardo Ventura
Distrito Sanitário Especial Indígena Xavante, Fundação Nacional de Saúde, Barra do Garças, Brazil.
Cad Saude Publica. 2009 Feb;25(2):328-36. doi: 10.1590/s0102-311x2009000200011.
This paper analyzes the demographic profile of the Boróro Indians from Mato Grosso State, Brazil, from 1993 to 1996. Data came from annual collection and registration of vital statistics conducted by the health service in three villages (Garças, Meruri, and Morada dos Boróro). The average annual population growth rate was 2.4%. Nearly half (44%) of the population was younger than 15 years (median 16 years). The crude birth rate was 30.9 per 1,000 and the crude death rate 7.3 per 1,000 inhabitants. The infant mortality rate was high (58.8 per thousand live births), probably resulting from precarious health conditions in the villages. The results showed that women married younger than men and that there were numerous unmarried adult men (26.7%) and women (13.3%), as compared to data from other indigenous groups. The total fertility rate of Boróro women was 4.3, quite low compared to other indigenous communities in Brazil. The study emphasizes the importance of systematically collecting and analyzing demographic data on indigenous populations.
本文分析了1993年至1996年巴西马托格罗索州博罗罗印第安人的人口概况。数据来自卫生服务部门在三个村庄（加尔萨、梅鲁里和博罗罗村）进行的年度生命统计数据收集和登记。年平均人口增长率为2.4%。近一半（44%）的人口年龄在15岁以下（中位数为16岁）。粗出生率为每1000人30.9人，粗死亡率为每1000名居民7.3人。婴儿死亡率很高（每千例活产中有58.8例），这可能是由于村庄卫生条件不稳定所致。结果显示，女性结婚年龄比男性小，与其他土著群体的数据相比，有大量未婚成年男性（26.7%）和女性（13.3%）。博罗罗女性的总生育率为4.3，与巴西其他土著社区相比相当低。该研究强调了系统收集和分析土著人口人口数据的重要性。
