Although Brazil is close to achieving the quantitative goal, the number of deaths under one year of age is still inconsistent with the country's economic potential 4 . In addition, many of these deaths are due to avoidable causes 5 , since they are amenable to prevention with available interventions. Taking death as one of the extreme results of quality of care, the proportion of avoidable deaths has been used as an indicator of quality of the health system 6,7,8,9 and its occurrence has been interpreted as a sign of flaws to ARTIGO ARTICLE Santos IS et al.

Infant mortality classified as avoidable (through immunization, adequate prenatal, childbirth, and neonatal