Acre municipalities show mixed results in regional health rankings

New data from the Centro de Liderança Pública (CLP) Municipal Competitiveness Ranking reveals contrasting health outcomes for Rio Branco and Cruzeiro do Sul in the North Region of Brazil.

Regarding child nutrition, both cities fell outside the top 20 municipalities in the region for combating childhood malnutrition. Rio Branco ranked 22nd regionally with a 2.03% malnutrition rate, while Cruzeiro do Sul ranked 28th with a rate of 2.55%. These figures are based on 2025 data from the Food and Nutritional Surveillance System (Sisvan).

In contrast, Cruzeiro do Sul performed strongly in prenatal care, ranking 8th in the North Region with 76.67% of live births having mothers who attended seven or more prenatal consultations. Rio Branco placed 23rd regionally in this category with a rate of 65.33%. The prenatal care data is based on 2024 records from the Unified Health System (Datasus).