Mortalidade materna e neonatal em município do recôncavo baiano

Abstract

Maternal and neonatal mortality are serious public health problems, and factors that can measure the quality of health services. So, study the mechanisms related to this situation it is essential for the formulation of management strategies and planning. The present study had as general objective to characterize the epidemiological profile of maternal and neonatal mortality in the city of Santo Antonio de Jesus, between 2006 and 2013. These are exploratory in nature, were research analyzed data from maternal deaths occurred during the period from 2007 to 2011 and neonatal deaths that occurred during the period from 2006 to 2013, obtained in the Municipal Health Secretariat of the municipality, through the 5 Directorate of health information. Most of the women who were the death had between 31 and 35 years, were Browns, single women and housewives, most with 1 to 3 years of study, having as main causes bleeding disorders. Most of the newborns was male, Browns, with 1 to 5 days of life, children of mothers between 20 and 24 years, with 8 to 11 years of study and housewives, had uterus between 22 and 27 weeks, were born of natural childbirth, with low weight, having gone to death, mostly for respiratory-related causes. There was a considerable decrease in maternal and neonatal mortality in the period, but these indexes are not yet satisfactory, with regard to the maintenance of life and health of women and newborns who have passed by complications.