PROFILE OF MATERNAL DELIVERY-RELATED DEATH IN SANTA CATARINA.

Authors

  • H. C. Gallotti Peixoto
  • H. E. Lentz Martins
  • V. R. Petters Gregório
  • R. Knobel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/eglobal.5.1.326
Keywords: mortalidad materna, tendencias, indicadores, salud de la mujer, salud pública, mortalidade materna, tendências, saúde da mulher, saúde pública, maternal delivery-related death, trends, indicators, health of the woman, public health

Abstract

Using databases from the Information System concerning Death, this study presents an exploratory analysis of maternal delivery-related deaths in Santa Catarina, Brasil from 1996- 2002. It compares the figures of the Reasons of Maternal Death (RMM) in a historical series from official databases with data formulated using a corrective factor in order to eliminate the subnotification effects of maternal death certificates. The limitations of the indicator concerning trends are discussed, as a result of different factors that directly interfere with observed oscillations. In 2002, 48 maternal death certificates were registered in Santa Catarina, equaling 57.4 death certificates per 100,000 live infants born. Considering the corrective factor for maternal death certificates, using (1.83), this figure increases to 91.1 death certificates. Attempting to outline the profile of delivery-related death in Santa Catarina, death certificates were studied according to certain variables (cause of death, age, education, civil status, location), available through the death certificates. Analyzing regional abnormalities in the risk of delivery-related death, the High Plains (Planalto Serrano) macro-region appears to have the largest RMM of the study. The results obtained show that the data is an important subsidy for an initial approximation for profiling maternal delivery-related death. Therefore, it is necessary to invest into the improvement of the quality of fulfilling in the death declaration forms in order to maximize the analysis done by that data base.

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Gallotti Peixoto, H.C. et al. 2006. PROFILE OF MATERNAL DELIVERY-RELATED DEATH IN SANTA CATARINA. Global Nursing. 5, 1 (May 2006). DOI:https://doi.org/10.6018/eglobal.5.1.326.
Issue
Vol. 5 No. 1 (2006): #8 - Mayo
Section
Clínica

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