ABREU, J. G.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4977491934637393; ABREU, Jefferson Gomes de.
Résumé:
Infant mortality is understood as an indicator of health, as well as a parameter of measuring
the development of a population of a given region, country , state or city, being its indexes
used in the conception of the Human Development Index , reflecting the quality of life of
people. Thus, this research aims to: identify the epidemiological profile of infant mortality in
the city of Cajazeiras , Paraíba in the period 2008-2012 ; know the causes of infant mortality
from the database of the Mortality Information System ; evaluate information maternal and
their relation to infant mortality . This is an epidemiological, cross-sectional, exploratory ,
documentary and retrospective study with a quantitative approach , using secondary data
source . Data collection was realized in the database of the Information System about
mortality deployed in the department of the data processing of 9º Gerência Regional de Saúde
located in said city . The population of the study was composed of 2,228 deaths reported in
the city of Cajazeiras -PB in the period from 2008 to 2012, the sample consisted of 115 infant
deaths. Data were transferred to an instrument designed from the Death Certificate and after
reading these were consolidated, grouped in tables and graphs then were treated by simple
descriptive statistics and analyzed in the light of the relevant thematic literature. The results
show that there is a predominance of neonatal mortality with 67 % of deaths for age in
relation to death 45 % of newborns are premature under 36 weeks gestation. With respect to
the weight it was found that 46 % were born less than 2,500 grams and 36% by caesarean
section. The main causes of death were diseases of the perinatal period with 61 %, followed
by congenital malformations with 14 % and Infectious, Parasitic diseases with 10 %.
Concerning maternal age 32 % are between 21 and 30 years, in terms of schooling, it was
found that only 4 % have completed higher education. Therefore, the results obtained allowed
us to show that there is a fiery need to rethink the policies and practices of maternal and child
health at the local level, furthermore, the study indicates a need to invest in improvements in
quality of life of population as a whole, since infant mortality is an indicator of living
conditions and public health and, in fact studied many variables that favored child mortality
are associated with preventable and / or amenable to intervention causes.