Abstract

PASTORELLO, Cláudia Maria et al. Impact of pandemic influenza (H1N1) 2009 and respiratory diseases in the mortality of women at childbearing age in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2008-2009. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2012, vol.21, n.2, pp.205-212. ISSN 1679-4974.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742012000200003.

OBJECTIVE: to describe the impact of pandemic influenza (H1N1) 2009 and respiratory diseases on mortality of women at childbearing age (WCA), and characterize epidemiological those deaths. METHODS: a mixed study of case series and case control of WCA (10 to 49 years old) deaths reported to the Brazilian Mortality Information System in the period 2008-2009, in the Municipalities situated in the 6th Regional Health Coordination/Health Secretariat of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. RESULTS: during the period of the study, 421 deaths occurred in WCA and the mortality rate observed was 111.4/100.000 (2008) and 117.4/100.000 (2009); considering all deaths, 5.7% were maternal deaths; pregnancy and postpartum were characteristics more frequent in death due to Pandemic Influenza than in death due to other causes. CONCLUSION: the WCA mortality profile in 2009 changed as result of increase in deathsfrom respiratory diseases, including pandemic influenza (H1N1) 2009.

Keywords : Influenza Human; Women; Pregnant Women; Mortality; Women's Health.

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