Abstract

LOURENCO, Eloá de Carvalho; BRUNKEN, Gisela Soares  and  LUPPI, Carla Gianna. Neonatal mortality: study of avoidable causes in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, 2007. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2013, vol.22, n.4, pp.697-706. ISSN 1679-4974.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742013000400016.

OBJECTIVE: to describe neonatal deaths in Cuiabá-MT, Brazil, in 2007. METHODS: a descriptive study was conducted using Mortality Information System data on neonatal mortality. Cases were classified according to the Unified Health System List of Causes of Deaths which could be avoided by interventions. Neonatal mortality rates were calculated per period and by causes. RESULTS: 79 deaths studied. The neonatal mortality rate was 8.7 per 1000 Live Births (LB). The highest number of deaths occurred in the early neonatal period (6.8/1000 LB). The main causes of death were prematurity (n=21), sepsis (n=14), anencephaly (n=14) and respiratory distress syndrome (n=12). 65 deaths were considered avoidable, 35 owing to inadequate health care during pregnancy and delivery and 30 owing to inadequate care of the newborn. CONCLUSION: most of the neonatal deaths studied were considered avoidable.

Keywords : Live Birth; Infant Mortality; Cause of Death; Epidemiology, Descriptive.

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