Mortalidade infantil no Município de Nova Serrana- Minas Gerais: investigação e evitabilidade dos óbitos

Abstract

Introduction: Infant mortality is considered one of the most sensitive indicators of living conditions and health of a population. Objective: To analyze infant mortality in Nova Serrana, MG, focusing on the investigated deaths and avoidable. Methods: A descriptive, retrospective study of infant deaths of mothers resident in Nova Serrana, Minas Gerais, which occurred in the period from 2009 to 2013 and recorded in the Mortality Information System (SIM). Data sources were banks SIM, SIMWEB and Information System (SINASC). Data analysis involved the calculation of ratios and infant mortality rates and their components. The classification of preventability was adopted Updated List of Causes of Deaths Preventable by intervention Health System of Brazil. Results: There were 100 infant deaths in the city over the period and the average infant mortality rate was 15.86 per thousand live births, with 71.0% of the deaths occurred in the first week of life. According to the criteria used to classify avoidable deaths, 59 of these (59.0%) were considered preventable and most through proper attention to the fetus and newborn. Conclusions: The linkage study database SIM and SIM WEB, of child deaths investigated and the criterion of preventability, deepens the surveillance of deaths in outline strategies for reducing infant and fetal mortality. The proportion of deaths investigated is related to a group of causes of early neonatal death, those children born with low birth weight and preterm. The problem confronting the educational demand and communicative actions, discussing with management and sensitize the different stakeholders of the importance of the role of each.