Características da mortalidade neonatal de uma capital brasileira

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: in the last decades, several countries have shown a significant drop in infant morbidity and mortality rates. However, despite advances in the protection of children's health on the world stage, research shows that the mortality of this group is still high and their profile significantly influenced by socio-demographic inequalities. In this perspective, the importance of research that presents data on infant deaths and analysis of this information is highlighted. OBJECTIVE: to describe characteristics of neonatal mortality recorded in Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil, from 1999 to 2018. METHOD: time series and documentary basis, which analyzed the cases of neonatal death in the municipality of Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil, reported in the System Mortality Information System (SIM), occurring from January 1999 to December 2018. For data analysis, the Child Mortality Rates, a neonatal component, were calculated. The variables used were, in relation to the newborn, sex, age and weight, as far as the mother is concerned, only the variable age was used. The confidence interval was calculated to make comparisons between two specific years. When the number of deaths was less than 100, the Poisson distribution was assumed and for the calculation of the confidence interval, the coefficient will be multiplied by the confidence factors of the upper and lower limits of the interval, at the 95% level. Opinion number: 3.190.769. RESULT: in the city of Palmas, from 1999 to 2018, 800 neonatal deaths were reported. It is registered that there was a prevalence of early neonatal deaths, totaling 586 cases. CONCLUSION: of the 800 deaths of children aged up to 27 days of life recorded in the municipality of Palmas, between 1999 and 2018, there was a statistical difference in the neonatal death count according to the event's occurrence, with a higher proportion of early neonatal deaths when its occurrence it was in Palmas (556; 74.0%).