Mortality of women of childbearing age in the health region of Guanambi/BA

DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.20174104711719

Abstract

The study aimed to describe the mortality of women of childbearing age in the health region of Guanambi from 2003 to 2012. This is a descriptive research, with a quantitative approach, per-formed through data obtained from the Mortality Information System (SIM), made available by the Department of Informatics of SUS (DATASUS), referring to the deaths of women aged 10 to 49 years in the health region of Guanambi / BA, between 2003 and 2012. Women in the age group of 40 49 years (22.6%), 1 to 3 years of schooling (43%), single women (46.4%) and brown color / race (46.8%) were the ones who died the most; (17.4%), diseases of the circulatory system (17.1%) and neoplasias (15.4%) prevailed as the main reasons for these deaths. The maternal mortality coeffi-cients remained oscillating, varying between 18.05 and 138.07 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Underreporting and underreporting have made the real dimension of this problem difficult for the health of women in this region, it is necessary to invest in actions aimed at reducing prevent-able mortality.