SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND MATERNAL MORTALITY IN A REFERENCE HOSPITAL IN THE CITY OF CURITIBA – PARANÁ

Abstract

Maternal mortality is in the center of many discussions and is of concern in Brazil since it reflects the quality of care in health services, as well as the operationalization of public policies related to women’s health. This research aimed to identify the sociodemographic and causal profile of maternal mortality in the period 2004-2007 in a teaching hospital in Curitiba, Parana State. After analysis of the hospital records during confidential investigation of deaths and technical statements by experts of the State Committee for Prevention of Maternal Mortality, it was found a percentage of 80.6% of avoidable deaths, of which 45.16% of these were due to direct causes of mother deaths. Among these causes, the ones which caused more deaths were those related to circulatory diseases, obstetric embolism and kidney disease. We concluded that there’s some deficiency in the information registries in the medical record regarding socio demographic data, and there’s a need to discuss the health care acess improvement in order to decrease the maternal mortality rates.

Keywords

• Maternal mortality
• Women’s health
• Epidemiology