Principais fatores relacionados aos óbitos do primeiro ano de vida nos anos de 1996 a 2010, no município de Trindade-GO

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze the main factors related to deaths of the first year of life in the years 1996 to 2010, the city of Trindade - GO. We analyzed the infant mortality rate (IM), neonatal, post neonatal, IM by gender and described the main causes of death by ICD-10, compared to some coefficients related to IM Trindade, with the state of Goiás and Brazil. During this period the number of live births (LB) was 22,900, the total number of IM was 431 children and an average rate of IM (per thousand LB) in Trindade in this period was 18.82. Most of the IM occurred in males and was 240 (55.68%) deaths. 72.87% of IM children had weight below 2500g at birth. The infant mortality rate (IMR) neonatal totaled 300 (69.61%) of IM. The neonatal IMR (per thousand LB) Trindade was 13.10 deaths (per thousand LB). The main causes of IM in Trindade was "Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period" with 58.70% of total IM, this cause of death could be avoided with improvements in care during the prenatal, childbirth and newborn .