Maternal mortality in Bahia: a sociodemographic analysis

• Autor(a) principal: Neiva, Ana Beatriz Costa
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Santos, Júlia Libarino Pontes Pimentel, Macêdo, Lahara Martins Dourado, Ramos, Victória Kelly Savernini, Duarte, Meirelayne Borges
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/3476
• topic: Mortalidade materna; Saúde da mulher; Análise de vulnerabilidade; Mortalidad materna; Salud de la mujer; Análisis de vulnerabilidad; Maternal mortality; Women’s health; Vulnerability analysis; Maternal Mortality

This study aimed to analyze the influence of sociodemographic factors on maternal mortality in the state of Bahia and to identify its risk factors, for implementing improvements in Primary Health Care. A quantitative, cross-sectional, and descriptive study was carried out with secondary data collected from February to June 2020 by using the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System (DATASUS). The study population comprises all women aged between 10 and 49 years, who died during pregnancy, labor, or puerperium in the period from 2007 to 2017. Qualitative variables of schooling, marital status, skin color/race and quantitative age variable were studied. In the data analysis, maternal mortality ratios were used to calculate the quantitative variable and the percentage distribution rates to calculate the qualitative variables. According to this study analysis, noticing that maternal deaths were more prevalent in women between 40 and 49 years old, single, with four to 11 years of schooling and mixed race was possible. Thus, it is possible to conclude that, to reduce maternal mortality in Bahia, broader and more articulated governmental actions are necessary for effective changes to occur in the current model of obstetric care.