Information system on live births: quality and profile of births in Southern Bahia

• Autor(a) principal: Moraes, Márcia Maria Santos de
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Rocha, Erika Maria Sampaio, Soares, Thaíssa Fernandes de Souza, Moura, Gabriela Purificação, Santos, Luara da Silva
• 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/3375
• topic: Sistema de informação em saúde; Nascimento vivo; Perfil epidemiológico; Cesárea; Sistemas de Información en Salud; Nacimiento vivo; Perfil epidemiológico; Cesárea; Health Information Systems; Live Birth; Health Profile; Caesarean Section

Adequate input and reliability of information from the Information System on Live Births (Sinasc) is key for analysis of maternal and child health. This study evaluated the coverage and completeness of Sinasc information and the birth profile of populational groups in southern Bahia, in 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017. Coverage was calculated by the ration between reported and estimated live births. Data completeness and profile were analyzed by assessing the maternal, pregnancy, birth, and newborn characteristics. Coverage ranged from 28% to 100%, with lower values for smaller municipalities. The region saw a 23% increase in Sinasc coverage between 2002 and 2012, and 17.4% between 2002 and 2017. All municipalities reached coverages greater than 60% in the last two years. In 2002, important variables such as race/color, schooling level and 5th minute Apgar score registered poor to regular completeness. The predominant profile is of young black mothers (20-29 years old) with low schooling level, access to seven or more pre-natal visits, full-term pregnancies, and vaginal births. The most frequent Robson groups were G3, G1 and G5, considered low risk for caesarian sections. Low birth weight was highest in the larger group, and the presence of congenital anomalies did not exceed 1%. The study highlights a reasonable increase in the quality of Sinasc information, an increase in maternal schooling, adolescents contributing to 20%-37% of births, an increase in pre-natal consultations, and an increase in caesarian sections and premature births.