Profile of infant mortality in Petrolina-PE between the years 1994 to 2005
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https://doi.org/10.9771/cmbio.v8i3.4452Keywords:
Infant Mortality – Petrolina, PE, Brazil – Neonatal mortality – Health indicatorsAbstract
Infant mortality is a public health problem that has experienced reductions in recent years in Brazil, due to better conditions of life and investments to promote maternal and child health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the profile of infant mortality in Petrolina-PE, between the years 1994 to 2005. There has been research that are descriptive and quantitative, using indicators of live births and infant mortality, describing the profile of infant mortality in Petrolina. We applied the system DATASUS for data collection, and the income was through graphs and tables. In the data analysis, we observed that, in Petrolina over the 12 years studied was an average of 25 infant deaths per thousand live births. In an attempt to minimize the mortality public health policies need to be more effective actions, with focus to education in maternal and child health, and invest in the achievement of pre-natal to better quality.Downloads
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2009-03-03
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Cruz, S. S. da, Figueiredo, A. C. M. G., Melo, M. C. P. de, Filho, I. S. G., Passos, J. de S., Oliveira, M. T., Oliveira, T. F. L. de, Nunes, D. de C., Machado, L. B., Arcoverde, L. L. S., & Mudo, A. P. N. (2009). Profile of infant mortality in Petrolina-PE between the years 1994 to 2005. Journal of Medical and Biological Sciences, 8(3), 256–261. https://doi.org/10.9771/cmbio.v8i3.4452
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