Avaliação da idade materna na ocasião do parto da região macrosul de Minas Gerais

Abstract

In Brazil, as in the world, the woman's age at birth time is increasing, since this change reflects a decline in fertility of five children in the 1980s to 1.8 in the decade of 2010. It is believed that the use of contraceptives, women's entry into the labor market, academic aspiration, the search for the ideal partner and the advancement of assisted reproduction techniques have been the biggest changes that influenced the decline in fertility. Facing this context, the study aimed to analyze the age of primiparous women through the Live Birth Declaration (DNV) and Live Birth Information System (SINASC). This is a descriptive, comparative-analytical and cross-sectional study, based on secondary data. The information was extracted from official government documents relating to the macro-region of southern Minas Gerais, made up of 154 municipalities in the period from 2000 to 2013. The data were organized containing information from DNV records as sociodemographic characteristics (age, marital status; education), obstetrical information (duration of pregnancy, number of prenatal visits, type of delivery and type of pregnancy) and neonatal (birth weight, Apgar index at 1 and 5 minutes after birth and malformation). Analyses were performed using the chi-square test, Spearman correlation coefficient, Kruskal Wallis and logistic regression (Oddis Ratio), by means of statistical programs SPSS and R. The obtained results confirm the status of the macro-region of South of Minas General and developed region, for the demographic and social characteristics obstetric and neonatal: the fertility decline; increasing maternal age when pregnant; higher education; stable relationship; numbers of prenatal consultations as recommended; low premature and undesirable increase in caesarean section. However, unlike other regions with these characteristics, birth weight and prematurity were not results affected. The variables allowed tracing the social and clinical profile of pregnant women and newborns, providing data to serve as the health professional allowance through SINASC, enabling the organization and planning of specific actions for the profile of the user population of health services.