THE PROFILE OF MATERNAL MORTALITY IN THE STATE OF MARANHÃO (Atena Editora)

Abstract

Maternal mortality is the death that occurs during the gestational period or 42 days after the end of this period, not taking into account its place of development or the elapsed time, excluding causes external to the physiological process, such as accidental causes. or incidentals. Therefore, the question arose about the epidemiological profile of maternal mortality in the state of Maranhão in the period from 2015 to 2019. Indeed, this article had as general objective: to analyze the epidemiological profile of maternal mortality in the state of Maranhão; and as specific objectives: Identify the reason for maternal mortality due to direct and indirect causes in the state of Maranhão in the period from 2015 to 2019, describe the absolute number of maternal deaths by age group. Therefore, a descriptive epidemiological study with a quantitative and exploratory approach was used. At the end of the research, the following data were found: Maternal Mortality Ratio by direct causes is 68.41; while the RMM, due to indirect causes, is 18.19. Therefore, in a concentrated data, the total MMR is 86.61 per 100,000 live births in the state of Maranhão. It is concluded, therefore, that the direct causes are the majority in this state and are in line with national statistics. The need to improve the labor offered, as well as greater use of primary care services by the public addressed based on the diagnostic profile of the pathologies that surround them are fundamental factors to reduce the disastrous statistics that lead the debate worldwide and that, at the national level, are evidenced daily.