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Information incompleteness of live births in São Luís/MA in 2012
Incompletude de informação de nascidos vivos em São Luís/MA no ano de 2012
Información de la incompletitud de nacidos vivos en São Luís/MA en 2012
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Abstract Objective: to evaluate the Information System on Live Births in São Luís/MA referring to the mother, child and pregnancy. Method: this is a longitudinal and retrospective study. Data collection was performed in 2012, with a population of 18,065 live births in the Declaration of live birth. The calcu... view more
Objective: to evaluate the Information System on Live Births in São Luís/MA referring to the mother, child and pregnancy. Method: this is a longitudinal and retrospective study. Data collection was performed in 2012, with a population of 18,065 live births in the Declaration of live birth. The calculation of the percentage of incomplete classification criterion of scale Romero and Cunha was carried out. Results: the Information System on Live Births in São Luís/MA showed fair to excellent completeness for most variables. Maternal and infant variables with excellent completeness were maternal age, marital status, education, sex of child, weight and Apgar score at 1 and 5 minutes. The highest percentages of incompleteness were the variables gestational age, mother's occupation, number of children living and dead. Conclusions: the estimated coverage of the Information System of live birth showed a regular completeness.... view less
Keywords
Brazil; Latin America; South America; health care delivery system; statistics; birth trend; fertility rate; information
Classification
Medical Sociology
Population Studies, Sociology of Population
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 3705-3713
Journal
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 8 (2016) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2016.v8i1.3705-3713
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed