Abstract
Objective: To identify the profile of pregnant women with syphilis, living in the state of Bahia, through the analysis of the cases notified in the Diseases and Notifications Information System (SINAN) Methods: This is an ecological, time-series, descriptive and exploratory study, carried out using secondary dataa provided by SINAN. The studied population consisted of pregnant women who had syphilis from 2014 to 2019. The study adopted descriptive statistical analysis, using Microsoft Excel software as a tool. Results: Between 2014 and 2019, there were 15,198 reported cases of syphilis in pregnant women in Bahia, whose year with the highest number of cases was 2018, obtaining 3897 cases. The greatest predominance of cases, 9306(61,2%) declared themselves brown, 3239 (21.31%) had schooling from 5 to incomplete 8th grade, 5,027 (33%) were in the second trimester of pregnancy, 4042 (27%) were classified as primary syphilis. Conclusion: The high number of cases of congenital syphilis among pregnant women, corroborates with challenges in the early diagnosis and treatment of pregnant women, in need of effective preventive measures.