Abstract
Objective: To identify the epidemiological profile of the mother-child binomial involved in early and late neonatal deaths in Rondônia. Methods: Descriptive exploratory quantitative study of a time series, carried out through consultations with the Mortality Information System (SIM). A database was created on infant deaths in the state of Rondônia from 2014 to 2018, delimiting micro-regions and variables such as place of birth. Results: Regarding the microregion, it is observed that Porto Velho stands out with 31.76% of a total of 1234 deaths. There was dominance in the variables maternal age group in which in the range of 20 to 24 years there were a total of 392 deaths, in the variable place of birth it was found that within the hospital there were 384 deaths totaling 97.95%, while outside the hospital there were only 5, type of pregnancy and color/race also showed high percentages. The other variables present in the study did not display a significant percentage discrepancy. Conclusion: Although there are governmental programs and projects aimed at the health of pregnant women and newborns, it appears that the number of neonatal deaths is still an obstacle to public health. Thus, there is a need to intensify measures to prevent deaths in the mother-child binomial at the time of delivery and postpartum.