OBJECTIVE: to analyze risk factors for the death of children at one year of age in the town of Maracanaú, in the State of Ceará, between the year 2000 and 2002, through the linkage of information of the System of Information on Live Births and the Mortality System of Information. METHODS: retrospective cohort of 11,127 live births with certificate of born-alive filled out and occurred between 01/01/2000 and 31/01/2002 and 119 infant deaths linked to this cohort of born-alive, with certificate of death or investigation instrument of infant death filled out and occurred between 01/01/2000 and 31/01/2003. The risk factors for the infant death were estimated utilizing the bi-varied and multi-varied analysis through the logistic regression. RESULTS: significant Odds Ratio (OR) were found among born-alive with low weight when coming to life (OR=3.16; IC95% 1.58-6.35), premature born-alive (OR=2.70; IC95% 1.25-5.86), born-alive from mothers with pre-natal appointment the same as or lower than 6 (OR=2.05; IC95% 1.15-3.64) and born-alive whose Apgar score in the first (OR=4.40; IC95% 2.48-7.81) and the fifth (OR=5.5; IC95% 2.75-11.20) minutes of life were lower than seven. CONCLUSIONS: this study made it possible the use of data bases of birth and death, suggesting the continuous vigilance and offer of adequate assistance to the subgroup of newly-born with a higher risk of death and the guarantee of pre-natal assistance of quality.
Infant Mortality; Information System; Records
