Analyze the deaths in children under five years old, from preventable diseases have occurred in 2008 in Maringá, PR. Quantitative and descriptive study, with 41 deaths. As a guiding instrument for data collection, we used the form of research of the Committee on the Prevention of Infant and Fetal Death. From the 41 cases found, neonatal deaths accounted for 65.9%, 24.4% post-neonatal deaths and 9.7% above a year, 90.2% of these deaths were considered preventable, being 64.9% neonatal, 27.0 % post-neonatal and 8.1% newborn after one year old. For measures of preventability, it was realized that prevention activities were found more often among the possibilities for reducing death, with 59.5%, followed by actions of accurate diagnosis and treatment with 35.1%. It was concluded that the majority of preventable deaths has direct relationship with the care of pregnant women in prenatal and childbirth, demonstrating the need to establish an effective practice and quality.
Primary health care; Health evaluation; Sentinel Surveillance
