Author(s)

Mara Beatriz Conceição¹, Carmem Regina Delziovo¹, Maria de Lourdes de Souza^2*, Fiona Ann Lynn³, Kátia Cilene Godinho Bertoncello⁴, Ariane Thaise Frello Roque⁴, Sabiha Khanum⁵, Cheila Bentes⁶

¹State Secretariat of Health of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.
²Nursing Graduate Program, Federal University of Santa Catarina (PEN/UFSC) and REPENSUL Institute, Florianópolis, Brazil.
³School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
⁴Nursing Graduate Program, Federal University of Santa Catarina (PEN/UFSC), Florianópolis, Brazil.
⁵KMU Institute of Nursing Sciences, Khyber Medical University (KMU), Peshawar, Pakistan.
⁶DINTER PEN/UFSC/UEA, Florianópolis, Manaus, Brazil.

Introduction: Indicators of maternal health are often used to evaluate the social development and overall health of a population, as well as the accessibility of health services. Among these indicators, the Potential Years of Life Lost, which is associated with maternal deaths, is useful for the definition of priorities, monitoring, evaluation, and intervention, identifying the highest risk groups. Objective: To analyze the Potential Years of Life Lost by maternal death in Santa Catarina in 2000 and 2014. Method: An Ecological study with exploratory spatial analysis was conducted with data obtained from the Information System on Mortality and Live Births. Results: In the Information System, 35 maternal deaths in the year 2000 were identified and 24 in 2014. The total estimated years of life lost were 845 years in 2000 and 780 years in 2014, dominated by direct obstetric causes. In 2000, women who died lost, on average, 39.8 years of life; and 41.5 years in 2014. Conclusion: The spatial pattern observed in 2000 highlights areas of high risk in different regions of Santa Catarina. The greatest loss of years occurred in younger women, confirming the need to prevent and control maternal mortality and review strategies for compliance with public policies in the State.

Maternal Mortality, Potential Years of Life Lost, Causes of Death

Conceição, M. , Delziovo, C. , de Souza, M. , Lynn, F. , Bertoncello, K. , Roque, A. , Khanum, S. and Bentes, C. (2018) Maternal Death and Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL) in Santa Catarina, Brazil, in 2000 and 2014. Open Journal of Nursing, 8, 823-834. doi: 10.4236/ojn.2018.811062.