This article has as its objective the study of the weight of the newly born, the age group of the mother and the kind of deliveries which took place in the maternity wards in Rio Branco - Acre Federal State - Brazil, in the period between 1994 and 1996. It was observed that 73,8% of the deliveries were regular and 25,5% were cesareans. Adolescents, between 10 to 14 years old represented 5,4% of the total of the deliveries. In relation to the weight of the newly born, 84,6% met the expectations, 7,4% were underwieght and 6,6% were overweight. The present study also found that the data related to weight, age and gender was ignored in many cases, which shows flaws on the registration system of the institutions analyzed. As a conclusion, we would like to stress the importance of prenatal assistance both for the mother and the child, and also the effort on the part of the Maternity and Nursing management regarding the production and analysis of data.
pediatric nursing; social pediatrics