Perfil de nascimentos no estado de Minas Gerais no período de 2013 a 2017

This paper aims to describe the epidemiological profile of live births by race / color of mothers, in the state of Minas Gerais, from 2013 to 2017. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study, using secondary data from of the Live Birth Information System - SINASC of the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System - DATASUS. The sample consisted of 1,223,629 live births residing in the State of Minas Gerais, registered in the SINASC, from 2013 to 2017. Among these, 435,493 (35.6%) were born to White women, 777,800,364 (63.6%) of Black and Parda women and 10,336 (0.8%) of Yellow and Indigenous women. In the period analyzed, the epidemiological profile of births in the state of Minas Gerais is characterized by the majority of males, black and brown mothers, aged between 20 and 34 years, with education between 8 and 12 years of study, with companion. Most term births, with adequate prenatal care in number of consultations, by cesarean section, Apgar score at 1 and 5 minutes above 8, with adequate birth weight.