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The term amputation means the removal or absence, total or partial, of a body segment. Factors such as age, etiology, level of amputation, start of rehabilitation, clinical complications, and socio-economic status influence the rehabilitation of amputees. Therefore, this study aims to determine the clinical profile of lower extremity amputees registered in the five Family Health Units that attend the Jose Américo neighborhood in the city of João Pessoa, Pernambuco, and to investigate their observations in relation to the services offered in these units and their use of the services. The participants of this study were 13 lower extremity amputees registered in the five Family Health Units of the neighborhood under study. For data collection, a semi-structured evaluation form was applied to obtain the clinical profile of the subjects and to characterize their access to Primary Care. All the subjects had signed an informed consent and had been instructed in relation to basic care of the residual limb. The collected data were tabulated and analyzed descriptively. There was variation in relation to the education level and occupation of the subjects. Most of the amputations are due to diabetes, followed by vascular problems. The predominant levels were trans femoral and fingers. Twelve of the thirteen subjects reported having problems with the residual limb, however only half of the subjects took some type of treatment to resolve this. Most of the subjects did not have any prosthesis. Twelve of the amputees use the services of the Family Health Units, ten of them are satisfied with the services provided, and most of them find it difficult to shift to the Family Health Unit. It was possible to outline a profile of the sample, verifying the importance of continuously monitoring the general state of health of this population at the Primary Care level, where the majority of the sample are monitored and use the services provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]