Characterization of Maternal Mortality in Villa Clara (2001 - 2015)

Abstract

Introduction: Maternal mortality is a statistical term that describes the death of a woman during or shortly after a pregnancy.
Objective: Characterize maternal mortality in the province of Villa Clara (2001 - 2015).
Methods: The results of a fifteen - year study of maternal mortality in Villa Clara, Cuba, are presented in an observational, descriptive, retrospective study of maternal deaths from January 2001 to 2015.
Results: The distribution of maternal deaths in the province has been proportional. It is remarkable that no mortality was registered in 2004 and 2010. In the rest of the years, the behavior oscillated between one and five cases per year. In the period, the total of maternal deaths in the territory resulted in 34 in relation to the 788 reported throughout the country. Among the causes of maternal mortality are those related to hemorrhagic events in 9 cases, followed by thromboembolic disease with 5 deaths and heart disease, as well as amniotic fluid embolism with 4 cases. Different infrequent causes are reported in the study period with one case each.
Conclusions: In the period under study, there has been a stability in the incidence of maternal deaths in the territory with the exception of two years when no mortality was registered. The underlying causes coincide with bleeding and thromboembolic disease followed by other conditions.