Factores causales asociados a la muerte materna en el Ecuador en el período 2017-2019.

Abstract

Introduction: Maternal mortality is a phenomenon that manifests the risks of women dying from conditions associated with pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium. The socioeconomic gap between different states allows for a higher prevalence of maternal mortality in each country compared to another depending on its financial status within the world economy. Objectives: The purpose of this study is to carry out an analysis of the causal factors associated with maternal death in Ecuador in the period 2017-2019. Methodology: The study sample comes from cases of maternal death that occurred in Ecuador in the period 2017-2019 (N = 468). Statistical analysis was performed with Google Sheets spreadsheet software. The present investigation only used descriptive statistical techniques for the reason of being a retrospective observational study. Results: The sample is made up of cases of maternal death that occurred in Ecuador in the periods 2017 to 2019. It received a total sample of 468 cases of maternal death in this three-year period; of the cases, 211 deaths representing 45% corresponding to 2017, being this year where the highest number of cases of maternal death occurs, 33%, that is, 154 cases, corresponding to the year 2018, noting a decrease of 57 cases in one year, and 103 cases representing 22% of the total number of maternal death cases in the period 2017-2019. Conclusion: With these results, the phenomenon of maternal mortality can be interpreted as a multi-causal event in which various divergence factors are involved, covering the social, economic and psychological sphere.