Maternal mortality is defined as death of a woman during pregnancy or up to 42 days
after the end of this, and is an important indicator of health because its occurrence
reflects the quality of health care of women in a given population, provides
information on the performance of health services and the inequities that exist
between different socioeconomic strata. In this perspective the work showed the
epidemiological profile of maternal death in women of reproductive age in the state of
Pará in the period 2007-2011. This is a descriptive study, a quantitative crosssectional and retrospective. The study was conducted using data provided by the
Mortality Information System of the Department of Public Health State of Pará,
SESPA. For data analysis we used the simple and relative frequencies of categorical
variables (total number of deaths, age, color, education and cause of death) and
calculations of the Maternal Mortality Ratio of gross. The description of the variables
given in numbers and percentages expressed in the form of tables and charts. The
results revealed that the maternal mortality ratio were higher in the years 2011
(60.57) and 2007 (58.60), deaths predominated aged 20-29 years (44.63%), in
skinned women (76.83%) and 4-7 years of education (35.85%), the main causes
were hypertension, hemorrhagic syndromes and infection with the respective
percentage of the total number of deaths (31.95%), (11.46%) and (7.80%). We
conclude that reducing maternal mortality, in addition to political will, requires the
training of health professionals, for early diagnosis of the vulnerability of pregnant
and operating measures to avoid the occurrence of maternal death.
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