Social aspects of maternal mortality: Analysis of 5 years in the Hospital General de Occident. Jalisco, Mexico [Aspectos sociales de la muerte materna: Análisis de 5 añeos en el Hospital General de Occidente. Jalisco, México]

Objective: Analyze the social aspects of the maternal mortality occurred in the Hospital General de Occident, Jalisco, Mexico (2006-2010). Method: It is resorted the archive of the hospital to identify files of maternal mortality during the study period. The sources of information were death certificates, verbal autopsy, confidential questionnaire and opinion of the deaths. We used descriptive statistics and measures of central tendency for the analysis of the information. Results: We identified 22 maternal deaths, demonstrating an ascending trend of maternal mortality during the study period. The mean age was 28.27 years old, 68.27% was dedicated to the home, 45% lived in free union, 55% had no record of social security, 50% had a primary education or less, and only 77.2% had prenatal control. Conclusions: The presence of social factors, in addition to clinicians, and that influence maternal death should be known for the obstetrics service personnel, and should be considered for the design and implementation of actions to reduce maternal death at all levels of care