MORTALIDAD MATERNA EN LA PARROQUIA ANGAMARCA CANTON PUJILI PROVINCIA DE COTOPAXI EN EL PERIODO DEL 1 DE JULIO DE 2000 HASTA 30 DE JUNIO DE 20005

Abstract

At world-wide level, every born minute dies a mother by each 100,000 alive ones, 1600 die every day; minimum 585,000 women die annually. Thus when observing the indices of maternal mortality can be affirmed that the tendency continues, specially in the indigenous population is perceived like a problem of high incidence due to their socioeconomic conditions and less access to health systems. Due to this; in the Angamarca parish a study of descriptive retrospective type was made, investigate the causes, consequences and epidemic caracterìtics of mother mortality. The incidence of maternal mortality in period 1 of Julio of the 2000 was investigated up to 30 of June of the 2005. The study began in November of the 2005 and finalized 30 of June of the 2006; In order to collect the data the Department of the Civil Registry of Angamarca with the purpose was visited of knowing the situation the maternal deaths; but the information, because was not obtained single it was global data of mortality. Therefore it was made domiciliary visits to the midwives of the community and the relatives of the deceaseds in search of information on the maternal deaths; with the purpose of applying the form of the Ministry of Public Health; Confidential information of Maternal Mortality and a form made by the investigators. It has been important to know the characteristic epidemiologists and the situation of the gestantes of the zone, that for cultural reasons, difficult geographic, economic accessibility and to the services of health, they prefer to be taken care of by the people of the community (midwives). One concluded that all the maternal deaths happened with childbirths in address; being the first cause of maternal death the hemorrhage posparto. We have verified that the rate of maternal mortality in the Angamarca parish in the last six years of 8 by 1000 is been born alive ones. The maternal death has great influence in the familiar scope; taking to a familiar disorganization, abandonment of the children, delegation of the children towards another person for the care and the psychological manifestations of the duel. Due to several factors of risk in which they are the gestantes of the Angamarca parish the project of qualification to midwives was made.