[Eclampsia, obstetric hemorrhage and heart disease as a cause of maternal mortality in 15 years of analysis].

Background: It has been described that 70% of all maternal deaths are provoked by obstetrical hemorrhage, infections, abortions, hypertension and delivery dystocies. Poverty, social exclusion, low level education and violence are important causes of maternal mortality.

Objective: To establish the changes in the maternal mortality in a term of 15 years in a hospital of assistance obstetrical complicated.