title: [Trend in mortality from external causes in pregnant and postpartum women and its relationship to socioeconomic factors in Colombia, 1998-2010].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Determine the trend in mortality from external causes in pregnant and postpartum women and its relationship to socioeconomic factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive study, based on the official registries of deaths reported by the National Statistics Agency, 1998-2010. The trend was analyzed using Poisson regressions. Bivariate correlations and multiple linear regression models were constructed to explore the relationship between mortality and socioeconomic factors: human development index, Gini index, gross domestic product, unsatisfied basic needs, unemployment rate, poverty, extreme poverty, quality of life index, illiteracy rate, and percentage of affiliation to the Social Security System.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 2 223 female deaths from external causes were recorded, of which 1 429 occurred during pregnancy and 794 in the postpartum period. The gross mortality rate dropped from 30.7 per 100 000 live births plus fetal deaths in 1998 to 16.7 in 2010. A downward curve with no significant inflection points was shown in the risk of dying from this cause. The multiple linear regression model showed a correlation between mortality and extreme poverty and the illiteracy rate, suggesting that these indicators could explain 89.4% of the change in mortality from external causes in pregnant and postpartum women each year in Colombia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mortality from external causes in pregnant and postpartum women showed a significant downward trend that may be explained by important socioeconomic changes in the country, including a decrease in extreme poverty and in the illiteracy rate.
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación en Epidemiología, Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública, Universidad de Antioquia, Antioquia, Colombia, nucatara@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Edwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Salazar
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación en Epidemiología, Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública, Universidad de Antioquia, Antioquia, Colombia, nucatara@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buitrago
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Investigación Judicial, Forenses y Salud, Tecnológico de Antioquia, Antioquia, Colombia.
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación en Epidemiología, Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública, Universidad de Antioquia, Antioquia, Colombia, nucatara@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Catalina Arango
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Alzate
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000401:mortality* / Q000639:trends; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D000067010:Literacy; D008428:Maternal Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D061213:Mortality, Premature / Q000639:trends; D011203:Poverty; D011247:Pregnancy; D064890:Social Determinants of Health; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D055815:Young Adult