[Maternal mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean].

"The underlying analytical scheme in this study [focuses] on the phenomena of maternal mortality in relation to fertility rates [in Latin America and the Caribbean].... The countries of the region are classified under a typology, formulated in function of the association between maternal mortality and fertility rates. Using that typology, the causes of maternal death are then presented, stressing...recent trends. Finally, the intermediate factors and the contextual variables related to fertility are discussed...." (SUMMARY IN ENG)