2008Vidas arriscadas: uma reflexão sobre a relação entre o número de gestações e mortalidade materna Revista Brasileira de Crescimento e Desenvolvimento Humano, São Paulo, v. 18, n. 3, p. 254-263, dez. 2008 http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/14320 (206) was of multigestas (gesta > 5), the maternal death relative risk was six times higher than for the women with to two gestations, and the profiles sociodemographic and the reproductive one were more unfavorable for that group of women. Incomplete schooling, equal age or above 30 years and less than four prenatal medical consultations presented association with the most greatest number of gestations. The deaths proportion by indirect obstetric causes, hemorrhages and abortion was bigger between the multigestas and around 90% of the deaths of this group was considered avoidable. It concluded that monitoring of the multigestas with advanced age and in social disadvantage, as well as effective actions of family planning, and obstetric service qualified for high risk gestation are measures that can contribute for reduction of the maternal mortality in Paraná.