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OBJECTIVES: To describe a validated and multifactorial deprivation score to study the relationship between socioeconomic deprivation and perinatal risks. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The index of deprivation EPICES (Evaluation of Precarity and Inequalities in Health Examination Centers) was used to characterize the deprivation status of 234 women in post-partum in comparison with perinatal morbidity. The cutoff value of 30.7 was the threshold to define deprivation. RESULTS: Two hundred and eight patients were included in this retrospective study from whom 48 (23%) had a score of deprivation higher than 30.7. Maternofetal morbidity was more severe in deprived patients. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: The current results show that the EPICES score could be a useful obstetrical tool for the identification of deprived women during pregnancy.