Delayed childbearing and maternal mortality.
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Date
2004-05Author
Temmerman, M
Verstraelen, H
Martens, G
Bekaert, A
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OBJECTIVES:
To assess the maternal age trend in pregnant women in Flanders, Belgium, and examine the impact of maternal age on maternal mortality.
STUDY DESIGN:
Retrospective analysis of a population based regional perinatal database during one decade.
RESULTS:
Between 1991 and 2000 a significant increase in maternal age was found, in primiparous as well as in multiparous women. The maternal mortality ratio was 5.8, and strongly related to maternal age, with a relative risk of 7.0 (95% CI: 3.0-16.2) from the age of 35 on, and of 30.0 (95% CI: 11.4-80.6) in women aged 40 years or beyond.
CONCLUSIONS:
These data call for further research and action to facilitate career and reproduction, and for special care for older pregnant women.
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http://hinari-gw.who.int/whalecomwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/whalecom0/pubmed/15099865http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/40591
Citation
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2004 May 10;114(1):19-22.Publisher
University of Nairobi. College of Health Sciences
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- Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) [10377]