Delayed childbearing and maternal mortality.

dc.contributor.author	Temmerman, M
dc.contributor.author	Verstraelen, H
dc.contributor.author	Martens, G
dc.contributor.author	Bekaert, A
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-26T14:00:17Z
dc.date.available	2013-06-26T14:00:17Z
dc.date.issued	2004-05
dc.identifier.citation	Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2004 May 10;114(1):19-22.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hinari-gw.who.int/whalecomwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/whalecom0/pubmed/15099865
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/40591
dc.description.abstract	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.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	University of Nairobi.	en
dc.title	Delayed childbearing and maternal mortality.	en
dc.type	Article	en
local.publisher	College of Health Sciences	en