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  • Facts on early childbirth
     OP - January 22, 2009, 02:40 AM
    Teenage Pregnancy - March of Dimes

    What are the health risks to babies of teen mothers?

    A baby born to a teenage mother is at higher risk for certain serious problems and death than a baby born to an older mother. Babies of teenage mothers are more likely to die in the first year of life than babies of women in their twenties and thirties. The risk is highest for babies of the mothers under age 15. In 2004, 17.1 out of every 1,000 babies of women under age 15 died, compared to 6.8 per 1,000 for babies of women of all ages (10).




    Pregnancy and Childbearing Among U.S. Teens - Planned Parenthood


    In 2004, the infant mortality rate for children born to teen mothers was significantly higher than the national infant mortality rate — 9.75 deaths per 1,000 live births versus 6.78, respectively. The infant mortality rate was highest for teens younger than 15 years of age — 17.11 deaths per 1,000 live births (Mathews & MacDorman, 2007).

    MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Adolescent pregnancy


    Adolescent pregnancy is associated with higher rates of illness and death for both the mother and infant.

    Pregnant teens are at much higher risk of dying or having serious medical complications such as:

    Placenta previa
    Pregnancy-induced hypertension
    Premature delivery
    Significant anemia
    Toxemia

    Infants born to teens are 2 - 6 times more likely to have low birth weight than those born to mothers age 20 or older. Prematurity plays the greatest role in low birth weight, but intrauterine growth retardation (inadequate growth of the fetus during pregnancy) is also a factor...


    The younger a mother is below age 20, the greater the risk of her infant dying during the first year of life.

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  • Re: Facts on early childbirth
     Reply #1 - January 22, 2009, 05:14 AM
    I shudder to think about the stats for the 3rd world: Haiti or Zimbabwe, say.
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