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Early adolescent childbearing: a changing morbidity?
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7327984     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Statistics on births and abortions in Monroe County, New York were analyzed for the years 1967 through 1978, with special attention to the proportion of infants born weighing less than 2501 g to mothers less than 14 years of age. For that age group, there was an overall increase in low-birth-weight infants from 12.5% to 16.2% of live births. The nonwhite younger adolescents experienced widely fluctuating changes in the proportion of low-birth-weight infants from year to year, with a slight overall increase in the 12 year interval; the white younger adolescents exhibited a steady dramatic increase from 9.1% to 19.2% of live births. Although these changes whether for single year pairs or for grouped years, have not reached statistical significance, we hypothesize that this trend is the result of use of abortion among young adolescents.
Authors:
R E Kreipe; K J Roghmann; E R McAnarney
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of adolescent health care : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine     Volume:  2     ISSN:  0197-0070     ISO Abbreviation:  J Adolesc Health Care     Publication Date:  1981 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1982-04-22     Completed Date:  1982-04-22     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8100395     Medline TA:  J Adolesc Health Care     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  127-31     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Abortion, Legal / utilization*
Adolescent
Adult
African Americans
Child
European Continental Ancestry Group
Female
Humans
Infant, Low Birth Weight*
Infant, Newborn
New York
Pregnancy
Pregnancy in Adolescence*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
1 T01 MH 15275-01/MH/NIMH NIH HHS

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