Table 1.
Demographic, obstetrics and neonatal characteristics between adolescent and adult mothers
| Adolescent mother (N-4667) | Adult mother (N-56075) |
Total population (N-60742) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disadvantaged ethnic group | 3083 (66.1%) | 26,830 (47.8%) | 29,913 (49.2%) | p < 0.001 |
| No formal education | 1263 (32.6%) | 6610 (14.2%) | 7873 (15.6%) | p < 0.001 |
| Severe anemia | 13 (0.3%) | 186 (0.3%) | 199 (0.3%) | 0.542 |
| Preeclampsia | 46 (1.0%) | 538 (1.0%) | 584 (1.0%) | 0.778 |
| APH | 14 (0.3%) | 195 (0.4%) | 209 (0.4%) | 0.636 |
| Prolonged labour | 62 (1.3%) | 469 (0.8%) | 531 (0.9%) | 0.001 |
| Small for gestational age | 764 (16.4%) | 6473 (11.5%) | 7237 (11.9%) | < 0.001 |
| preterm | 659 (14.1%) | 5305 (9.5%) | 5964 (9.8%) | < 0.001 |
| Major malformation | 9 (0.2%) | 38 (0.1%) | 47 (0.1%) | 0.009 |
| Antepartum stillbirth | 18 (0.4%) | 225 (0.4%) | 243 (0.4%) | 0.88 |
| Intrapartum stillbirth | 45 (1.0%) | 392 (0.7%) | 437 (0.7%) | 0.039 |
| Pre-discharge mortality | 90 (2.0%) | 829 (1.5%) | 919 (1.5%) | 0.015 |