Research Article
Teenage Pregnancy and Its Adverse Obstetric and Perinatal Outcomes at Lemlem Karl Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018
Table 4
Perinatal outcomes of teenage and adult mothers delivered at Lemlem Karl general hospital, Tigray region, Ethiopia, 2018 (
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| | Variable | Response | Age category | Total N (%) | | Teenage N (%) | Adults N (%) |
| | Preterm delivery | No | 269 (87.1) | 295 (95.5) | 564 (91.3) | | Yes | 40 (12.9) | 14 (4.5) | 54 (8.7) |
| | Low birth weight | No | 255 (82.5) | 288 (93.2) | 543 (87.9) | | Yes | 54 (17.5) | 21 (6.8) | 74 (12.1) |
| | Still birth/IUFD | No | 290 (93.9) | 299 (96.8) | 589 (95.3) | | Yes | 19 (6.1) | 10 (3.2) | 29 (4.7) |
| | SNC | No | 276 (89.3) | 298 (96.4) | 574 (92.9) | | Yes | 33 (10.7) | 11 (3.6) | 44 (7.1) |
| | Fetal distress | No | 294 (95.1) | 296 (95.8) | 590 (95.5) | | Yes | 15 (4.9) | 13 (4.2) | 28 (4.5) |
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