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TABLE 17
SELECTED MATERNAL COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY AND
DELIVERY IN LIVE BIRTHS BY AGE OF MOTHER
British Columbia, 2000

Table, Selected Maternal Complications of Pregnancy and Delivery in Live Births by Age of Mother

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HIGHLIGHTS TO TABLE 17
  • Maternal complications of pregnancy and delivery were noted in 19,431 live births in 2000. Included in these maternal complications are preterm births, assisted or surgical deliveries where no cause was given, and elderly primigravida (first births to women aged 35 or older). Nearly half (48.0%) of all live births in 2000 involved maternal complications.

  • The percentage of live births with maternal complications of pregnancy and delivery increased with the age of mother. More than two out of every five live births to teenage mothers had maternal complications (40.5%). In the age groups 20-29 and 30-39, maternal complications occurred in 45.0% and 50.9% of live births, respectively. For mothers aged 40 or older, the proportion rose to almost three in five (59.2%).

  • The largest categories of maternal complications of pregnancy and delivery were assisted or surgical deliveries where no cause was given (22.7%) and maternal abnormality of pelvic organs (12.8%). These complications combined accounted for more than a third (35.5%) of all maternal complications.