title: Obstetrics and perinatal medicine in Iceland 1881-1971, with a detailed report on deliveries in Iceland 1972-1974.
abstract: Chapter I describes the adoption of a new certificate of the outcome of pregnancy in Iceland and Iceland's participation in a feasibility study of the registration of pregnancies and their outcome in cooperation with WHO. New maternity and infant forms adopted in 1972 are described and their effect on antenatal control and the coordination of the registration of deliveries and their outcome explained. Chapter II offers a survey of population growth in Iceland since 1881. Data concerning birth-rate and death-rate from 1881-1971 are given, together with data on perinatal mortality. The perinatal mortality rate is shown year by year from 1951 to 1971 and maternal death from 1881-1970. There follows a description of the development of birth institutions in Iceland and the chapter is concluded by data on maternal age since the turn of the century. Chapter III shows processing of data for the years 1972-1974. Tables and diagrams demonstrate the distribution of deliveries in Iceland, the distribution of first births according to mothers age, the marital status of Icelandic mothers, the relation between marital status and the number of deliveries, years of mothers education, parity in Iceland, gestational length, the relation between the number of antenatal visits and perinatal mortality. Tables further demonstrate registered complications of pregnancy and delivery. The sex, weight and bodylength of newborns are discussed. Also tabulations of registered infant diagnoses. At the conclusion of the report, the advantages and disadvantages brought to light by the data processing and expected improvements and future processing are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001723:Birth Rate; D001724:Birth Weight; D003153:Community Health Services; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000266:history; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity; D006801:Humans; D007055:Iceland; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008423:Maternal Age; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D008875:Middle Aged; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000266:history*; D011158:Population Growth; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011295:Prenatal Care; D012744:Sex Ratio