title: [The suitable age for first-birth from the view of infant's health].
abstract: During March to June 1985, a health survey was carried out in a series of 963 infants of first-birth born in six hospitals in Changsha city. The health status of the infants was estimated by using the method of comprehensive score evaluation. The relationship between score and the mother's age was analysed. The results showed that the geometric mean of the score of the infants whose mother was 24-29 years old was lower than the infants whose mother was 19-23 years old or 30-38 years old. It indicated that the suitable age for first-birth was from 24 to 29 years old.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Hunan Medical University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D008423:Maternal Age; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy