title: [Mortality and rate of low birth weight in multiple pregnancies--some statistical problems].
abstract: By means of statistical methods there will be demanded the increased rate of prematures and mortality of multiple pregnancies. Mortality by birthweight and percentiles by birthweight to gestational age are used at this study. The special position of multiple pregnancies has been discussed and compared with singletons related to the different distribution of birthweight and the associated problems.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Sozialhygiene, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Braunsdorf
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Böhm
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fuchs
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000453:epidemiology; D005859:Germany, East; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D012307:Risk Factors; D014310:Triplets; D014427:Twins
vernacular_title: Sterblichkeit und Untergewichtigenrate bei Mehrlingsgeburten--einige statistische Probleme.