Pregnancy outcomes in Lebanese-born women in western Sydney.
A sample of 400 Lebanese-born women who gave birth at Auburn District Hospital in 1987-1988 was compared with a sample of 400 Australian-born women who gave birth in the same time period. The Lebanese-born women were found to be older and of higher parity than were their Australian-born counterparts; and to have booked their hospital admission significantly later in pregnancy than did the Australian-born women. Lebanese-born women also had frequently made a consanguineous marriage. Certain antenatal and intrapartum complications were more common in the Lebanese-born women, and perinatal mortality and morbidity rates were higher among their infants. The particular problems of pregnancy in Lebanese-born women, and possible ways of overcoming these, are discussed.
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Auburn District Hospital, NSW.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D001724:Birth Weight; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007861:Lebanon / Q000208:ethnology; D008423:Maternal Age; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010298:Parity; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010343:Patient Admission; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000502:physiology*; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors