Poor antenatal attendance and obstetric performance.
A survey of attendance for antenatal care at a public hospital in Brisbane was carried out. "Poor attenders" were more likely to be young, unmarried, grande multiparous, or aboriginal, and to live in a poorer area of the City. This group comprised 6.5% of the total population, but accounted for 14.6% of all low Apgar scores, 23% of all low birth weight babies, 23.1% of all stillbirths, and 18.2% of all neonatal deaths.
D001034:Apgar Score; D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors