Changes in stillbirth ratios resulting from changing fashions in age of childbearing

Bibliographic Data

ID10518795
AuthorsLaurence J Resseguie (University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author)
Year1973
Volume20
Issue2
Pages173-184
Publication date1973-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Biology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-766X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19485565.1973.9988038
PMID4796545
OpenAlexW2056640910
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited7

To determine the degree to which stillbirths of late fetal deaths were related to maternal age the relative stillbirth ratio and relative live birth relationship were examined by using data for a single age and comparable birth order combinations over a period of years in the U.S.A. Japan and France. Of 84 regression analyses only 5 had positive coefficients but none were significant; 57 of 79 negative values were significant (p less than .05). This similarity in all 3 countries exists even in view of major differences in data collection e.g. French live births were recorded as births per 1000 married women. The stillbirth ratio viewed from mothers age and order of birth was affected by the age at which women within a society chose to bear children. It was suggested that the inverse relationship between relative stillbirth ratio and relative live birth rate reflects the incidence of a stable distribution of stillbirths by stillbirth-prone women while live births at any age varies in response to changing preferences for age of childbearing

Biology · Birth order · Confidence interval · Incidence (geometry · Live birth · Obstetrics · Population · Pregnancy · Sex ratio · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Global Maternal and Child Health · Mathematics · Medicine

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