tal Outcome
In the present study 103 (16.86%) were Low Birth Weight
Babies, 30 (4.91%) needed NICU admission and 30 (4.91%)
were stillbirths.
Other Indian studies found the incidence of LBW babies
between 33 and 39%6
and the incidence of Stillbirth around
4-5%.8,16
In the Pacifi c Islands, study undertaken by Swati Mahajan12
reported an incidence of LBW to be 19%.
Though the adverse fetal outcome in developed countries
are very low, yet it is higher in babies born to teenage
mothers as compared to babies born to mothers in their
twenties.