Table 2 shows the differences in socioeconomic status, Health service utilization and Reproductive health history
The pregnancy was not planned. compared with adult mothers. Most teenage mothers
were pregnant for the first time. Among teenagers with
two or more parity, there was a higher proportion or
higher risk of previous obstetric problems than amongst
the cohort of adult women, 1.56 times.
Table 3 illustrates the differences in pregnancy
outcomes between teenage and adult mothers. Teenage
mothers gave birth to a significantly higher proportion
or higher risk of low birth-weight infants (15.1%) than
the cohort of adult mothers (8.8%), or 1.7 times. However, there was no significant difference in the APGAR
scores or neonatal problems, comparing infants born
to teenage mothers versus adult mothers.