PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Cunnington, Aubrey J
TI  - What's so bad about teenage pregnancy?
AID  - 10.1783/147118901101194877
DP  - 2001 Jan 01
TA  - Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care
PG  - 36--41
VI  - 27
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jfprhc.bmj.com/content/27/1/36.short
4100  - http://jfprhc.bmj.com/content/27/1/36.full
SO  - J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care2001 Jan 01; 27
AB  - A systematic literature review identified the most frequently cited medical consequences of teenage pregnancy as anaemia, pregnancy-induced hypertension, low birth weight, prematurity, intra-uterine growth retardation and neonatal mortality. Critical appraisal suggested that increased risks of these outcomes were predominantly caused by the social, economic, and behavioural factors that predispose some young women to pregnancy. Maternal age less than 16 years was associated with a modest (1.2-2.7 fold) increase in prematurity, low birth weight and neonatal death.