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Maternal Age

Medical Definition:
Guide Notes:	no qualif; relation to PREGNANCY: Manual 28.17.4
Also Called:	Age-Specific Birth Rate,Age-Specific Fertility Rate

Maternal Age Categories.

	Maternal Age 35 and over - Pregnancy in women 35 or more years of age. It is used for normal pregnancies and for problems of pregnancy occurring in a woman's late reproductive years. These include effects on the mother's physical and mental health as well as risks of perinatal mortality and fetal abnormality.
	Pregnancy in Adolescence - Pregnancy in humans under 19.

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