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Published on: January 8, 2020
Births to adolescents in the U.S. military healthcare system
David A Klein1, Ginny Gildengorin, Peter Mosher
1Department of Family Medicine, David Grant Medical Center, 101 Bodin Circle, Travis AFB, CA 94535, USA.
Purpose:
To describe the rate and sociodemographic profile of live births to adolescents having U.S. Department of Defense healthcare coverage because of parental military service.
Methods:
All live births identified from the M2 database during 2003-2006 to 10- to 23-year olds in this population were stratified and compared.
Results:
Birth rates rose in the 18- to 19- and 20- to 23-year-old groups over the 4 years studied (p < 0.05). Daughters of active duty personnel had higher live birth rates than daughters of retirees (7.1 vs. 6.1 age 15-17; p < 0.05). Birth rates differed among dependents of junior enlistees, senior enlistees, and officers (7.1, 9.4, 3.8, respectively; p < 0.0001).
Conclusions:
Adolescent dependents in this system have an increasing, though low, live birth rate. Those with active duty sponsors have a significantly higher rate than their age-matched peers with retired sponsors. Further study is warranted to identify factors unique to this population that may influence birth patterns.
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