[The perinatal results in underage mothers]

The perinatal problems in 625 newborn babies from adolescent mothers (13-16) have been observed and compared with those of a control group of 350 children. The average age in the studied group is 15.7 years. The average birthweight in 2940 g. 20% of whom were born before 37 weeks The perinatal death rate in adolescent mothers is 1.9 times higher than that of the control group and 3 times bigger than the general population. Stillbirth is 11.2%. The reasons for the perinatal deaths were interpreted through alternative analysis. The basic reason has been found to be prematurity. The perinatal death rate in associated primarily with prematurity and chronic fetal distress and in the control group we have to consider the malformations and ablatio placentae. The unfavorable perinatal outcome are more frequent in the group of the low social status mothers and those with inadequate antenatal cares.