DELIVERY AT 40 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 15  (5) , 418-421
Abstract
A review was made of 494 deliveries carried out over a 10 yr period with women aged 40 or more years. A decline in the incidence of deliveries in this age group was noted, from 2.1% in 1965 to 1.2% in 1974. An increased frequency of complications during pregnancy and delivery, a high rate of cesarean sections, an increased perinatal mortality rate and more congenital malformations were recorded as compared with both a control group of randomly selected grand multiparas and a group of general obstetric patients under the age of 40 yr. The fetal outcome improved during the last years of the study; the perinatal mortality rate dropped from 10.4% in 1965 to 1.6% in 1973 to 0% in 1974. This achievement reflects the significant progress in obstetrics that has been made during these years.

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