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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INCREASING BIRTHWEIGHT AND CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION IN DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA
Author(s) -
Mtimavalye L. A. R.,
Does C. D.,
Maathuis J. B.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1974.tb00482.x
Subject(s) - tanzania , cephalopelvic disproportion , dar es salaam , medicine , caesarean section , confidence interval , demography , obstetrics , pregnancy , geography , environmental planning , sociology , biology , genetics
Summary A one in ten sample was taken from the records of all singleton term deliveries which took place from 1956 to 1959, and in 1969, at Ocean Road Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The birthweights from the sampled records, 1748 and 1833 respectively, were divided as follows: less than 2260 g., 2260 to 2700 g., and more than 2700 g. From this division it was found that in the ten year interval a statisti‐ cally significant increase in birthweight had taken place. The indications for Caesarean section were analyzed and this showed that disproportion as the indication had increased from 42 per cent in the period 1956 to 1959 to 52 per cent in 1969. It is suggested that this finding may be causally related to the increase in birthweight.