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THE WEEKEND—A DANGEROUS TIME TO BE BORN?
Author(s) -
Hendry Robert A.
Publication year - 1981
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.1471-0528.1981.tb01197.x
Subject(s) - weekend effect , demography , medicine , names of the days of the week , pediatrics , emergency medicine , sociology , linguistics , philosophy
Summary Analysis of all births occurring in Tayside during the years 1974–1978 inclusive showed that there was a significantly smaller number of births on Sundays than any other day of the week. The babies born on Sundays were more at risk of dying during or after birth. The reasons for this are multiple and difficult to ascertain.