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Multiple Birth Frequency according to Parity and maternal Age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Percy Stocks*
Affiliation:
United Nations, World Health Organization, Centre for Classification of Diseases, General Register Office, Kenworthy's Hydro, Southport, England

Summary

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The Author has examined the published statistics of multiple births in England and Wales 1938-45, in Italy 1948-49 and in New York 1936-37, to see to what extent the apparent increase in frequency of twin births as parity increases amongst mothers of a quinquennial age-group is exaggerated by the mere fact of grouping. He concludes that the effect of the 5 year grouping on the rates is small, and that the data from the three countries indicate that at certain ages the probability that a birth will be multiple tends to increase with the order of the birth.

Riassunto

RIASSUNTO

L'Autore ha esaminato le statistiche delle nascite multiple pubblicate in Inghilterra e Wales (1938-45), in Italia (1948-49) e in New-York (1936-37) per vedere in quale misura l'aumento apparente nella frequenza delle nascite gemellari, quando aumenta la parità fra madri raccolte in gruppi di cinque anni, venga accresciuto per il fatto del raggruppamento.

Si conclude che l'effetto dei gruppi quinquennali sulla quota d'aumento è basso e che i dati provenienti dai tre paesi indicano che a determinate età la probabilità che una nascita sia multipla tende ad aumentare secondo l'ordine delle nascite.

Résumé

RÉSUMÉ

L'Auteur a examiné les statistiques de naissances multiples publiées en Angleterre et Pays de Galles (1938-45), en Italie (1948-49) et à New-York (1936-1937) pour voir dans quelle mesure l'augmentation apparente dans la fréquence des naissances gémellaires, quand augmente le nombre des naissances parmi des mères réunies en groupes de 5 ans, est accentuée par le fait du groupement.

Il conclut que l'effet odes groupes quinquennaux sur la proportion de l'augmentation est faible, et que les données provenant des trois pays indiquent qu'à certains âges la probabilité qu'une naissance sera multiple tend à augmenter selon l'ordre des naissances.

Zusammenfassung

ZUSAMMENFASSUNG

Der Verfasser hat die voroeffentlichten Statistiken ueber Mehrlingsgeburten in England und Wales (1938-1945), in Italien (1948-1949) und in New York (1936-1937) untersucht, um daraus zu ersehen, inwieweit sich das scheinbare Anwachsen der Haeufigkeit der Mehrlingsgeburten bei Paritaetsanstieg unter Muettern, die in Gruppen zu je fuenf Jahren zusammengestellt sind, durch diese Gruppierung steigert.

Man kann daraus schliessen, dass der Einfluss der Fuenfjahresgruppen auf die Anstiegsquote gering ist und dass, gemaess den aus den drei Laendern herruehrenden Angaben hervorgeht, dass in gewissen Zeiten die Wahrscheinlichkeit einer Mehrlingsgeburt im Verhaltnis zu der Anzahl der Geburten zur Erhoehung neigt.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1953

References

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