Comparison of the number of live births, maternal age at childbirth, and weight of live births between Korean women and immigrant women in 2018.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study compared maternal age at childbirth, the number of live births, and the weight of live births between Korean women and immigrant women using statistical data from the Republic of Korea for the period of 2008-2018.

Methods

The analysis was conducted using data from the Microdata Integrated Service of Statistics Korea (https://mdis.kostat.go.kr/index.do).

Results

Korean women and immigrant women showed a higher age at childbirth in 2018 than in 2008. The percentage of newborns of Korean women with a birth weight of less than 2.5 kg increased slightly for 3 consecutive years from 2016 to 2018, whereas for immigrant women, this percentage increased in 2017 compared to 2016 and then decreased again in 2018. Very low birth weight (less than 1.5 kg) became

SUBMITTER: Kim SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9334167 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature