Table 1 Pregnancies by maternal age (years) 2009–2014
From: Antiepileptic drug exposure in pregnancy and pregnancy outcome from national drug usage data
Using AEDs (n = 2943) | Not using AEDs (n = 469,816) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age band (years) | Spontaneous abortion | Pregnancy termination | Birth | Total | Spontaneous abortion | Pregnancy termination | Birth | Total |
15–19 | 8 | 26 | 66 | 110 (3.7) | 1461 | 16,427 | 17,773 | 35,661 (7.6) |
20–24 | 33 | 112 | 349 | 494 (18.1) | 4175 | 28,612 | 62,266 | 95,053 (20.2) |
25–29 | 47 | 130 | 520 | 697 (25.5) | 5652 | 19,779 | 85,962 | 111,393 (23.7) |
30–34 | 65 | 105 | 547 | 717 (26.3) | 7371 | 13,430 | 99,448 | 120,249 (25.6) |
35–39 | 56 | 72 | 346 | 474 (17.4) | 6746 | 9275 | 64,947 | 80,968 (17.2) |
40–44 | 42 | 45 | 140 | 227 (8.3) | 3734 | 3772 | 17,176 | 24,682 (5.3) |
> 45 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 (0.7) | 485 | 316 | 1009 | 1810 (0.4) |
Total | 255 | 496 | 1977 | 2728 (100.0) | 29,624 | 91,611 | 348,581 | 469,816 (100.0) |