Comparison of obstetrical risk in adolescent primiparas at tertiary referral centres in Tanzania and Austria.

Purpose: Adolescent childbearing is most prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa. Deliveries in adolescent primiparas at an Austrian and an East African tertiary referral centre were compared to reveal differences in obstetric outcome.

Methods: A total of 186 primiparas delivering at an age of 17 or less between 1999 and 2005 at the Austrian centre were compared with 209 adolescent primiparas who delivered between 2005 and 2007 at the African centre.