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Statistical Analysis Of Birth Pattern
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This study examined the birth pattern in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) using the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) as a case study. Data was collected on two hundred (200) neonates from the hospital. The research studied the effect of some factors on birth weight of neonates, the factors includes the age of the mother, parity, mother’s height, gestation period and mother’s weight at gestation. A regression model was also estimated which was used to forecast. The study showed that the gestation period has a positive linear relationship with the birth weight judging by the correlation value between the two variables at 0.434. The birth weight of a child also showed dependency on the weight of the mother at gestation. The forecast generated also showed that an increment in the gestational period of a child brings about an increase in birth weight and same thing goes for the maternal weight. Based on the outcome of the research, it was recommended that the government should try to create awareness for the Nigeria populace especially the expectant mothers to visit the maternity homes more often for pre-natal and ante-natal care.
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.0 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDYIn
1948, the first World Health Assembly adopted an international
definition of prematurity as birth weight of 2.5kilograms or less (UN
(2004)). It was however discovered that in developing countries the use
of this standard resulted in an unusually high proportion of `premature'
babies most of who were not born prematurely (Yilgwanet.al. ,2004). The
World Health Organization (WHO) in 1994 then conducted a study on
eighteen ... Continue reading---
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.0 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDYIn
1948, the first World Health Assembly adopted an international
definition of prematurity as birth weight of 2.5kilograms or less (UN
(2004)). It was however discovered that in developing countries the use
of this standard resulted in an unusually high proportion of `premature'
babies most of who were not born prematurely (Yilgwanet.al. ,2004). The
World Health Organization (WHO) in 1994 then conducted a study on
eighteen ... Continue reading---
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