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Table 1 Characteristics of adolescents from the Oku health district, 1st January 2009 to 31st December 2016

From: Adolescent deliveries in rural Cameroon: comparison of delivery outcomes between primipara and multipara adolescents

Characteristic

Primipara adolescents

Multipara adolescents

Adults

n = 285

%

n = 78

%

n = 1427

%

Marital status

 Married

186

65.3

32

41.0

220

15.4

 Single

99

34.7

46

59.0

1207

84.6

HIV status

 Positive

6

2.1

5

6.4

70

4.9

 Negative

279

97.9

73

93.6

1362

94.1

Sex of infant

 Male

149

52.5

30

38.5

729

51.0

 Female

135

47.5

48

61.5

701

49.0