Maltese mums are not getting ‘younger’, as national obstetric data for 2018 confirms yet again a consistent trend of women giving birth after the age of 30. The department for health information said this was of public health importance due to the association between older maternal age and adverse outcomes during pregnancy and delivery. Most of the mothers were primiparas (51.4%) and 66.8% of all mothers were reported as married. On the other hand, the majority of non-European mothers were from Syria (2.3%), Sub-Saharan Africa (1.5%), Libya (1.4%) and the Philippines (1.3%). During 2018 there were 874 mothers (19.7%) who reported smoking one or more cigarettes during their pregnancy, while 43 reported drinking some alcohol.

Source: Libya Today July 04, 2020 09:56 UTC