The median age of menarche in contemporary British teenagers is around 13 years. In our study geographical, social, and ethnic variations were small, suggesting that non-response bias in menarcheal age was likely to be limited. Severe obstetric morbidity and its relation to mortality may be more sensitive measures of pregnancy outcome than mortality alone. Most events are related to obstetric haemorrhage and severe pre-eclampsia.
Caesarean section quadruples the risk of morbidity.
Validity study of the severity index, a simple measure of urinary incontinence in women - British Medical Journal Lack of a universally accepted, easily applied, outcome measure is one reason why urinary incontinence in women is poorly evaluated and treated. The severity index, developed by Sandvik et al, is short and simple enough for use in almost any context. The purpose of this study was to determine whether young women correctly report the results of prior Pap smears to their current health care provider.