ABSTRACT
The aim of this study is to establish the epidemiologic profile of 187 illegitimate pregnancies compared to pregnancies from married mothers
Patients and methods: A transversal retrospective study was carried out in Bizerta from 1990 to 2003. The witness group was constitued by women whose gonna delivery at the same period with p<0.05
Results: Throughout this study, we have found that single mothers with a mean age of 24 years, are younger than married mothers and has a rural origin and primiparous status. Pregnancy was not followed-up in 70,6% vs 1,6% and mater-nal serology was done in 17% vs 96,8%. 38,4% of new-borns of single mothers were hospitalised [vs 13.2% in the group witness] for materno-foetal infection [14,4%], respiratory distress syndrome [11,7%], prematurity [9,6%] and intra-uterine growth delay [2,1%]. The mortality rate in newborns of single mothers was 5.3%
Conclusion: Illegitimate pregnancy is not well followed-up, worst to live and comport a risk for the health and mental in mothers and newborns