ABSTRACT
A cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 198 pregnant woman attending the antenatal clinic. Lady Aitchison Hospital Lahore, to determine the incidence of high risk pregnancy and to demonstrate the risk factors. The scoring system developed by Fortney and Whitehorne was used. The subjects with scores 0-2 were considered at low risk, those with score 3 or more were categorised as high risk Our results revealed that high risk pregnant women constituted 58% of the study population. The most frequently encountered risk factors were bad obstetrical history [52.5%]. anaemia [43.4%]. high gravidity [32%]. and high panty [20 7%] Stepwise logistic regression analysis Indicated that obstetrical history and panty were major predictors of total variation in the score. The use of objective risk scoring is recommended for identification of high risk pregnant women