Table 4. Most Common Reasons for Pregnancy-Related Hospital Stays When No Delivery Occurs

Most Common Principal Diagnoses 13-17 Years 18-24 Years 25-34 Years 35-44 Years
  Percent of Hospital Stays for Pregnant Females
Early or threatened labor 23.6 21.9 18.5 12.7
Urinary tract infection complicating pregnancy 13.8 9.5 4.3 2.0
Spontaneous abortion 5.2 4.1 4.1 5.9
Hypertension complicating pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium 4.2 4.5 5.5 6.8
Severe vomiting (hyperemesis) with metabolic disturbance 3.2 4.1 3.4  
Missed abortion 2.7 2.4 3.2 4.6
Ectopic pregnancy 2.3 3.7 7.1 9.2
Hemorrhage during pregnancy, abruptio placenta, placenta previa 2.2 2.9 4.0 5.2
Induced abortion 2.1     2.2
Excess amniotic fluid and other problems of amniotic cavity 2.1      
Diabetes or abnormal glucose tolerance complicating pregnancy and childbirth   2.2 3.4 4.5
Mild vomiting   2.8 2.5  
Incompetence of cervix       2.0

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