Pregnancies occurring under the following conditions: too closely spaced, too frequent, mother too young or too old, or accompanied by such high-risk factors as high blood pressure or diabetes.
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All terms and definitions, except where noted, are excerpted with permission
from the Population Reference Bureau's International Population Handbook, by
Arthur Haupt and Thomas Kane, 4th Edition, 1998.
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