If as a result of ongoing changes in the role of women in society, the age at which women tend to bear children rose such that the high-risk fertility rate defined in Exercise 9.10 jumped to 70, what would you predict for incidence of babies with birthweights less than 2500 grams? (Note: The relationship between maternal age and low birthweight is particularly strong in disadvantaged populations.)
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