Table III. Predicted percentage success rate of subsequent pregnancy according to age and previous miscarriage history
Age (years) Number of previous miscarriages
2 3 4 5

20 92 90 88 85
(86–98) (83–97) (79–96) (74–96)
25 89 86 82 79
(82–95) (79–93) (75–91) (68–90)
30 84 80 76 71
(77–90) (74–86) (69–83) (61–81)
35 77 73 68 62
(69–85) (66–80) (60–75) (51–74)
40 69 64 58 52
(57–82) (52–76) (45–71) (37–67)
45 60 54 48 42
(41–79) (35–72) (29–67) (22–62)

Values are percentages with 95% confidence intervals (CI) shown in parentheses. Where the CI <20%, the values are shown in bold print.