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C Tietze

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PubMed1979

Survey of abortion providers in Seoul, Korea.

A survey of abortion providers in Seoul in late 1977 reveals a threefold increase in the rate of abortion and a greater than threefold rise in the ratio of abortions to live births since 1970. The survey findings also show that the overwhelming proportion of these abortions are performed in private clinics, by obstetrician-gynecologists, during the first trimester. The Seoul figures, which are similar to those of Romania and are higher than those of Japan in the early 1960s, indicate that abortion has contributed substantially to Korea's reduced fertility.

Abortion, Legal↗
PubMed1978

The mathematics of repeat abortion: explaining the increase.

In any given population, an increase in the proportion of repeat abortions, and a repeat-abortion rate that is substantially higher than the first-abortion rate, can be anticipated to occur over a number of years after abortion has been legalized. These are the findings of an analysis of repeat abortion for a population of women aged 15--44, using simple mathematical models based on the assumptions that the risk of abortion is constant over time and independent of prior abortion experience. The data generated by the models explain both the rapidly increasing percentage and the high rate of repeat abortion following legalization and refute assertions that making abortion widely available discourages the practice of contraception.

Abortion, Induced↗
PubMed1977

Mortality and fertility control.

The authors present a continuation of the thesis suggesting that the most rational procedure for regulating fertility is a perfectly safe, even though not completely effective, contraceptive method combined with safe methods for terminating pregnancy when the contraceptive fails. This analysis demonstrates that, compared with the risk of death from pregnancy and childbirth, major reversible methods of fertility control--the pill, IUDs, condoms, and diaphragms--and abortion are associated with very low levels of mortality. The exception to this statement is pill use after age 40 by women who smoke. This analysis also confirms the very low mortality associated with using the condom and diaphragm with early induced abortion as a backup to terminate pregnancies resulting from contraceptive failures.

Abortion, Induced↗
PubMed1977

Legal abortion.

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Abortion, Legal↗
PubMed1977

The safety of local anesthesia and outpatient treatment: a controlled study of induced abortion by vacuum aspiration.

The safety of early vacuum aspiration performed as an outpatient procedure using local anesthesia was examined in a controlled study sponsored by the World Health Organization and undertaken in two centers in Yugoslavia and Singapore. The sample consisted of healthy women whose pregnancies were between 7 and 12 weeks in duration. Follow-up four weeks after abortion was nearly 100 percent in both centers. No important differences in complication rates were found between the different types of services and anesthesia, even though overall complication rates differed markedly between centers. Overnight postabortion observation was not associated with any decrease in complications.

Abortion, Induced↗
PubMed1977

Complications following induced abortion by vacuum aspiration: patient characteristics and procedures.

Complications following early induced abortion by vacuum aspiration were examined in a controlled study. Data were collected on healthy women 7--12 weeks pregnant at the time of abortion. No association was found between complication rates and age, marital status, or parity. However, women in their first pregnancies and those who had experienced an induced or spontaneous abortion in their previous pregnancy had a higher rate of complications following the current induced abortion.

Abortion, Induced↗
PubMed1975

Fertility rates and abortion rates: simulations of family limitation.

A computerized model that simulates reproductive events during the childbearing years of a cohort of women is used to analyze the impact of contraception and induced abortion on fertility. Four different reproductive regimens are investigated: (2) contraception only, (2) abortion only, (3) abortion as a backstop to contraception, and (4) combinations of abortion and contraception. It is concluded that in historical as well as in modern populations, levels of fertility near replacement are unlikely to be obtained without the use of induced abortion.

Abortion, Induced↗
PubMed1975

Induced abortion: 1975 factbook.

This report presents an overview of current international data on induced abortion, primarily from the demographic and public health points of view. Statistical tabulations make up the major part of the report, with the text providing background information. Opening sections review definitions, sources of data, and concepts of statistical analysis. Major topics for which data are presented include the legal status of abortion (Table 1); incidence of abortion (Tables 2-20); incidence of repeat abortions (Tables 21-23); period of gestation and abortion procedures (Tables 24-27); incidence of abortion with concurrent sterilization (Table 28); complications (Tables 29-31); and mortality (Table 32). The relationships between abortion and contraception (Tables 33-35) and the effects of changes in abortion policies on trends in the numbers of legal abortions, illegal abortions, total induced abortions, and births are evaluated in the final sections (Table 36). Two technical questions are discussed in the appendix (Tables 37-38).

Abortion, Induced↗