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Correcting spontaneous abortion rates for the presence of induced abortion.

Author(s) -

I Figá-Talamanca,

F Repetto

Publication year - 1988

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.78.1.40

Subject(s) - abortion , medicine , induced abortions , obstetrics , incidence (geometry) , family planning , pregnancy , demography , research methodology , population , environmental health , mathematics , genetics , geometry , biology , sociology

This paper introduces a method for correcting spontaneous abortion rates by taking into consideration the fact that a number of spontaneous abortions are "prevented" by induced abortions. This correction may be important in settings of high induced abortion incidence. The method is then applied to the data of the Italian region of Lombardy. The results obtained are compared to those obtained with previous correction methods, and it is concluded that the present method is useful and appropriate when data on induced and spontaneous abortions are available by gestational age.

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