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Female Sterilization in New South Wales, 1981 to 1994–1995
Author(s) -
Yusuf Farhat,
Siedlecky Stefania,
Leeder Stephen
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1997.tb02454.x
Subject(s) - sterilization (economics) , abortion , medicine , family planning , caesarean section , population , demography , gynecology , obstetrics , pregnancy , research methodology , biology , environmental health , sociology , monetary economics , economics , foreign exchange market , genetics , foreign exchange
Summary: This paper investigates and confirms the dramatic decline in female sterilization in New South Wales over the past decade, a period when male sterilization has remained fairly constant. The most significant decline occurred among women under 30 years of age, which resulted in a rise in the mean age at sterilization. In 1994–1995, 70% of sterilization operations were performed for contraceptive management only, 11% were concurrent with Caesarean section, and 9% with abortion. Incidental findings were an increase in Caesarean section and the proportion of women having concurrent sterilization, and a large decline in intrauterine device removals, more than half of which were accompanied with sterilization in 1994–1995. Currently‐married women accounted for 80% of sterilization cases. Immigrant women generally had lower incidence of sterilization compared to the Australian‐born.