Open AccessProfil Épidémiologique Des Avortements Provoqués Au Maroc (1992/2014)
Author(s) -
Latifa Amiar,
Sara Boukhorb,
Soumaia Hmimou,
Abdelmajid Soulaymani,
Abdelrhani Mokhtari,
Rachida Soulaymani-Bencheikh
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
european scientific journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1857-7881
pISSN - 1857-7431
DOI - 10.19044/esj.2018.v14n15p406
Subject(s) - abortion , induced abortions , demography , medicine , epidemiology , geography , family planning , population , environmental health , research methodology , biology , pregnancy , sociology , genetics
On the set of the poisonings brought together in the the Moroccan Anti Poison Control Center (MPCC) for a period spread on 22ans (1992/2014), 169 cases of abortion caused by poisoning were recorded. The objective of this work is to describe the epidemiological characteristics and to determine the specific lethality of abortions caused in Morocco between 1992 and 2014 by basing itself on a retrospective study of the cases of abortions. During this period 169 cases of abortion caused by poisoning were declared to the MPCC by means of telephone and mail, the region which knew the maximum of the cases is Rabat Salé Zemmour Zair, the environment rural prevail the risks of abortion with 90 %, the average age was 28,09±11,81, the evolution is generally positive.