Open AccessEctopic Pregnancy During 1961–78 in Uppsala County, Sweden: Impact of Demographic Factors on Overall Incidence
Author(s) -
Meirik Olav
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348109155483
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , demography , ectopic pregnancy , pregnancy , obstetrics , physics , sociology , biology , optics , genetics
From 1961—66 to 1973—78 in Uppsala county, Sweden the overall incidence rate of ectopic pregnancy rose from 0.31 per 100 notified pregnancies or 0.28 per 1000 women 15—44 years of age, to 1.00 and 0.96, respectively. The impact of demographic changes on the increase in the overall incidence was studied. By using indirect age standardization it was found that 13% of the increase in the overall rate of ectopics per 1000 women was attributable to a change in the age distribution of women in the fertile agespan.