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[Abortion and miscarriage in adolescence: an epidemiological study]
Leila Maria Vieira1, Tamara Beres Lederer Goldberg, Sandra de Oliveira Saes
1Departamento de Pediatria, Universidade do Sagrado Coração, Rua Irmã Arminda 10-50, Jardim, Brasil. lmoreira@usc.br
Abstract:
This study was conducted at the Santa Izabel Maternity Hospital in the town of Bauru, São Paulo State, Brazil, in order to investigate abortions and miscarriages in adolescence, comparing them to terminations among adult women. The indicators are used to draw up an epidemiological profile of hospitalized women through data collected from documents on women with diagnoses of abortion or miscarriage from 2000 to 2003, regardless of their clinical form. The total number of registered early terminations of pregnancy reached 2,286, with 459 (20.08%) during adolescence, with the complete form being significantly higher among teenagers than adults; a decrease in the occurrence among adolescents was noted, dropping from 30.5% in 2000 to 25.05% in 2001, 23.53% in 2002 and 20.92% in 2003; with adolescents tending to remain in hospital for two or more days. The implementation is stressed of policies and programs addressing sexual and reproductive health and its co-morbidities.
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