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A new method for estimation of illegal abortions.

O Nørgaard

    Danish Medical Bulletin
    |March 1, 1985
    PubMed
    Summary

    A new method estimates hospitalized illegal abortions using spontaneous abortion rates. This calculation yields significantly lower figures than previous estimations, suggesting older methods may have overestimated illegal abortion incidence.

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    Area of Science:

    • Public Health
    • Reproductive Health
    • Medical Statistics

    Background:

    • The Danish National Board of Health provides data on conceptions, including births, legal abortions, and hospitalized abortions.
    • Previous estimations of illegal abortion rates (1960-71) exist, but a new calculation method is proposed.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To estimate the incidence of hospitalized illegal abortions using a novel calculation method.
    • To compare the results of the new method with previous estimations of illegal abortion rates.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilizing official statistics on births, legal abortions, and hospitalized abortions.
    • Applying a newly developed calculation method based on the percentage of conceptions ending in spontaneous abortion (8% for 1974-1976).

    Main Results:

    • The new method estimates a substantially lower proportion of illegal abortions compared to previous studies.
    • The results from the new method align closely with the minimum figures derived from older methodologies.

    Conclusions:

    • The discrepancy between the new and old methods may stem from the outdated, likely underestimated, spontaneous abortion rates used in prior calculations.
    • Further examination of potential errors in both methods is warranted to refine understanding of illegal abortion incidence.

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