米国の青少年における妊娠,中絶,出生率 - 1980年,1985年,1990年
A M Spitz1, P Velebil, L M Koonin
1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health, Atlanta, GA 30341-3724, USA.
JAMA
|April 3, 1996
まとめ
米国の10代の妊娠率は,安定した中絶率にもかかわらず,1980年代後半に上昇した. 性的活動の増加は,性的に経験のあるティーンエイジャーの妊娠率の低下につながったが,全体的な出生率は著しく増加した.
科学分野:
- 生殖器保健は,生殖器の健康についてです.
- デモグラフィー デモグラフィー 人口統計
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
背景:
- 青春期妊娠は,米国における重要な公衆衛生上の懸念事項であり続けています.
- 過去の傾向は,若者の生殖健康指標の最新分析の必要性を示した.
研究 の 目的:
- 米国の少女の妊娠,中絶,出生率の傾向を分析する.
- これらの割合を異なる年齢層 (15歳から19歳,15歳未満) で調べ,性的経験に応じて調整する.
主な方法:
- 青春期の妊娠,中絶,出産に関する国家データに関する遡及的分析.
- 1980年,1985年,1990年の13歳から19歳までの少女の割合の調査.
- 割合は全体的に分析され,性的経験に合わせて調整された.
主要な成果:
- 15歳から19歳のティーンエイジャーの妊娠率は,1985年から1990年の間に9%増加した.
- 性的経験のある15歳から19歳のティーンエイジャーの妊娠率は,1980年から1990年の間に8%減少した.
- 15歳から19歳の若者の出生率は1980年代後半に18%増加し,1990年には1000人当たり59.9人に達した.
- 15歳未満の女の子の出生率は,安定した妊娠と堕胎率の低下のために1980年代後半に26%増加しました.
結論:
- 公衆衛生の努力にもかかわらず,米国の青少年の妊娠と出生率は,他の先進国と比較して高いままです.
- 思春期の妊娠の大多数 (95%) は意図せぬものです.
- 10代の妊娠率の持続的な問題に対処するために,予防戦略の強化が必要である.
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