PMID- 9586378
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19980601
LR  - 20190921
IS  - 0213-9111 (Print)
IS  - 0213-9111 (Linking)
VI  - 12
IP  - 1
DP  - 1998 Jan-Feb
TI  - [Impact of voluntary pregnancy termination on fertility in Catalonia].
PG  - 3-8
AB  - BACKGROUND: The objectives of this study are to describe the recent evolution of 
      fertility since 1975 and of the abortions since 1987, and to evaluate the effect 
      of abortions in the total fertility in Catalonia (Spain) in 1993. METHODS: Data 
      were obtained from abortion register and live births from Instituto Nacional de 
      Estadistica and from Institut d'Estadistica de Catalunya. Total fertility rate 
      (TFR), modal age at childbearing (MACH) and average age at childbearing (AHUSE), 
      both total and at first pregnancy were estimated using the number of live births, 
      abortions and known pregnancies. RESULTS: Fertility in Catalonia has decreased 
      between 1975 and 1993 from 2.73 to 1.20 children per woman. In this period the 
      mean age at childbearing has also been delayed from 28.3 to 29.8 years. The 
      number of abortions have increased since their legalization in 1987, being 
      currently near to 10,000 per year. For every six births one abortion is informed, 
      being the ratio 2 to 1 in women younger than 20 years old. The TFG estimated for 
      74 the known pregnancies increases from 1.20 to 1.41 children per woman, and MACH 
      is 3 months younger. CONCLUSIONS: Induced abortion has not shown a relevant 
      weight to explain the low fertility rate in Catalonia in 1993.
FAU - Mompart, A
AU  - Mompart A
AD  - Servei d'Informacio i Estudis, Departament de Sanitat i Seguretat Social, 
      Barcelona.
FAU - Perez, G
AU  - Perez G
LA  - spa
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - El impacto de la interrupcion voluntaria del embarazo sobre la fecundidad en 
      Cataluna.
PL  - Spain
TA  - Gac Sanit
JT  - Gaceta sanitaria
JID - 8901623
SB  - IM
MH  - Abortion, Legal/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Birth Rate
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Maternal Age
MH  - Spain
EDAT- 1998/05/20 00:00
MHDA- 1998/05/20 00:01
CRDT- 1998/05/20 00:00
PHST- 1998/05/20 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1998/05/20 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1998/05/20 00:00 [entrez]
AID - S0213-9111(98)76437-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0213-9111(98)76437-4 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Gac Sanit. 1998 Jan-Feb;12(1):3-8. doi: 10.1016/s0213-9111(98)76437-4.