Interruptions de grossesse chez les adolescentes vaudoises. [Termination of pregnancy in adolescents in Vaud]
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serval:BIB_6F0820A7E46D
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Interruptions de grossesse chez les adolescentes vaudoises. [Termination of pregnancy in adolescents in Vaud]
Journal
Revue Médicale de la Suisse Romande
ISSN
0035-3655 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
12/1979
Volume
99
Number
12
Pages
921-9
Notes
Journal Article --- Old month value: Dec
Keywords
*Abortion, Induced
Adolescent
Age Factors
Female
Humans
Pregnancy
Statistics
Switzerland
with an active sexual life is on the increase. A statistical analysis of
the number of deliveries and of the number of abortions in young women
aged less than 19 revealed that out of the total 1413 deliveries in 1978,
only 21/1000 involved teenage girls, while the percentage was 45/1000 in
1970. It is obvious that since most teenagers have sexual relations, they
either use contraception, or that the number of abortions in that age
group, is on the increase. There were, between 1969 and 1978 in the
university hospital of Lausanne, 600 requests for abortion among young
women aged 12-19, i.e. about 16% of the total requests for abortion, such
percentage is about 20-30% in most other countries. Many requests for
teenage abortion come from young women residing outside of the Vaud
canton, or newly established there. Interviews with patients revealed
that girls who had had sex education in schools had sometimes used a
contraceptive method. It must be remembered that in Vaud social medical
care is very accessible and free to all, and that all schools have been
offering well organized sex education programs for 10 years. In the
opinion of the author this situation accounts for the low percentage of
deliveries and of abortions from Vaud adolescents.
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