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Abortion, an increasing public health concern in Ecuador, a 10-year population-based analysis

OBJECTIVES: To describe the epidemiology of abortion in Ecuador from 2004 to 2014 and compare the prevalence between the public and the private health care systems. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional analysis of the overall mortality and morbidity rate due to abortion in Ecuador, based on public hea...

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Autores principales: Ortiz-Prado, Esteban, Simbaña, Katherine, Gómez, Lenin, Stewart-Ibarra, Anna M, Scott, Lisa, Cevallos-Sierra, Gabriel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5516879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28761387
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/POR.S129464
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author Ortiz-Prado, Esteban
Simbaña, Katherine
Gómez, Lenin
Stewart-Ibarra, Anna M
Scott, Lisa
Cevallos-Sierra, Gabriel
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Simbaña, Katherine
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description OBJECTIVES: To describe the epidemiology of abortion in Ecuador from 2004 to 2014 and compare the prevalence between the public and the private health care systems. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional analysis of the overall mortality and morbidity rate due to abortion in Ecuador, based on public health records and other government databases. RESULTS: From 2004 to 2014, a total of 431,614 spontaneous abortions, miscarriage and other types of abortions were registered in Ecuador. The average annual rate of abortion was 115 per 1,000 live births. The maternal mortality rate was found to be 43 per 100,000 live births. CONCLUSIONS: Abortion is a significant and wide-ranging problem in Ecuador. The study supports the perception that in spite of legal restrictions to abortion in Ecuador, women are still terminating pregnancies when they feel they need to do so. The public health system reported >84% of the national overall prevalence.
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spelling pubmed-55168792017-07-31 Abortion, an increasing public health concern in Ecuador, a 10-year population-based analysis Ortiz-Prado, Esteban Simbaña, Katherine Gómez, Lenin Stewart-Ibarra, Anna M Scott, Lisa Cevallos-Sierra, Gabriel Pragmat Obs Res Original Research OBJECTIVES: To describe the epidemiology of abortion in Ecuador from 2004 to 2014 and compare the prevalence between the public and the private health care systems. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional analysis of the overall mortality and morbidity rate due to abortion in Ecuador, based on public health records and other government databases. RESULTS: From 2004 to 2014, a total of 431,614 spontaneous abortions, miscarriage and other types of abortions were registered in Ecuador. The average annual rate of abortion was 115 per 1,000 live births. The maternal mortality rate was found to be 43 per 100,000 live births. CONCLUSIONS: Abortion is a significant and wide-ranging problem in Ecuador. The study supports the perception that in spite of legal restrictions to abortion in Ecuador, women are still terminating pregnancies when they feel they need to do so. The public health system reported >84% of the national overall prevalence. Dove Medical Press 2017-07-13 /pmc/articles/PMC5516879/ /pubmed/28761387 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/POR.S129464 Text en © 2017 Ortiz-Prado et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5516879/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/POR.S129464
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