Abortion surveillance--United States, 2001
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"Abortion surveillance--United State..." refers background in this paper
...Additionally, 31% of births in 1995 were reported as unintended at conception; 21% were considered mistimed, and 10% were considered unwanted (9,63)....
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...Unintended pregnancy is a problem not just for adolescents, unmarried women, or women of low socioeconomic status; it is a pervasive public health problem for all women of reproductive age (9,15,54,63)....
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...Research has indicated that approximately 49% of all pregnancies in 1994 were unintended at conception (63)....
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..., Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and other Hispanic) and nonHispanic (white, black, and other) subpopulations, comparisons between Hispanic and non-Hispanic populations are of limited value (7)....
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...The abortion ratio for women aged 20–34 years (those with the highest fertility rates) (7) has declined slightly since the mid-1980s....
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...Census Bureau estimates and birth certificate data indicate that a substantial majority of Hispanic women report themselves as white (7)....
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...NCHS vital statistics reports indicate that fertility and live birth rates were substantially higher for Hispanic women as a whole than for non-Hispanic women for all age groups in 2001 (7)....
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...The overall declines in the abortion ratio and rate over time might reflect multiple factors, including a decrease in the number of unintended pregnancies (9); a shift in the age distribution of women toward the older and less fertile ages (7); reduced or limited access to abortion services, including the passage of abortion laws that affect adolescents (e....
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"Abortion surveillance--United State..." refers background or methods in this paper
...Additionally, 31% of births in 1995 were reported as unintended at conception; 21% were considered mistimed, and 10% were considered unwanted (9,63)....
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...Unintended pregnancy is a problem not just for adolescents, unmarried women, or women of low socioeconomic status; it is a pervasive public health problem for all women of reproductive age (9,15,54,63)....
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...The overall declines in the abortion ratio and rate over time might reflect multiple factors, including a decrease in the number of unintended pregnancies (9); a shift in the age distribution of women toward the older and less fertile ages (7); reduced or limited access to abortion services, including the passage of abortion laws that affect adolescents (e....
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...only coitus-dependent contraceptive methods†† during the 3 months before the interview used these methods inconsistently (9)....
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