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- Title
A Study of Reported Therapeutic Abortions in North Carolina.
- Authors
Howell, Embry M.
- Abstract
The article discusses the study of reported therapeutic abortions in North Carolina from 1967-1971. It states that the reported abortion population became younger each year, in which the percentage aged under 20 has increased from 12.5% in 1967 to 33.7% in 1971. Correspondingly, the percentage aged 30 and above has decreased from 50% to 9.5%. The reported abortions performed for psychiatric reasons has increased from 45.8% to 91.7% while the percentage of women received sterilization at the time of abortion has declined from 56.9% to 11.7%. The data in North Carolina compared with the data in the U.S. in 1971, has shown that North Carolina abortions are performed later than in the country as a whole.
- Subjects
NORTH Carolina; UNITED States; THERAPEUTIC abortion; OBSTETRICS surgery; BIRTH control; FETAL death; PSYCHIATRIC treatment; STERILIZATION of women; AGE groups
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1975, Vol 65, Issue 5, p480
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.65.5.480