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- Title
An Audit of Loss of Pregnancy as an Answer to Differentiated Sex Ratio.
- Authors
Vaidya, Shambhavi Ashutosh; Kundapur, Rashmi; Prabhu, Sudhir; HN, Harshitha; Rai, Santosh PV; Rashmi, Anusha
- Abstract
Context: Abortion and unintended pregnancy in India is on the rise, and a large proportion of these unintended pregnancies end up in induced abortion. The soaring rate of abortion among Indian women can be influenced by a plethora of reasons. Aims: 1) To identify the rate of second trimester abortion2) To determine the reasons behind second trimester abortions Settings and design: An audit of all the abortions in a district of South India was conducted. Material and methods: The data was obtained from the records of abortion reported in the year 2018 from the District Health Office and analysed. Statistical analysis used: Descriptive statistics Results: Majority of the pregnant ladies with abortion (55.73%) were aged between 21-30 years and abortions in second trimester were observed to be comparatively higher (50%). Among the myriad of reasons found for second trimester abortions, spontaneous abortions contributed to around 30% while 11.92% had no cause mentioned. Conclusion: A high rate of second trimester abortion throws suspicion towards sex selective abortions.
- Subjects
INDIA; ABORTION; AUDITING; MISCARRIAGE; SECOND trimester of pregnancy; SEX distribution; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Indian Journal of Community Health, 2020, Vol 32, Issue 2, p458
- ISSN
0971-7587
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.47203/ijch.2020.v32i02.029