Patterns and Implications of Long-Term IUD Use in Taichung, Taiwan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10795642 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roger C Avery (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 139 |
| Publication date | 1973-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Family Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1964795 |
| PMID | 4718135 |
| OpenAlex | W1989293635 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
The object of this study was to examine trends in first-segment IUD termination rates over periods up to 8 years and to identify patterns of overall termination rates for specific causes such as expulsions pregnancies medical reasons desire for additional children and other causes. It was also noted whether correlations between termination rates and demographic and social characteristics of acceptors that have been found in the first year of IUD use persisted for long periods. The data cover women who were residents of Taichung and accepted an IUD in the intensive family program from July 1962 to May 1965 a total of 5832. (Excepted were those who were sterilized postmenopausal divorced widowed or separated from their husbands.) During the first 6 months the expulsion rate was 8.7% then it rapidly declined to .2% every 6 months at 7 or more years after insertion. Pregnancy rates were 4% every 6 months for the first 2 years declined rapidly thereafter and were zero 6 or more years after insertion. Removal for medical reasons mostly intermenstrual bleeding cramps or pain declined gradually up to 6 years. Removals to have additional children were most numerous at 18-24 months and rapidly declined thereafter. Whatever effect the background characteristics of acceptors have on termination rates can be ignored after the first 2 years and acceptors treated as a homogeneous group. 2 major conclusions emerge: 1) retention rates at long time periods after first insertion are higher than those estimated by extrapolation from the experience of the first 2 years after insertion and 2) the strong correlations of certain social and demographic characteristics of acceptors to termination rates can be ignored after the first 2 years and acceptors treated as a homogeneous group. 2 major conclusions emerge: 1) retention rates at long time periods after first insertion are higher than those estimated by extrapolation from the experience of the first 2 years after insertion and 2) the strong correlations of certain social and demographic characteristics of acceptors to termination rates disappear after long time periods
Environmental health · Geography · Physics · Population · Sociology · Term (time · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Reproductive Health and Contraception
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1975 - 1977 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |