Mortality and morbidity associated with legal abortions in Hungary, 1960-1973

Bibliographic Data

ID11039175
AuthorsZita Bognár (0000-0003-0582-7755), Andrew E Czeizel, A Czeizel
Year1976
Volume66
Issue6
Pages568-575
Publication date1976-06-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.66.6.568
PMID937603
OpenAlexW2004781787
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited1

In Hungary, with 10 million inhabitants, the number of induced abortions in the 1960's first approached and then reached 200,000 cases annually. These data mean that the number of induced abortions has increased substantially compared with earlier decades. A qualitative change has also occurred, from criminal abortions to, in most cases, legally induced abortions performed in hospitals. On the basis of 32 deaths directly resulting from legal induced abortion in the first trimester during 1960-1972, maternal mortality is about 1.5 per 100,000 abortions in Hungary, the lowest rat observed until the present anywhere in the world. According to a special survey conducted in Budapest in 1966, the overall morbidity rate was 41.6 per 1,000 abortions of which 0.9 was due to perforations, 22.7 to post-abortal hemorrhages, and 18.0 to inflammatory complications, i.e., early post-abortal complications had to be reckoned with in every 25th case. Data in the present study suggest a correlation between induced abortions and the incidence of placenta previa, premature separation of the placenta, and premature births

Abortion · Environmental health · Family planning · Fetus · First trimester · Gynecology · Incidence (geometry) · Induced Abortions · Obstetrics · Placenta · Placenta previa · Population · Pregnancy · Research methodology · Demography · Medicine · Reproductive Health and Contraception

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