| Title |
Abortion, an increasing public health concern in Ecuador, a 10-year population-based analysis
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Pragmatic and Observational Research, July 2017
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| DOI | 10.2147/por.s129464 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Esteban Ortiz-Prado, Katherine Simbaña, Lenin Gómez, Anna M Stewart-Ibarra, Lisa Scott, Gabriel Cevallos-Sierra |
| Abstract |
To describe the epidemiology of abortion in Ecuador from 2004 to 2014 and compare the prevalence between the public and the private health care systems. This is a cross-sectional analysis of the overall mortality and morbidity rate due to abortion in Ecuador, based on public health records and other government databases. From 2004 to 2014, a total of 431,614 spontaneous abortions, miscarriage and other types of abortions were registered in Ecuador. The average annual rate of abortion was 115 per 1,000 live births. The maternal mortality rate was found to be 43 per 100,000 live births. Abortion is a significant and wide-ranging problem in Ecuador. The study supports the perception that in spite of legal restrictions to abortion in Ecuador, women are still terminating pregnancies when they feel they need to do so. The public health system reported >84% of the national overall prevalence. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 176 | 52% |
| United States | 8 | 2% |
| Spain | 6 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | <1% |
| Comoros | 2 | <1% |
| Belize | 1 | <1% |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Honduras | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 5 | 1% |
| Unknown | 136 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 321 | 94% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 10 | 3% |
| Scientists | 9 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 96 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 11% |
| Researcher | 8 | 8% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 7% |
| Other | 17 | 18% |
| Unknown | 31 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 32 | 33% |
| Social Sciences | 11 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 5% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 3% |
| Engineering | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 12 | 13% |
| Unknown | 30 | 31% |
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