Mortality among young black women using contraceptives.
JAMA
; 251(8): 1044-8, 1984 Feb 24.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-6229648
Data on the risk of death associated with various contraceptive methods are incomplete. Therefore, we analyzed the mortality rates for young, black inner-city women who used one of four methods of contraception--oral contraceptives, depomedroxyprogesterone acetate, intrauterine (contraceptive) devices, and barrier methods. The subjects were 30,580 15- to 44-year-old women who enrolled at a family planning clinic between 1967 and 1972 and who were observed by monitoring death certificates through the end of 1977. Forty percent of the 218 deaths observed were from accidents and violence. Use of this family planning clinic greatly reduced the risk of death from childbearing; only two deaths were associated with pregnancy and childbirth, compared with the 24 deaths expected. Overall, users of the four methods died at similar, low rates. Given that this study involves considerable loss to follow-up, possible acute effects of contraceptives (eg, infections or thrombosis) are more accurately estimated than possible long-term effects (eg, cancer).
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Negro o Afroamericano
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Mortalidad
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Anticoncepción
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
JAMA
Año:
1984
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos