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Ectopic pregnancy in Aberdeen 1950–1985
Article first published online: 19 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1988.tb06546.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 95, Issue 8, pages 740–746, August 1988
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FLETT, G. M. M., URQUHART, D. R., FRASER, C., TERRY, P. B. and FLEMING, J. C. (1988), Ectopic pregnancy in Aberdeen 1950–1985. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 95: 740–746. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1988.tb06546.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 19 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 19 AUG 2005
- Received 20 November 1987, Accepted 7 April 1988
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Summary. The reported incidence of ectopic pregnancy in Aberdeen City and suburbs (1950–1985), using as denominators maternities, pregnancies and women aged 15–44 years, has increased threefold since 1970 to 6·4/1000 pregnancies. This increased incidence persisted after the exclusion of previously sterilized women. A total of 11128 women were sterilized in Aberdeen City and suburbs between 1960 and 1982; 36 ectopic pregnancies occurred in this sterilized population. The prevalence of ectopic pregnancy was 3·55/1000 sterilizations. This did not alter significantly over the period of study despite changes in the method of sterilization. However, due to the increased popularity of sterilization, the proportion of ectopic pregnancies in women who had been sterilized increased from 0% in the 1950s to 21% in the quinquennium 1975–1979.