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Ectopic pregnancy in the United States 1970 through 1978. JAMA 1983 Apr 01;249(13):1725-9

Date

04/01/1983

Pubmed ID

6827760

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-84944965221 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   105 Citations

Abstract

Trends of the incidence and mortality associated with ectopic pregnancy (EP) in the United States were examined for 1970 through 1978. The estimated number of EPs rose from 17,800 in 1970 to 42,400 in 1978, and the EP incidence rate rose from 4.5 per 1,000 reported pregnancies to 9.4 during the same time period. The risk of EP was higher for older women and nonwhite women. Over 2.5% of all reported pregnancies among nonwhite women aged 35 to 44 years were ectopic. The death-to-case rate for EP declined almost 75% during the study period but remained consistently higher for nonwhite women as compared with white women.

Author List

Rubin GL, Peterson HB, Dorfman SF, Layde PM, Maze JM, Ory HW, Cates W Jr

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Abortion, Induced
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Female
Humans
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Pregnancy
Pregnancy, Ectopic
Risk
United States