The seasonality of abortion in Kentucky

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• 作者：Tanya E. Franklin^a ; ^{Tanya.franklin@louisville.edu} ; ^{tanya@franklinsmail.com} ; Graham Theisen^a ; ^{jgthei01@exchange.louisville.edu} ; Chelsea V. Salyer^a ; ^{cvsalyer@gmail.com} ; Christina Pinkston^b ; ^{christina.pinkston@louisville.edu} ; Bakeerathan Gunaratnam^b ; ^{Bakeerathan.gunaratnam@louisville.edu}
• 关键词：Abortion ; Abortion induced ; Abortion access ; Abortion funding
• 刊名：Contraception
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：95
• 期：2
• 页码：181-185
• 全文大小：300 K
• 卷排序：95

文摘

Abortion incidence is correlated with seasonal trends in conceptions and births. This retrospective review looks at monthly abortion incidence to detect a seasonal trend.Study designData on abortion incidence in 2012 were obtained from the Kentucky Department of Vital Statistics. A regression analysis was performed to detect differences in abortion annualized rates by month.ResultsA total of 3810 abortions analyzed showed a trend in abortion incidence peaking in February and March with 444 and 378 abortions per month, respectively, compared to a mean of 299 in other months (p<.001). This trend persisted for second-trimester abortions with 64 and 56 abortions per month in February and March, respectively, compared to a mean of 30 in other months (p<.001).ConclusionThe peak in first-trimester abortions correlate with the expected peaks of December conceptions. However, the same trend in second-trimester abortions suggests that women are delaying care.