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  • Title: [Regional differences in the number of abortions on demand in the Czech Republic].
    Author: Stloukal L.
    Journal: Cesk Gynekol; 1990 Aug; 55(7):550-7. PubMed ID: 2225112.
    Abstract:
    Induced abortion was an important component of population development in Czechoslovak as early as 1958, when termination of pregnancy was permitted for indications other than purely health reasons. Since then, under the new direction of population policy, a new law was accepted on induced abortion in 1987. The approval of the abortion committee was no longer required, and the right to decide on abortion was granted to pregnant women almost without restrictions. The total number of abortions on demand in a district by district breakdown of the Czech Republic (CR) is presented for the period 1982-88. 2 important tendencies emerged: a gradually increasing level, but also, in the previous 2 years, regional differences regarding abortion. The decrease of the regional share was reflected in the drop of the coefficient variant between 1986 and 1987. There was a negative connection between the measure of total induced abortions in 1986 and the relative increase of abortions in the districts during 1986-87. In 1988, the highest rates of abortion (17/1000) were concentrated in southern Bohemia, northern Bohemia, northern Moravia, and the district of Benes. The lowest rates (13/1000) were registered at the boundary area of Bohemia and Moravia and in the districts of south Plzen and Uherske Hradiste. The number of births in the districts modified the extent of abortions on demand: these were statistically significant in 1986 and 1987, with a correlation coefficient of .909. In 1988, the share of miniabortions in all induced abortions was .005. The number of miniabortions was below average in the districts of the northern Czech region as well as in Prague and Brno. The districts of Nachod, Nymburk, Brno-venkov, and Rychnov nad Kneznou with low levels of abortions also had an extremely low number of miniabortions. In 1988, the incidence of interventions for health reasons greatly varied from region to region (43.4% coefficient variant). In the same year, 10,196 terminations were carried out for health reasons, which corresponded to 9.1% of the total. This was less than prior to the abortion law, when it was about 20%, which meant an average of 14,700 cases annually during 1980-86. After the introduction of the liberal abortion law, abortions carried out for health reasons became more realistic, albeit the great differences between districts (21.5% in Tachov and only 1.3% in Pelhrinov) were more likely to mean that in the statistics of abortions, motives other than purely health factors featured strongly.
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