North D A, Sparrow M J
Auckland Area Health Board.
N Z Med J. 1991 Apr 24;104(910):156-8.
The demographic features and contraceptive practices of 1000 women attending Parkview clinic of Wellington Hospital for termination of pregnancy were studied over an eight month period in 1988-9. Comparisons were made with a previous study at the same clinic in 1980-1. The overall abortion rate has increased from 6.8/1000 women in the Wellington statistical area in 1981 to 9.8 in 1989. The proportion of Pacific Island and Asian women presenting for abortions is high and has increased disproportionately between 1981 and 1989. The abortion rate has also increased in lower socioeconomic groups in 1989. The proportion of women using contraception at the time of conception increased from 50% in 1981 to 68.5% in 1989. The methods used by women presenting for abortion have changed significantly. There has been an increase in the proportion of women using condoms (from 13.3% to 36.2%) and the oral contraceptive pill from (14% to 21.4%).
1988 - 1989年的八个月期间，对1000名前往惠灵顿医院帕克维尤诊所进行人工流产的女性的人口统计学特征和避孕措施进行了研究。并与1980 - 1981年在同一诊所进行的一项先前研究作了比较。惠灵顿统计区的总体堕胎率已从1981年的每1000名女性6.8例增至1989年的9.8例。前来堕胎的太平洋岛裔和亚裔女性比例较高，且在1981年至1989年间增长幅度不成比例。1989年，社会经济地位较低群体的堕胎率也有所上升。怀孕时使用避孕措施的女性比例从1981年的50%增至1989年的68.5%。前来堕胎的女性所采用的避孕方法有了显著变化。使用避孕套的女性比例有所增加（从13.3%增至36.2%），口服避孕药的女性比例也有所增加（从14%增至21.4%）。
