Knudsen L B
Statistics Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand Suppl. 1997;164:54-9.
A law on Induced Abortion on Request came into force in Denmark in 1973. During the first years the rate of abortion increased but since the early 1980s the rate has been rather constant. The paper reviews recent findings concerning induced abortion and discusses its role in controlling fertility.
Trends in induced abortion is described from routine statistics while information on the aborting women are taken both from a survey and from a register based study of fertility- and abortion-pattern among a cohort of women.
Fertility trends in Denmark are characterized by an increasing age at first birth. Half of the aborters to day have no children before and 10% had given birth less than 18 months earlier. Among aborters a higher proportion than among parturients were still under education and a higher proportion were single with no steady partner. Half of the aborters became pregnant in spite of contraceptive use, indicating a need for better contraceptives.
Induced abortion has become a generally accepted form of birth control in Denmark and the decision to terminate a pregnancy is influenced by many factors including the woman's conjugal--and educational situation. A strategy for prevention of induced abortion must take into consideration the social circumstances of women and for families with children.
丹麦一项关于按需人工流产的法律于1973年生效。在最初几年，人工流产率有所上升，但自20世纪80年代初以来，该比率一直相当稳定。本文回顾了有关人工流产的最新研究结果，并讨论了其在控制生育方面的作用。
从常规统计数据中描述人工流产的趋势，而关于流产妇女的信息则来自一项调查以及对一组妇女的生育和流产模式进行的基于登记的研究。
丹麦的生育趋势特点是初育年龄上升。如今，一半的流产者之前没有孩子，10%的人在不到18个月前生育过。与产妇相比，流产者中仍在接受教育的比例更高，单身且没有稳定伴侣的比例也更高。尽管使用了避孕措施，但仍有一半的流产者怀孕，这表明需要更好的避孕方法。
在丹麦，人工流产已成为一种普遍接受的节育方式，终止妊娠的决定受多种因素影响，包括女性的婚姻状况和教育状况。预防人工流产的策略必须考虑到女性以及有孩子家庭的社会情况。
