Legal abortion in England and Wales 1968-78.

Legal abortion in England and Wales 1968--78.

Fertility and legal abortion in England and Wales: performance indicators for family planning services.

The relation between fertility rates and legal abortion rates was investigated in a sample of health authorities in England and Wales to see how these varied. Total period fertility rates and total period legal abortion rates were derived from the average number of live births or legal abortions that would be experienced per woman if women experienced the age specific rates of the year in quest...

Mortality from scleroderma in England and Wales 1968-1985.

Mortality data for scleroderma derived from death certificates from England and Wales for the years 1968-1985 were analysed. The overall crude mortalities were 0.9 and 3.8 per million per year in men and women respectively, which are similar to comparable data from the United States. There has been a small but statistically significant increase in mortality of 3% a year over this period, possib...

Trends in induced abortion in England and Wales.

Analysis of routinely published abortion and fertility data for England and Wales between 1968 and 1980 shows that the age-specific abortion rates increased from 1968 until about 1973 when the rates peaked for all ages; rates then declined until 1977 but have subsequently returned to higher levels. Two factors are implicated: (1) the recent changes are related to parallel changes in the fertili...

Trends in deaths from respiratory illness in children in England and Wales from 1968 to 2000.

BACKGROUND Childhood mortality has decreased markedly over the last three decades. A study was undertaken to determine trends in deaths from respiratory illness in children in England and Wales. METHODS Mortality data collected by the Office for National Statistics were analysed. The data included all deaths registered from all causes in children aged between 28 days and 16 years in England a...