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YEAR: 1993

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Oral contraceptive use among young women in southern Sweden.

AUTHORS

Ranstam J; Olsson H

SOURCE

JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 1993 Feb;47(1):32-5.

ABSTRACT

This cross-sectional population study, based on information collected by questionnaires, which were mailed to

randomly selected individuals intended to survey oral contraceptive (OC) usage among women under 25 years of age.

Swedish women born between 1960 and 1964 who were living in the southern Swedish health care region were

included; 3477 women made up the sample. Of this group, 2573 or 74% agreed to participate in the study and were

interviewed between November 1990 and April 1991. Of those participating, 2254 (88%) reported that they had used

OCs at some time, 77% of them having started during their teens. Teen use of OCs was found to be related to a

lower age at menarche, a higher marriage/cohabitation rate, a lower rate of teen fullterm pregnancy, a higher rate of

spontaneous abortion, a lower frequency of teetotalism, and a higher frequency of smoking. Longterm use of

antipsychotic drugs appeared to be less common among women who began OC use early, but no relationship with

other pharmaceutical drug usage was found. Nor was there a relationship between OC use and the presence of a

first-degree relative with cancer. A large proportion of Swedish women start using OCs in their teens and report long

duration of usage both before their first fullterm pregnancy and before the age of 25. The few women who have never

used OCs do no appear to be representative of the general populations. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T

4560-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Oral contraceptive use among young women in southern

Sweden.", is(are) Ranstam J; Olsson H. The source of this article is "JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND

COMMUNITY HEALTH. 1993 Feb;47(1):32-5.". This article was published in 1993 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 4560-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9560

This article is peer-reviewed.

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