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YEAR: 1983

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Mortality in women of reproductive age due to diseases of the circulatory

system caused by the use of oral contraceptives in Yugoslavia. [Mortalitet

zena generativnog perioda od bolesti cirkulatornog sistema obziorm na

koriscenje oralne kontracepcije u Jugoslaviji.]

AUTHORS

Ananijevic-Pandey J; Vlajinac H

SOURCE

Acta Medica Iugoslavica. 1983;37(3):185-95.

ABSTRACT

The authors investigated the influence of increasing use of oral contraceptives (OCs) on mortality rates in women of

reproductive age. Results do not show a causal link between OCs and circulatory system diseases. Mortality rates

among women of reproductive age due to hypertension, ischemic heart disease, and cerebrovascular diseases are

increasing but the same mortality trend is still observed among men of reproductive age and older women. The

increased use of OCs is in a statistically significant positive correlation with mortality rates relating to hypertension

and ischemic heart disease among women but the same correlation persists with mortality rates relating to ischemic

heart diseaes in men. A better diagnosis of the causes of death is considered a probable explanation of the

increased mortality statistics. The absence of any influence of OCs on mortality rates might be explained by the fact

that in Yugoslavia, OC usage is still low to allow for the association of OCs with circulatory diseases to be reflected

on mortality rates. It also could be that the association between OCs and circulatory diseases is weaker than the

association of other risk factors with this group of diseases. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT5T 2002-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Mortality in women of reproductive age due to diseases of

the circulatory system caused by the use of oral contraceptives in Yugoslavia. [Mortalitet zena generativnog perioda

od bolesti cirkulatornog sistema obziorm na koriscenje oralne kontracepcije u Jugoslaviji.]", is(are) Ananijevic-

Pandey J; Vlajinac H. The source of this article is "Acta Medica Iugoslavica. 1983;37(3):185-95.". This article was

published in 1983 in Croatian language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT5T 2002-06. All rights reserved with

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