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YEAR: 1975

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Family planning fact book of New York City. The profiles include various

data available for selected years, 1960-1973.

AUTHORS

FAMILY PLANNING COUNCIL OF NEW YORK CITY

SOURCE

New York, December 1975. 122 p

ABSTRACT

This is an update of the original factbook prepared by the Family Planning Council of New York City 1973. It was

hoped that the book would help in planning, evaluating, and improving family planning services in the City. 25 tables

plot the data and an introduction summarizes the accumulated data. There was a need to review the family planning

situation because of changes in the population and changes in the abortion law in recent years. The percentage of

whites declined and that of blacks and Puerto Ricans increased substantially in the years between 1940 and 1973.

The number of high parity births has declined in recent years, due largely to increased use of family planning

services. The general fertility rate in New York City declined from 81.5 per 1000 eligible females in 1970 to 59.5 in

1973. By 1973 there were almost 8 abortions performed for every 10 babies born in the City. Infant mortality rates

were down. The family planning program in the City largely serves the indigent, the ones who need it most. Nearly

1/2 the births in the City took place in subsidized hospitalizations, 27% were o ut-of-wedlock, and 26% of the women

giving birth had late or no prenatal care. Family planning information is now being provided in city schools.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT7T 2575-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Family planning fact book of New York City. The profiles

include various data available for selected years, 1960-1973.", is(are) FAMILY PLANNING COUNCIL OF NEW YORK

CITY. The source of this article is "New York, December 1975. 122 p". This article was published in 1975 in English

language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT7T 2575-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 32575

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