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Unwanted pregnancies in Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces, South Africa: examining mortality data on dumped aborted fetuses and babies

SAMJ: South African Medical Journal, 2014-12, Vol.104 (12), p.864-869 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2014 Health & Medical Publishing Group ;COPYRIGHT 2014 Health & Medical Publishing Group ;This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. ;ISSN: 0256-9574 ;ISSN: 2078-5135 ;EISSN: 2078-5135 ;DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.8504 ;PMID: 26042270

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  • Title:
    Unwanted pregnancies in Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces, South Africa: examining mortality data on dumped aborted fetuses and babies
  • Author: Jacobs, R ; Hornsby, N ; Marais, S
  • Subjects: Aborted Fetus ; Abortion ; Abortion, Criminal - statistics & numerical data ; Abortion, Induced - standards ; Abortion, Induced - statistics & numerical data ; Abortion, Legal - statistics & numerical data ; Distribution ; Female ; Forecasts and trends ; Health Care Sciences & Services ; Health Policy & Services ; Humans ; Infants ; Medical Ethics ; Medicine, General & Internal ; Medicine, Legal ; Medicine, Research & Experimental ; Patient outcomes ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy, Unwanted ; South Africa ; Statistics
  • Is Part Of: SAMJ: South African Medical Journal, 2014-12, Vol.104 (12), p.864-869
  • Description: Across the world, millions of women unintentionally become pregnant and decide to terminate the pregnancy. Despite progressive abortion laws in South Africa (SA), evidence suggests that many women of all ages still resort to unsafe terminations outside legal, designated facilities. Media reports alert the public to an increase in the illegal dumping of fetuses and abandoned babies, suggesting an increase in unsafe termination practices as well as concealed births. To examine mortality data to identify trends in the dumping of aborted fetuses and abandoned babies in SA. This study utilised data from the National Injury Mortality Surveillance System in two provinces, namely Gauteng and Mpumalanga. A total sample of mortality data was used to analyse trends associated with this phenomenon from 2009 to 2011. Descriptive, exploratory statistics were used and included the calculation of crude population incidence rates for abortions and abandoned babies as well as figures (n) and percentages (%) for each category under investigation. An increase in the rate of discovery of non-viable fetuses was noted for both provinces over the 3-year period, while there was a significant decrease in the discovery of deceased abandoned babies in Gauteng only. The illegal dumping of fetuses and babies is a very real public health concern in both Gauteng and Mpumalanga. Information is insufficient for adequate surveillance, and improved data collection systems should be prioritised.
  • Publisher: South Africa: Health & Medical Publishing Group
  • Language: English;Portuguese
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0256-9574
    ISSN: 2078-5135
    EISSN: 2078-5135
    DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.8504
    PMID: 26042270
  • Source: SciELO
    African Journals Online (Open Access)
    GFMER Free Medical Journals
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