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Table 1 Summary of repeat abortions performed within selected socio-demographic and parity subgroups in Estonia, 1996–2003 and 2004–2011

From: Abortion trends from 1996 to 2011 in Estonia: special emphasis on repeat abortion

Characteristic

Repeat abortion

Percentage change (95% CId)

 

1996–2003

2004–2011

Na = 67 626

Na = 38 132

nb

%c

nb

%c

Age (years)

     

≤19

13276

19.7

8500

16.8

-14.6 (-19.4; -9.4)

20–24

26789

48.8

16111

41.5

-15.0 (-16.8; -13.1)

25–29

24402

70.5

14372

63.2

-10.4 (-11.8; -9.1)

30–34

20039

80.3

12503

74.5

-7.2 (-8.3; -6)

35–39

14702

85.9

9883

80.5

-6.3 (-7.4; -5.2)

40–44

6337

88.5

4057

83.9

-5.2 (-6.7; -3.7)

≥45

412

91.3

308

85.7

-6.1 (-11.1; -0.8)

Missing

47

 

1

 

-

Education

     

University

10716

68.2

9107

56.4

-17.3 (-19.1; -15.5)

Secondary

46612

63.6

25443

60.7

-4.5 (-5.6; -3.3)

Secondary special

33766

71.8

16538

67.5

-6.1 (-7.3; -4.9)

Basic/less

14766

43.1

14570

43.7

-1.4 (-1.2; 4.1)

Missing

144

 

77

 

-

Ethinicity

     

Estonian

61222

58.5

40514

53.3

-8.9 (-9.9; -7.9)

Non-Estonians

44471

71.0

25178

65.6

-7.7 (-8.7; -6.7)

Missing

311

   

-

Marital status

     

Single

32687

42.1

23164

41.0

-2.4 (-4.3; -0.4)

Married

43085

76.3

17929

71.1

-6.8 (-7.8; -5.8)

Cohabiting

22312

64.8

21067

62.4

-3.7 (-5; -2.3)

Divorced/widow

7787

83.2

3521

76.8

-7.7 (-9.6; -5.7)

Missing

133

 

54

 

-

Occupation

     

Student

12095

21.8

9662

21.1

-3.1 (-8; 2.0)

Employed

61289

72.0

35531

66.4

-7.7 (-8.5; -6.9)

Unemployed

6509

74.3

3829

67.6

-8.9 (-11.3; -6.5)

Other

25718

61.4

16616

59.3

-3.4 (-4.9; -1.8)

Missing

393

 

97

  

Parity

     

0

25386

30.6

17550

25.8

-15.7 (-18.3; -13)

1

38092

67.4

22801

61.9

-8.1 (-9.2; -7)

2+

42424

80.3

25379

76.8

-4.5 (-5.3; -3.7)

Missing

102

 

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  1. aN = total number of women underwent repeat abortion included in each time period;
  2. bn = number of women underwent repeat abortion in each subgroup;
  3. c% = percentage of women underwent repeat abortion in each subgroup;
  4. dCI: confidence interval.