Table 1 Characteristics of women undergoing incident Sterilisation Reversal in WA from 1990 to 2008
Characteristic | Women with sterilisation reversal (n = 1868) | |
|---|---|---|
N | Percent | |
Age-group (years) | ||
≤ 19 | <5 | (0.1) |
20–29 | 435 | (23.3) |
30–39 | 1227 | (65.7) |
40–49 | 205 | (11.0) |
Indigenous status | ||
Indigenous | 125 | (6.7) |
Non-Indigenous | 1743 | (93.3) |
Parity | ||
0 | 558 | (29.9) |
1 | 529 | (28.3) |
2 | 465 | (24.9) |
3 | 222 | (11.9) |
≥ 4 | 94 | (5.0) |
Geographical region of birth | ||
Australia & New Zealand | 1354 | (72.5) |
Asia | 50 | (2.7) |
America | <5 | (0.1) |
Europe | 340 | (18.2) |
North Africa & Middle East | 22 | (1.2) |
Other Africa | 17 | (0.9) |
Other Oceania | 59 | (3.2) |
Inadequately described (at sea or not stated) | 24 | (1.3) |
Hospital Categories | ||
Public metropolitan/tertiary | 908 | (48.6) |
Private metropolitan | 497 | (26.6) |
Rural public/private | 463 | (24.8) |