Induced abortion according to immigrants’ birthplace: a population-based cohort study

Reproductive Health

Mei-ling Wiedmeyer¹  Astrid Guttmann²  Marcelo L. Urquia³  Hilary K. Brown⁴  Susitha Wanigaratne⁵ 

[1] BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada;Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada;ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;Department of Paediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;Interdisciplinary Centre for Health & Society, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Unity Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;

关键词: Abortion, induced;    Reproductive health;    Epidemiology;    Emigrants and immigrants;    Health equity;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12978-020-00982-z

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundMost abortions occur due to unintended pregnancy. Unintended pregnancies are linked to poor health outcomes. Canada receives immigrants from countries with disparate sexual and reproductive health contexts which may influence abortion rates post-migration. We examined the association between abortion and region of birth and birth order among Canadian immigrants.MethodsWe conducted a population-based person-years (PY) cohort study in Ontario, Canada using administrative immigration (1991–2012) and health care data (1991–2013). Associations between induced abortion and an immigrant’s region of birth were estimated using poisson regression. Rate ratios were adjusted for age, landing year, education, neighborhood income quintile and refugee status and stratified by birth order within regions.ResultsImmigrants born in almost all world regions (N = 846,444) were 2–5 times more likely to have an induced abortion vs. those born in the US/Northern & Western Europe/Australia & New Zealand (0.92 per 100 PY, 95% CI 0.89–0.95). Caribbean (Adjusted Rate Ratio [ARR] = 4.71, 95% CI 4.55–4.87), West/Middle/East African (ARR = 3.38, 95% CI 3.26–3.50) and South American (ARR = 3.20, 95% CI 3.09–3.32) immigrants were most likely to have an abortion. Most immigrants were less likely to have an abortion after vs. prior to their 1st birth, except South Asian immigrants (RR = 1.60, 95% CI 1.54–1.66; RR = 2.23, 95% CI 2.12–2.36 for 2nd and 3rd vs 1st birth, respectively). Secondary analyses included further stratifying regional models by year, age, education, income quintile and refugee status.ConclusionsInduced abortion varies considerably by both region of birth and birth order among immigrants in Ontario.

【 授权许可】

CC BY