J Korean Acad Nurs.  1998 Sep;28(3):573-582.

Pregnancy, Abortion and Delibery Rates for Korean Teenagers

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Nursing, Medical College, Korea University, Korea. rich@healthis.org
  • 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecoloy, Medical College, Korea University, Korea.
  • 3Department of Family Medicine, Medical College, Korea University, Korea.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate pregnancy, abortion and delivery rates among Korean teenagers. The subjects of this study were 11,433 teenagers aged 13-19 year in Seoul, Pusan, Taegu, Kwangju, Insheon, Taejeon and Ansan, Korea. Data were collected from Feb. 1994 to May 1995, 16 months, by schoolnurses or the researchers. The results showed pregnancy rate was 7.2 per 1,000 teenagers, the abortion rate was 4.3 per 1,000 teenagers, and delivery rate was 1.2 per 1,000 teenagers. In the pregnancy experience, the main factors related to teenage pregnancy were love or marriage engagement. In the abortion experience, 53.9% of teenagers had more than two abortion experiences, 38.1% midtrimester abortion, 22% complications after abortion. In the delivery experience, 64.3% of teenagers delivered with no prenatal care and 42.9% had a delay in realizing they were pregnant. Fifty percent were delivered by non-professionals in non-medical institutions.

Keyword

Teenager; Pregnancy rate; Abortion rate; Birth rate

MeSH Terms

Abortion, Induced
Adolescent*
Birth Rate
Busan
Daegu
Daejeon
Female
Gwangju
Gyeonggi-do
Humans
Korea
Love
Marriage
Pregnancy in Adolescence
Pregnancy Rate
Pregnancy Trimester, Second
Pregnancy*
Prenatal Care
Seoul
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