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Pregnancy termination intervals in a rural area of Bangladesh

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Pregnancy termination intervals, i.e., live birth to live birth (LB-LB), live birth to fetal loss (LB-FL), and fetal loss to live birth (FL-LB), are analyzed prospectively between 1966 and 1970 in a rural population (117,000) of Bangladesh. Results indicate that the mean LB-LB interval was almost 30 months, the LB-FL interval 27 months, and the FL-LB interval 18 months. In addition, postpartum amenorrhea was estimated to be about 13-14 months, and the time added by a fetal loss toa LB-LB interval about 15 months. No relationship was found between LB-LB intervals and the number of living or dead children.

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  1. Demographic Division, The Population Council, 10017, New York, New York

    John Stoeckel

  2. Statistics Branch, Cholera Research Laboratory, Dacca, Bangladesh

    A. K. M. Alauddin Choudhury

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Stoeckel, J., Choudhury, A.K.M.A. Pregnancy termination intervals in a rural area of Bangladesh. Demography 11, 207–214 (1974). https://doi.org/10.2307/2060559

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