title: Estrogen treatment of teenage girls in the United States: description of the treated population.
abstract: It is estimated that each year approximately 20% of all 15- to 19-year-old American girls receive estrogens in the form of a pharmaceutical agent. The proportion of blacks in this age group who receive some form of estrogen therapy is estimated at 36%. The great majority of estrogen use is for the purposes of contraception and, to a lesser extent, suppression of lactation following childbirth. Less than 1% of the girls in this age group receive estrogen for treatment of medical conditions.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004967:Estrogens / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004997:Ethinyl Estradiol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007774:Lactation; D008393:Marriage; D008656:Mestranol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011247:Pregnancy; D012723:Sex; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D004967:Estrogens; D004997:Ethinyl Estradiol; D008656:Mestranol