title: A 15-year study of illegally induced abortion mortality at Ilorin, Nigeria.
abstract: Fifty-three women died from complications of illegally induced abortion over a 15-year period. Seventeen (32.2%) of them were under 20 years of age, while 28 (52.8%) were nulliparous. The abortion rate was 210/100,000 with an abortion mortality rate of 0.9/100,00 women. Also the abortion ratio was 73.4/1000 live-births while the abortion mortality ratio was 4.20/1000 abortions. Sepsis and hemorrhage were the two commonest avoidable causes of death, and preventable measures were discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Ilorin, Nigeria.
authors.forename: O O
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Adetoro
mesh_terms: D000024:Abortion, Illegal; D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000401:mortality*; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009549:Nigeria; D011247:Pregnancy