Goal: Comparing socio demographic and reproductive aspects between women who had induced the interruption of pregnancy and women who had taken the pregnancy period in full hospitalized in a public maternity. Methods: Study case-control that 21 women who had an induced miscarriage and 83 who had the full pregnancy period were included in the period from August, 2005 to January, 2006. Results: There was no significant difference in the comparison between the frequency of groups related to age, skin color, study years, religion, monthly income, first-period age, first sexual-relation age, first pregnancy age, number of pregnancy, gap between last and the one before the last pregnancy and the number of live children. The marital status married/stable union [OR=0, 241 (IC95% 0, 06 0, 951)] and the pregnancy will [OR=0, 168 (IC95% 0, 042 0, 669)] are associated to the occurrence of induced miscarriage as a protection factor. Conclusions: To make evident the unsafe miscarriage problem, there must be an investment in the promotion of the reproductive health motivating the access to the sexual education and the family planning.
Miscarriage; Family planning; Health; Maternal and Child Health
