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Table 3 The proportion of terminated pregnancies among women using psychotropic medicine 0-3 months before pregnancy, Finland 1996-2006

From: Use of psychotropic drugs before pregnancy and the risk for induced abortion: population-based register-data from Finland 1996-2006

ATC code

N05/N06

N05A

N05B

N05C

N06A

N06C

Terminated pregnancies per 100

30.9

33.9

32.1

35.6

32.0

22.5

Age

Less than 20

60.3

53.6

47.0

64.2

62.0

35.3

20-24

37.6

41.7

11.8

46.0

24.2

19.6

25-29

26.0

31.8

6.8

29.8

16.2

13.5

30-34

25.0

30.0

5.7

34.1

16.4

17.5

35-39

29.5

31.7

8.1

33.0

23.6

30.9

40 or more

35.5

28.9

22.3

38.0

50.3

32.1

Marital status

Married

13.9

6.2

15.9

12.0

9.8

11.7

Cohabiting

20.5

12.3

22.7

22.1

16.9

18.4

Single

58.5

12.4

56.2

22.7

20.7

55.0

Previous pregnancies

0

30.1

9.5

53.6

20.2

14.9

17.9

1 or more

31.2

4.7

29.6

8.8

7.4

24.3

Previous births

0

31.4

6.6

43.2

13.7

11.1

0.0

1

26.4

11.3

52.7

21.1

16.5

0.0

2

36.2

19.7

62.7

29.8

25.1

28.7

3 or more

31.2

20.4

69.8

33.9

31.2

31.4

Previous induced abortions

0

24.6

26.7

29.4

8.7

6.4

12.2

1 or more

47.7

55.0

54.6

20.4

21.3

0.0

Socioeconomic position

Upper-white collar worker

15.1

76.1

74.3

25.3

29.4

8.4

Lower-white collar worker

21.4

47.2

46.3

17.8

14.0

25.3

Blue-collar worker

25.6

62.1

61.0

29.3

25.9

23.9

Other

43.2

39.4

47.5

18.4

12.7

26.3

Crude OR

2.51

2.80

2.60

3.02

2.62

1.58

95% CI

2.43-2.59

2.55-3.08

2.45-2.76

2.76-3.29

2.53-2.71

1.28-1.96

Adjusted OR1)

1.94

1.85

2.02

2.25

2.00

1.69

95% CI

1.87-2.02

1.65-2.08

1.88-2.16

2.02-2.49

1.92-2.09

1.32-2.17

Explanation, %

37

53

36

38

38

< 0

  1. Excluding 2711 induced abortions due to fetal reasons.
  2. 1) Adjusted by year, age, region, marital status, socioeconomic position and gravidity.