| Abstract: | Information for the Norfolk-Haldimand County Health Unit is family planning clinic from May 1967 through October 1968 (160 new applicants) is presented and compared with the data of the original applicants (163) from May 1966 through April 1967. The pregnancy rate of women applicants age 19-25 was significantly less in the later survey group. There were 27.4% fewer IUD insertions in the second group and a concomitant rise in the number of women receiving oral contraceptives. The overall expulsion rate for the IUD was 11%. During the time covered in the study the overall continuation rate for oral contraceptives was 80%. Over the first 28 months of operation there was a 50% increase in the number of teenagers age 18 and under who had a pregnancy and subsequently requested contraceptive advice. Practically 92% of all applicants attending the clinic had 2 or more children. 90% of patients attending the clinic are women over 18 requesting permanent birth control and since continuation rates for the pill and the IUD are inadquate, sterilization for these women is suggested. |
