Abstract
Significant differences in cost and safety between vasectomy and tubal ligation have been reported. For this reason the incidence of these two procedures between 1976 and 1986 was studied to obtain information upon which future policy decisions might be based. Although tubal ligation predominated in almost every province and year its rate declined by 27.6% over the study period, whereas the rate of vasectomy increased by 39.1%. When projected to 1988 the national rates for the two procedures became nearly equal; those for Quebec had become equal by 1986. Provincial differences were most marked in eastern Canada, where neighbouring provinces had the highest and the lowest rates of sterilization in the country. Given the relative economic and surgical disadvantages of tubal ligation, policymakers may wish to consider fostering an increased acceptance of vasectomy, particularly in areas where such acceptance continues to be slow.
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