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. 2010 Jun 30;10:383. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-383

Table 3.

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

Excluding 2711 induced abortions due to fetal reasons.

1) Adjusted by year, age, region, marital status, socioeconomic position and gravidity.