Deaths associated with pregnancy outcome: a record linkage study of low income women.

David C. Reardon et al., Deaths Associated with Pregnancy Outcome: A Record Linkage Study of Low Income Women, 95 S. MED. J. 834 (2002).

A national study in Finland showed significantly higher death rates associated with abortion than with childbirth. The objective of this study was to examine this association using an American population over a longer period. California Medicaid records for 173,279 women who had an induced abortion or a delivery in 1989 were linked to death certificates for 1989 to 1997. Compared with women who delivered, those who had a significantly higher age-adjusted risk of death from all causes (1.62), from suicide (2.54), and from accidents (1.82)...