Population Reports articles from November 1988

Population Reports archives from November 1988

Lower-dose pills.
November 1, 1988... Lower-Dose Pills In the 1980s pill use has been growing gradually. In developed countries use has reached about 24 million married women, or 14 percent of married women of reproductive age. In developing countries over 38 million married women...

Background. (oral contraceptives)
November 1, 1988... Background Over the nearly 30 years since oral contraceptives (OCs) were first marketed, they have symbolized modern contraception. While other family planning methods are also widely used, OCs have received more public attention. Publicity has...

Moving to lower doses. (oral contraceptives)
November 1, 1988... Moving to Lower Doses Today's low-dose combined OCs contain less than 50 [mu]g estrogen, down from 150 [mu]g in the first OC and 50 to 100 [mu]g in the OCs of the late 1960s and the 1970s. Estrogen doses of 30 or 35 [mu]g ethinyl estradiol are...

Use. (oral contraceptives)
November 1, 1988... Use Today nearly 63 million married women throughout the world are using oral contraceptives. Over 60 percent of these OC users live in developing countries (see Table 1). The estimate of 63 million married women using OCs worldwide is...

Benefits of oral contraceptives.
November 1, 1988... Benefits of Oral Contraceptives The substantial and widespread benefits of oral contraceptives are often taken for granted or forgotten amid the controversies and concerns about the pill that range from legitimate scientific questions to...

Health risks of oral contraceptives.
November 1, 1988... Health Risks of Oral Contraceptives Certain circulatory system diseases--mainly thromboembolism but also stroke and heart disease--are the major established health risks of oral contraceptives. For OC users who do not smoke or have other risk...

Unresolved health questions.
November 1, 1988... Unresolved Health Questions Despite years of research, some questions about OC use and a number of conditions remain unanswered. Foremost among these are questions concerning breast cancer and cervical cancer. A number of recent studies have...

Bibliography. (bibliography)
November 1, 1988... Bibliography An asterisk (*) denotes an item that was particularly useful in the preparation of this issue of Population Reports. 1. ANONYMOUS. Another look at the pill and breast cancer. Lancet 2(8462):985-987. Nov. 2,1985. 2....