Planning familial : son effet sur la sante de la femme et de l"enfant

A million others are orphaned by the deaths of their mothers during pregnancy or childbirth. This report presents statistical data, supplemented by narrative text, demonstrating how family planning can help women avoid or reduce risks to their own and their children"s health, e.g., risks caused by too frequent pregnancies or by pregnancy in women too young or too old. Charts are presented displaying data from several countries on a variety of factors pertinent to maternal and child health and on correlations among these factors. Included are data on, inter alia: birth spacing; average number of children; relationships between infant mortality and birth order, and between birth defects and age of mother; maternal mortality from induced abortion; women with three living children who wish to have no more children; percentages of women using no contraceptives, ineffective methods, and effective methods; percentages of women with and without knowledge of or access to contraceptives; and mortality resulting from various contraceptive methods. An 88-item bibliography (1938-1981) is attached.