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. 2020 Feb;222(2):189-192.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.10.096. Epub 2019 Nov 2.

Rates of recognized pregnancy in women with disabilities in Ontario, Canada

Hilary K Brown  1 , Simon Chen  2 , Astrid Guttmann  3 , Susan M Havercamp  4 , Susan Parish  5 , Joel G Ray  6 , Lesley A Tarasoff  7 , Simone N Vigod  8 , Adele Carty  9 , Yona Lunsky  10
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Rates of recognized pregnancy in women with disabilities in Ontario, Canada

Hilary K Brown et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Feb.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Rates and unadjusted rate ratios of a recognized pregnancy among 15 to 44 year-old women in Ontario, Canada, 2017/18, who had a physical, sensory, or intellectual/developmental disability (“IDD”) or ≥2 (“multiple”) disabilities, compared to women without any such disability (“none”).
Data are presented overall, and by 5-year age group.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Temporal trends in the rates of a recognized pregnancy among 15 to 44 year-old women in Ontario, Canada, in 2003/04–2005/06 to 2015/16–2017/18, who had a physical, sensory, or intellectual/developmental disability (“IDD”), or ≥2 (“multiple”) disabilities, contrasted with women without any such disability (“none”).
Data are presented as three-year moving averages.
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