Is there an association between female circumcision and perinatal death?
OBJECTIVE: In Sweden, a country with high standards of obstetric care, the high rate of perinatal mortality among children of immigrant women from the Horn of Africa raises the question of whether there is an association between female circumcision and perinatal death. METHOD: To investigate this, w...
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| author | Essén Birgitta Bödker Birgit Sjöberg N-O. Gudmundsson Saemundur Östergren P-O. Langhoff-Roos Jens |
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| description | OBJECTIVE: In Sweden, a country with high standards of obstetric care, the high rate of perinatal mortality among children of immigrant women from the Horn of Africa raises the question of whether there is an association between female circumcision and perinatal death. METHOD: To investigate this, we examined a cohort of 63 perinatal deaths of infants born in Sweden over the period 1990-96 to circumcised women. FINDINGS: We found no evidence that female circumcision was related to perinatal death. Obstructed or prolonged labour, caused by scar tissue from circumcision, was not found to have any impact on the number of perinatal deaths. CONCLUSION: The results do not support previous conclusions that genital circumcision is related to perinatal death, regardless of other circumstances, and suggest that other, suboptimal factors contribute to perinatal death among circumcised migrant women. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-50cb90c48abf45ee84a931ab696f0d7e2024-03-03T01:52:30ZengThe World Health OrganizationBulletin of the World Health Organization0042-96862002-01-01808629632Is there an association between female circumcision and perinatal death?Essén BirgittaBödker BirgitSjöberg N-O.Gudmundsson SaemundurÖstergren P-O.Langhoff-Roos JensOBJECTIVE: In Sweden, a country with high standards of obstetric care, the high rate of perinatal mortality among children of immigrant women from the Horn of Africa raises the question of whether there is an association between female circumcision and perinatal death. METHOD: To investigate this, we examined a cohort of 63 perinatal deaths of infants born in Sweden over the period 1990-96 to circumcised women. FINDINGS: We found no evidence that female circumcision was related to perinatal death. Obstructed or prolonged labour, caused by scar tissue from circumcision, was not found to have any impact on the number of perinatal deaths. CONCLUSION: The results do not support previous conclusions that genital circumcision is related to perinatal death, regardless of other circumstances, and suggest that other, suboptimal factors contribute to perinatal death among circumcised migrant women.http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862002000800006Circumcision, Female/adverse effectsLabor complications/etiologyInfant mortalityTransients and migrantsCohort studiesAfrica, EasternSweden |
| spellingShingle | Essén Birgitta Bödker Birgit Sjöberg N-O. Gudmundsson Saemundur Östergren P-O. Langhoff-Roos Jens Is there an association between female circumcision and perinatal death? Bulletin of the World Health Organization Circumcision, Female/adverse effects Labor complications/etiology Infant mortality Transients and migrants Cohort studies Africa, Eastern Sweden |
| title | Is there an association between female circumcision and perinatal death? |
| title_full | Is there an association between female circumcision and perinatal death? |
| title_fullStr | Is there an association between female circumcision and perinatal death? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is there an association between female circumcision and perinatal death? |
| title_short | Is there an association between female circumcision and perinatal death? |
| title_sort | is there an association between female circumcision and perinatal death |
| topic | Circumcision, Female/adverse effects Labor complications/etiology Infant mortality Transients and migrants Cohort studies Africa, Eastern Sweden |
| url | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862002000800006 |
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