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Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences | Volume-6 | Issue-11
Demographic Characteristics of Infertile Women in a Medical College
Dr. Tina Nath, Dr. Nabanita Deka, Dr. Gokul Chandra Das
Published: Nov. 30, 2018 | 154 146
DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2018.v06i11.015
Pages: 4239-4242
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Abstract
During the past decade there has been a dramatic increase in the number of women seeking evaluation of infertility. Demographic characteristics of 42 apparently healthy patients with infertility were studied at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, GMC Hospital, during the period from June 2016 to May 2017. Out of 42 patients, 73.81% were house wife and rest did service. 71.43% belonged to Hindu and 28.57% belonged to Islam religion. Majority (66.67%) of patients came from rural background. In primary infertility, most of the patients were in the age group of 26-30 years, while in secondary infertility, 50% belonged to age group 26-35 years and other 50% belonged to 31-35 years group. Out of 24 cases of primary infertility, majority (58.33%) had history of infertility for 2-3 years. Most of the secondary infertile women had 2-5 years duration of infertility.