article · PLoS Medicine · 2012

National, Regional, and Global Trends in Infertility Prevalence Since 1990: A Systematic Analysis of 277 Health Surveys

Maya Mascarenhas, Seth Flaxman, Ties Boerma, Sheryl Vanderpoel, Gretchen A Stevens

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Abstract

We analyzed demographic and reproductive household survey data to reveal global patterns and trends in infertility. Independent from population growth and worldwide declines in the preferred number of children, we found little evidence of changes in infertility over two decades, apart from in the regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Further research is needed to identify the etiological causes of these patterns and trends.

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APA 7

Mascarenhas, M., Flaxman, S., Boerma, T., Vanderpoel, S., & Stevens, G. A. (2012). National, Regional, and Global Trends in Infertility Prevalence Since 1990: A Systematic Analysis of 277 Health Surveys. PLoS Medicine, 9(12), e1001356. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001356

MLA 9

Mascarenhas, Maya, et al. “National, Regional, and Global Trends in Infertility Prevalence Since 1990: A Systematic Analysis of 277 Health Surveys.” PLoS Medicine, vol. 9, no. 12, 2012, p. e1001356, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001356.

Chicago

Mascarenhas, Maya, Seth Flaxman, Ties Boerma, Sheryl Vanderpoel, and Gretchen A Stevens. 2012. “National, Regional, and Global Trends in Infertility Prevalence Since 1990: A Systematic Analysis of 277 Health Surveys.” PLoS Medicine 9 (12): e1001356. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001356.

Harvard

Mascarenhas, M. et al. (2012) ‘National, Regional, and Global Trends in Infertility Prevalence Since 1990: A Systematic Analysis of 277 Health Surveys’, PLoS Medicine, 9(12), p. e1001356. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001356.

BibTeX

@article{mascarenhas2012national,
  title = {{National, Regional, and Global Trends in Infertility Prevalence Since 1990: A Systematic Analysis of 277 Health Surveys}},
  author = {Mascarenhas, Maya and Flaxman, Seth and Boerma, Ties and Vanderpoel, Sheryl and Stevens, Gretchen A},
  journal = {PLoS Medicine},
  volume = {9},
  number = {12},
  pages = {e1001356},
  year = {2012},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pmed.1001356}
}

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