Subfertility and infertility. a sample of Norwegian women
Sundby, J.; Lund, E.
Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening Tidsskrift for Praktisk Medicin Ny Raekke 109(19-21): 1996-1998
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0029-2001 PMID: 2749686 Document Number: 346081
Infertility is a major concern in Norwegian society. There is an increase in the demand for treatment of reproductive impairment in many countries today. It is not known if this is due to an increase in the frequency of subfertility. In this study the frequency of permanent unvoluntary childlessness among women participating in a case-control study on breast cancer is 3.2%. Infertility is experienced throughout the reproductive period by 9%, and 15% have sought medical services for infertility problems. These results agree with comparable results in other studies. We discuss the consequences for the amount of infertility health services that will be needed.