A LINK BETWEEN THE EPIDEMIC OF ECTOPIC PREGNANCY AND THE BABY-BOOM COHORT

In order to demonstrate the detailed profile of the recent epidemic of ectopic pregnancy and the subsequent decrease of the disease, the aut hors analyzed the changes in 5-year age groups and by 5-year age cohor ts in Finland. The results describe a link between the epidemic of ect opic pregnancy and the so-called ''baby boom'' cohort (from 1945 to 19 54) in the 1970s and 1980s, when these large age groups were in their most fertile period. The authors conclude, through its risk factors, t hat ectopic pregnancy is strongly correlated with age and that it exem plifies how the changes caused by large age groups play a role in the rise and fall in occurrence of certain diseases.