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Search Trends Signal Increased Vasectomy Interest in States with Sparsity of Urologists after Overrule of Roe vs. Wade
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The Supreme Court of the United States’ (SCO-TUS) decision to overrule Roe vs. Wade has rendered abortion illegal across a multitude of states. While this decision primarily impacts the management of women’s reproductive health, urologists around the country may feel the rippling effect as more men start seeking options for contraception. Although the number of vasectomies performed in the United States has steadily declined across all age groups over the last decade,1 urologists may see a sudden reversal of this trend, particularly in states that are disproportionately affected by the SCOTUS decision. As a surrogate measure for public interest in vasectomies, we conducted an analysis of Google Trends TM’s relative search volume (RSV) by individual state for the topic “vasectomy.” RSV is measured on a scale from 0-100 and is normalized to the time and location of a query. We compiled search data from 3 months prior to the SCOTUS decision to establish a baseline and quantified the immediate change by comparing to the values from 3 days after the decision. For each state, we calculated the ratio of licensed urologists to adult men (per 100,000) using data from the American Urological Association’s 2021 census and the United States’ 2020 census.
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Rutul D. Patel、Justin Loloi、Kevin Labagnara、Kara L. Watts
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Department of Urology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
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