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Global and regional estimates of the number of legal and illegal abortions, abortion rate per 1,000 women 15-44 and abortion ratio per 100 pregnancies, 1995.
Appendix Table 3.
Global and regional estimates of the number of legal and illegal
abortions, abortion rate per 1,000 women 15-44 and abortion ratio per
100 pregnancies, 1995
Number of abortions (millions)
Region and
subregion Total Legal Illegal
WORLD 45.5 25.6 19.9
DEVELOPED REGIONS 10.0 9.1 0.9
DEVELOPING REGIONS 35.5 16.5 19.0
AFRICA 5.0 1 5.0
EAST AFRICA 1.9 1 1.9
MIDDLE AFRICA 0.6 1 0.6
NORTH AFRICA 0.6 1 0.6
SOUTHERN AFRICA 0.2 1 0.2
WEST AFRICA 1.6 1 1.6
ASIA 26.8 16.9 9.9
EAST ASIA 12.5 12.5 1
SOUTH CENTRAL ASIA 8.4 1.9 6.5
SOUTHEAST ASIA 4.7 1.9 2.8
WEST ASIA 1.2 0.7 0.5
EUROPE 7.7 6.8 0.9
EASTERN EUROPE 6.2 5.4 0.8
NORTHERN EUROPE 0.4 0.3 1
SOUTHERN EUROPE 0.8 0.7 0.1
WESTERN EUROPE 0.4 0.4 1
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN 4.2 0.2 4.0
CARIBBEAN 0.4 0.2 0.2
CENTRAL AMERICA 0.9 1 0.9
SOUTH AMERICA 3.0 1 3.0
UNITED STATES & CANADA 1.5 1.5 1
OCEANIA 0.1 0.1 1
Region and Abortion Abortion
subregion % illegal rate ratio
WORLD 44 35 26
DEVELOPED REGIONS 9 39 41
DEVELOPING REGIONS 54 34 23
AFRICA 99 33 15
EAST AFRICA 100 41 16
MIDDLE AFRICA 100 35 14
NORTH AFRICA 96 17 12
SOUTHERN AFRICA 100 19 12
WEST AFRICA 100 37 ...
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