TABLE 1. Number of abortions, abortion rate per 1000 women aged 15-44, abortion ratio per 100 known pregnancies and total abortion rate for selected countries.
|
Country (year) |
No. of abortions |
Rate |
Ratio |
Total rate |
|
Australia (1988) |
63 200 |
16.6 |
20.4 |
484 |
|
Canada (1987) |
63 600 |
10.2 |
14.7 |
299 |
|
Czechoslovakia (1987) |
156 600 |
46.7 |
42.2 |
1 400 |
|
Denmark (1987) |
20 800 |
18.3 |
27.0 |
548 |
|
England and Wales (1987) |
156 200 |
14.2 |
18.6 |
413 |
|
Finland (1987) |
13 000 |
11.7 |
18.0 |
356 |
|
Hungary (1987) |
84 500 |
38.2 |
40.2 |
1 137 |
|
Iceland (1987) |
700 |
12.0 |
14.0 |
336 |
|
Netherlands (1986) |
18 300 |
5.3 |
9.0 |
155 |
|
New Zealand (1987) |
8 800 |
11.4 |
13.6 |
323 |
|
Norway (1987) |
15 400 |
16.8 |
22.2 |
493 |
|
Scotland (1987) |
10 100 |
9.0 |
13.2 |
255 |
|
Singapore (1987) |
21 200 |
30.1 |
32.7 |
840 |
|
Sweden (1987) |
34 700 |
19.8 |
24.9 |
600 |
|
USA (1985) |
1 588 600 |
28.0 |
29.7 |
797 |
Source: Van Look and von Hertzen (7).
Edited by Aldo Campana,