• Abortion rates (per 1000 women) - Sedgh et al. (2016)

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  • Estimated incidence of abortions at global, regional and sub-regional levels over the period 1990-2014. This is measured as the number of abortions per 1000 women aged 15-44 years old. The authors used abortion data from government agencies and compiled data from international sources and nationally representative studies to produce global and regional estimates. Utilising data for 1069 country-years, incidence was estimated using a Bayesian hierarchical time series model whereby the overall abortion rate is a function of the modelled rates in subgroups of women of reproductive age. Data was reported over the period 1990-2014 in five-year intervals. Here we allocate the given data point to the final year of the five-year interval: i.e. "1994" denotes the period 1990-1994; "1999" denotes 1995-1999; [...], "2014" denotes 2010-2014.
  • Entity Year Abortion rates
    Africa 2014 34.0
    Asia 2014 36.0
    Caribbean 2014 65.0
    Central America 2014 33.0
    Western Africa 2014 31.0
    Developed countries 2014 27.0
    Developing countries 2014 37.0
    Eastern Africa 2014 34.0
    Eastern Asia 2014 36.0
    Eastern Europe 2014 42.0
    Western Asia 2014 35.0
    Europe 2014 30.0
    Western Europe 2014 18.0
    Latin America 2014 44.0
    World 2014 35.0
    Middle Africa 2014 35.0
    North America 2014 17.0
    Southern Europe 2014 26.0
    Northern Africa 2014 38.0
    Northern Europe 2014 18.0
    Oceania 2014 19.0
    South America 2014 47.0
    South and Central Asia 2014 37.0
    Southeastern Asia 2014 35.0
    Southern Africa 2014 35.0
    Africa 2009 33.0
    Asia 2009 34.0
    Caribbean 2009 65.0
    Southern Europe 2009 27.0
    Central America 2009 32.0
    Developed countries 2009 31.0
    Western Europe 2009 18.0
    Developing countries 2009 35.0
    World 2009 34.0
    Eastern Africa 2009 33.0
    Eastern Asia 2009 34.0
    Eastern Europe 2009 51.0
    Europe 2009 34.0
    Latin America 2009 44.0
    Middle Africa 2009 34.0
    North America 2009 19.0
    Northern Africa 2009 37.0
    Northern Europe 2009 19.0
    Western Africa 2009 29.0
    Oceania 2009 20.0
    South America 2009 46.0
    Western Asia 2009 37.0
    South and Central Asia 2009 33.0
    Southeastern Asia 2009 36.0
    Southern Africa 2009 33.0
    Africa 2004 33.0
    Western Europe 2004 15.0
    Asia 2004 34.0
    Southern Europe 2004 29.0
    Caribbean 2004 59.0
    Central America 2004 29.0
    Developed countries 2004 34.0
    Developing countries 2004 35.0
    Eastern Africa 2004 34.0
    Western Africa 2004 29.0
    Eastern Asia 2004 34.0
    Eastern Europe 2004 61.0
    Europe 2004 38.0
    Latin America 2004 41.0
    Middle Africa 2004 35.0
    North America 2004 20.0
    Northern Africa 2004 37.0
    Northern Europe 2004 19.0
    Oceania 2004 21.0
    Western Asia 2004 43.0
    South America 2004 44.0
    South and Central Asia 2004 32.0
    Southeastern Asia 2004 38.0
    Southern Africa 2004 34.0
    World 2004 35.0
    Southern Europe 1999 34.0
    Africa 1999 33.0
    Asia 1999 37.0
    Caribbean 1999 60.0
    Central America 1999 28.0
    Developed countries 1999 40.0
    Developing countries 1999 36.0
    Eastern Africa 1999 33.0
    Eastern Asia 1999 38.0
    Western Asia 1999 45.0
    Eastern Europe 1999 75.0
    Europe 1999 45.0
    Latin America 1999 40.0
    Middle Africa 1999 33.0
    North America 1999 22.0
    Northern Africa 1999 38.0
    Western Africa 1999 29.0
    Northern Europe 1999 20.0
    Oceania 1999 21.0
    South America 1999 43.0
    South and Central Asia 1999 33.0
    Western Europe 1999 13.0
    Southeastern Asia 1999 42.0
    World 1999 37.0
    Southern Africa 1999 32.0
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    Data Published By: Sedgh, G., Bearak, J., Singh, S., Bankole, A., Popinchalk, A., Ganatra, B., ... & Johnston, H. B. (2016). Abortion incidence between 1990 and 2014: global, regional, and subregional levels and trends. The Lancet, 388(10041), 258-267.

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    Link: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)30380-4

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