Unsafe Abortion: Worldwide Estimates for 2000

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Table 1 Global and regional annual estimates of incidence of unsafe abortion by United Nations regions, around the year 2000^a

	Estimated number of unsafe abortions	Incidence ratio (unsafe abortions per 100 live births)	Incidence rate (unsafe abortions per 1000 women aged 15–49)
World	19000000	14	12
More developed regions^b	500000	4	2
Less developed regions	18500000	15	15
Africa	4200000	14	22
Eastern Africa	1700000	16	29
Middle Africa	400000	9	20
Northern Africa	700000	15	15
Southern Africa	200000	16	16
Western Africa	1200000	13	24
Asia^b	10500000	14	11
Eastern Asia^b	^c	^c	^c
South-central Asia	7200000	18	20
South-eastern Asia	2700000	23	19
Western Asia	500000	10	11
Europe	500000	7	3
Eastern Europe	400000	14	5
Northern Europe	10000	1	1
Southern Europe	100000	7	3
Western Europe	^c	^c	^c
Latin America and Caribbean	3700000	32	26
Caribbean	110000	15	11
Central America	680000	20	19
South America	2900000	39	30
North America	^c	^c	^c
Oceania^b	30000	12	15

a Figures may not add up to equal totals due to rounding.

b Japan, Australia and New Zealand have been excluded from the regional estimates, but are included in the total for developed countries.

c For regions where the incidence is negligible no estimates are shown.

Fig. 1 TFR, contraceptive use (all methods and modern methods) and unsafe abortion ratio (unsafe abortions per 100 live births) by developing region Note: TFR=total fertility rate; CCP=% using any contraceptive; CCP modern=% using modern contraceptives; and unsafe abortion ratio = number of unsafe abortions to 100 live births