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).