… This Article presents new estimates of the incidence of induced abortion worldwide, by region,
and according to … Table 1Global and regional estimated numbers of induced abortion and …

… estimates of global incidence and trends of induced abortions worldwide. Not … of global
induced abortion rates in the 1990’s, but no appreciable decline thereafter. The estimated global …

… abortion is illegal, at least one induced abortion prevalence was 35.1% (28.1–42.4), and
multiple induced abortion … elective abortion is legal, at least one induced abortion prevalence …

… , each year about 44 million induced abortions occur globally. About fifty percent of these …
the global rate of induced abortion in 2000 as the lowest followed by the national induced rate …

… global abortion rate was 35 (90% UI: 33–44) abortions per 1000 women—five points less
than the rate of 40 (90% UI: 39–48) for the period 1990–1994 (90% UI for decline: −11 to 0) (…

… was to report the epidemiological features of spontaneous abortion in North Africa and the …
was to determine the epidemiological features and the burden of spontaneous abortion in the …

… jointly estimated unintended pregnancy and abortion rates using information on … abortion
incidence data. Main outcomes were the estimated rates of unintended pregnancy and abortion …

… procedure, induced abortion, for … induced abortion throughout the world have ranged as
high as 55 million, corresponding to more than two-fifths of the number of live births. This global …

… Maintaining the necessary inputs for calculating abortion rates using this scheme is daunting
even at the regional level and is much more so at the global level. Foreit and Nortman8 …

… abortion is thought to be widespread at the global level, although the exact burden is unknown.
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines unsafe abortion … to induced abortion at <…