… restrictions associated with abortion in many countries means that data … estimates the rate
and numbers of hospital admissions resulting from unsafe abortions in developing countries to …

… in 2004, accounting for 13% of all maternal deaths (Table 1). … a result of unsafe abortions
because spontaneous abortions … with unsafe abortion for the least developed countries was …

… We estimated the incidence of safe and unsafe abortion globally … Within developing countries,
more liberal abortion laws are … , yet 13% of all maternal deaths continue to be the result of …

… Unsafe abortion rates in 2003 were estimated from hospital data… of all unsafe abortions were
in developing countries. There … subnational hospital or community-based study, results were …

… Addressing unsafe abortion in developing countries may … What the results of this study add?
Our study agrees with … 9.9% of total mortality; this is lower than the WHO estimate of 13% but …

… 13% or 1 in 8 maternal deaths were due to unsafe abortion. • In … estimated that every year
in developing countries 5 million women are admitted to hospital as a result of unsafe abortion.…

… of maternal mortality (13%). Of the women who survive … ; figures are therefore estimates. Data
suggest that even as the overall … Even safe abortion in developing nations carries risks that …

… unsafe abortions and mortality occur in developing countries. … the safe and unsafe abortion
estimates are derived from an … due to unsafe abortion has remained close to 13% since the …

… It is estimated that – globally – unsafe abortions are … hospital admissions for abortion
complications from 13 under… The sepsis results from a combination of retained products, trauma …

… of unsafe abortion; can be measured using routine hospital … ) hospitals — which serve as
public (n=30) or private (n=13) … We derived population estimates of women of reproductive …