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RegionAverage annual no. of abortions among women aged 15–49 (thousands), 2015-2019 a
Caribbean460
Central America1,300
South America3,700
SourcesSources: 1

Notes

  1. Data are available for a mix of United Nations Statistics Division regional and subregional groupings and UN Sustainable Development Goals regional groupings.
  2. u = unavailable
  3. n/a = not applicable

Sources

  1. Regional and subregional estimates originally published in Bearak J et al., Unintended pregnancy and abortion by income, region, and the legal status of abortion: estimates from a comprehensive model for 1990–2019, Lancet Global Health, 2020, 8(9):e1152–e1161, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30315-6, were since re-estimated using a revised data set, available on OSF, and may slightly differ from those published in 2020.
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