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Induced abortions in the Nordic countries 2013

Anna Heino

Mika Gissler

Induced abortions in the Nordic countries per 1000 women aged 15–49 in 2013

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*The newest data available for Sweden is from 2012. The data collection was temporarily suspended in 2013.

Abortions among 15–19 year-olds per 1000 women of same age, 1974–2013

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Drug-induced abortions in the Nordic countries, % of all induced abortions, 2000–2013

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Number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-49 years, 1970–2013

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Induced abortions in the Nordic countries 2013• Some 78 500 induced abortions were performed in 2013 in the Nordic countries,

that is, 13.5 abortions per thousand women of childbearing age (15–49 years).

• Finland had the lowest and Sweden the highest abortion rate; there were 8.7 induced abortions per thousand women aged 15–49 years in Finland, while the corresponding figure for Sweden was 17.5 (The newest data available for Sweden is from 2012).

• The total number of abortions has increased in the 2000s, but it is still below the level of the 1970s and 1980s.

• The past few years, the number of abortions has decreased in Finland, Norway, and Denmark.

• In the 2000s abortions among the under-20s have decreased in all Nordic countries. In 2013, abortion rates among the under-20s were the lowest in Norway and Finland.

• Proportionally, the number of induced abortions is highest in the age group 20–24.

• www.thl.fi/statistics/nordiccountriesabortions

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