Termination of Pregnancy in Hospitals

TERMINATIONS OF PREGNANCY IN HOSPITALS (APPLICATIONS, APPROVALS
 AND ACTUAL TERMINATIONS), BY ARTICLES OF THE LAW(1)(2)
  2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1995- 1990- 1987-
      R     1999 1994 1989
APPLICATIONS ### ### ### ### ### ### ###  
APPROVALS ### ### ### ### ### ### ###
ACTUAL TERMINATIONS - ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ####
   TOTAL
Article:
   Woman's age ### ### ### ### ### #### 8,478 5,004
   Out of wedlock pregnancy ### ### ### ### ### #### #### 19,171
   Malformed foetus ### ### ### ### ### #### #### 9,606
   Danger to woman's life ### ### ### ### ### #### #### 11,908
Rates per 1,00 women aged 15-49 12.2 12.7 12.4 12.3 12.2 #### #### (5)15.7
Ratio per 100 live births 14.5 14.9 14.2 14.2 14.0 #### #### (5)15.3
Percentage of known pregnancies(3) 12.7 13.0 12.5 12.5 12.2 #### #### (5)13.3

1.   For articles of the law and for 1984-1986 data - see Introduction.
2.   Data from Ministry of Health - see Introduction
3.   Known pregnancies: Live births and terminations of pregnancy.
4.   The report of one of the commissions for termination of pregnancy in 1987 was incomplete. 72 procedures are estimated to be missing.
5.   Annual average.

Source: Central Bureau of Statistics