Abortions

Year  
Absolute number of abortions declared (1)Absolute number of abortions SAE (2)Absolute number of abortions estimated by Ined (3)Abortions per 100 live births (4)Absolute number of abortions per 1000 women (age at last birthday) 15-49 (5)Mean number of abortion per woman (6)
2001 201 434206 00026,714,30,51
2002137 497206 596 27,114,30,51
2003 203 346 26,714,00,50
2004 210 664 27,414,50,52
2005166 985206 311 26,614,20,51
2006174 561215 390 27,014,90,53
2007185 498213 382 27,114,70,53
2008179 367209 247 26,314,50,52
2009 209 268 26,414,60,52

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Metropolitan France
(1) Statistics from notifications including elective and therapeutic abortions.
(2) Hospital statistics (elective abortions only). Source: DREES.
(3) INED estimate (elective abortions). From 2002, the hospital statistics are considered exhaustive.Source: C. Rossier and C. Pirus (2007).
(4) Based on INED estimates up to 2001 and on hospital statistics from 2002.

 For further details, view the détailed statistics.


Last update : April 25 2012
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