Induced abortion: incidence and trends worldwide from 1995 to 2008

Data of abortion incidence and trends are needed to monitor progress toward improvement of maternal health and access to family planning. To date, estimates of safe and unsafe abortion worldwide have only been made for 1995 and 2003. We used the standard WHO definition of unsafe abortions. Safe abor...

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Published in:	The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 379; no. 9816; pp. 625 - 632
Main Authors:	Sedgh, Gilda, Singh, Susheela, Shah, Iqbal H, Åhman, Elisabeth, Henshaw, Stanley K, Bankole, Akinrinola
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 18.02.2012 Elsevier Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Abortion Abortion, Criminal - statistics & numerical data Abortion, Criminal - trends Abortion, Induced - legislation & jurisprudence Abortion, Induced - statistics & numerical data Abortion, Induced - trends Abortion, Legal - statistics & numerical data Abortion, Legal - trends Adolescent Adult Africa - epidemiology Americas - epidemiology Asia - epidemiology Biological and medical sciences Birth control Developing countries Epidemiology Estimates Europe - epidemiology Family planning Female General aspects Global Health Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics Health services Humans Incidence induced abortion Induced abortion. Therapeutic abortion Internal Medicine LDCs linear models Maternal Welfare Medical sciences Patient Safety Pregnancy Pregnancy, Unwanted Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine regression analysis Reproductive health surveys Trends United Kingdom women Womens health World Health Organization Young Adult United Kingdom World Americas Asia Europe Africa Medicine 2008 1995 Induced abortion Trend Epidemiology Public health Incidence
ISSN:	0140-6736, 1474-547X, 1474-547X
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