Legally induced abortions by age (Under 15-, 15–19-, 20–24-, 25–29 y. o.) of woman.
Legally induced abortion (or medical abortion) – divides into legal and therapeutic abortion.
Legal abortion – the legal termination of the pregnancy at the pregnant woman’s own wish.
Therapeutic abortion – the termination of pregnancy on medical indications.
Unit: number
Disaggregated by: year, age group, type of abortion
Source: Statistics Estonia
Year | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Age group (abortion) | Type of abortion | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |||||||
Under 15 | All abortions | 14 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 20 | |||||||
Under 15 | Legally induced abortions | 12 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 16 | |||||||
15-19 | All abortions | 1523 | 1471 | 1415 | 1245 | 954 | 822 | 726 | 648 | 573 | 494 | 487 | 433 | |||||||
15-19 | Legally induced abortions | 1345 | 1298 | 1275 | 1082 | 864 | 717 | 642 | 566 | 510 | 442 | 431 | 372 | |||||||
20-24 | All abortions | 2825 | 2725 | 2540 | 2413 | 2209 | 2037 | 1954 | 1641 | 1543 | 1298 | 1164 | 1019 | |||||||
20-24 | Legally induced abortions | 2374 | 2304 | 2145 | 1993 | 1860 | 1730 | 1633 | 1373 | 1282 | 1055 | 983 | 851 | |||||||
25-29 | All abortions | 2502 | 2544 | 2445 | 2324 | 2216 | 2118 | 2013 | 1823 | 1737 | 1591 | 1621 | 1500 | |||||||
25-29 | Legally induced abortions | 1961 | 2038 | 1900 | 1793 | 1695 | 1627 | 1506 | 1423 | 1327 | 1184 | 1188 | 1071 |