Statistics Norway

Abortions

1   Induced abortions, by woman's age. 1979-2004
  Induced
abortions
Induced abortions per 1 000 women of age
  15-191 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 Total
abortion rate3
1979 14 456.0 24.2 23.2 18.0 15.2 12.2 7.4 1.0  506.0
1980 13 531.0 22.5 22.1 16.2 13.7 11.4 6.8 0.8  468.0
1981 13 845.0 23.2 21.8 17.1 14.1 11.3 6.2 0.9  473.0
1982 13 496.0 21.0 22.1 15.6 13.9 11.7 6.0 0.8  456.0
1983 13 646.0 20.8 23.1 16.2 13.8 10.7 5.9 0.8  456.0
1984 14 070.0 21.0 24.4 17.0 13.7 10.7 5.5 0.6  465.0
1985 14 599.0 21.7 26.1 18.1 13.8 10.3 4.6 0.8  477.0
1986 15 474.0 23.0 27.5 19.4 14.1 10.4 4.9 0.6  499.0
1987 15 422.0 22.1 29.0 18.3 14.2 10.1 4.6 0.5  494.0
1988 15 852.0 22.5 29.0 20.9 14.1 9.8 4.3 0.5  506.0
1989 16 208.0 21.6 30.2 21.8 14.8 10.2 4.0 0.6  516.0
1990 15 551.0 20.1 28.6 22.0 14.3 10.0 3.6 0.5  496.0
1991 15 528.0 19.0 28.9 22.2 15.0 9.8 3.5 0.5  495.0
1992 15 164.0 18.9 27.7 21.8 14.5 9.8 3.7 0.4  484.0
1993 14 909.0 18.7 26.5 21.2 15.2 9.7 3.7 0.4  477.0
19942 14 533.0 17.7 25.6 20.9 15.7 9.7 3.5 0.3  467.0
19952 13 762.0 18.0 23.9 19.5 14.5 8.9 3.6 0.4  444.0
1996 14 311.0 18.4 25.5 20.4 15.1 9.2 3.2 0.4  466.0
1997 13 985.0 19.0 24.7 19.3 14.9 9.5 3.5 0.3  461.0
1998 14 028.0 18.7 25.8 19.2 15.1 9.6 3.3 0.3  465.0
1999 14 279.0 19.0 26.5 19.6 15.6 10.2 3.8 0.2  475.0
2000 14 655.0 20.1 28.0 20.1 15.2 10.8 3.6 0.3  491.0
2001 13 887.0 18.8 26.3 19.2 14.8 10.2 3.7 0.3  466.5
2002 13 557.0 16.9 26.8 19.1 14.4 9.8 3.6 0.3  455.0
2003 13 888.0 16.4 26.9 19.5 15.2 10.8 4.0 0.3  466.0
2004 14 071.0 15.7 27.3 19.4 15.9 11.4 4.1 0.3  470.9
1  Induced abortions by women under 20 years per 1 000 women 15- 19 years.
2  From 1994 and 1995 only figures of induced abortions by year of birth are available. Induced abortions per 1 000 women in 5- year groups are calculated by interpolation between years of birth.
3  The number of legal abortions performed on 1 000 women surviving up to 50 years, calculated from the age-specific aortion rates of the current period.

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