Table 1 Induced abortions, by woman's age. 1979-2003

1	Induced abortions, by woman's age. 1979-2003

	Induced abortions	Induced abortions per 1 000 women of age							Total abortion rate³

	Induced abortions	15-19¹	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	Total abortion rate³

1979	14 456	24.2	23.2	18.0	15.2	12.2	7.4	1.0	506
1980	13 531	22.5	22.1	16.2	13.7	11.4	6.8	0.8	468
1981	13 845	23.2	21.8	17.1	14.1	11.3	6.2	0.9	473
1982	13 496	21.0	22.1	15.6	13.9	11.7	6.0	0.8	456
1983	13 646	20.8	23.1	16.2	13.8	10.7	5.9	0.8	456
1984	14 070	21.0	24.4	17.0	13.7	10.7	5.5	0.6	465
1985	14 599	21.7	26.1	18.1	13.8	10.3	4.6	0.8	477
1986	15 474	23.0	27.5	19.4	14.1	10.4	4.9	0.6	499
1987	15 422	22.1	29.0	18.3	14.2	10.1	4.6	0.5	494
1988	15 852	22.5	29.0	20.9	14.1	9.8	4.3	0.5	506
1989	16 208	21.6	30.2	21.8	14.8	10.2	4.0	0.6	516
1990	15 551	20.1	28.6	22.0	14.3	10.0	3.6	0.5	496
1991	15 528	19.0	28.9	22.2	15.0	9.8	3.5	0.5	495
1992	15 164	18.9	27.7	21.8	14.5	9.8	3.7	0.4	484
1993	14 909	18.7	26.5	21.2	15.2	9.7	3.7	0.4	477
1994²	14 533	17.7	25.6	20.9	15.7	9.7	3.5	0.3	467
1995²	13 762	18.0	23.9	19.5	14.5	8.9	3.6	0.4	444
1996	14 311	18.4	25.5	20.4	15.1	9.2	3.2	0.4	466
1997	13 985	19.0	24.7	19.3	14.9	9.5	3.5	0.3	461
1998	14 028	18.7	25.8	19.2	15.1	9.6	3.3	0.3	465
1999	14 279	19.0	26.5	19.6	15.6	10.2	3.8	0.2	475
2000	14 655	20.1	28.0	20.1	15.2	10.8	3.6	0.3	491
2001	13 887	18.8	26.3	19.2	14.8	10.2	3.7	0.3	467
2002	13 557	16.9	26.8	19.1	14.4	9.8	3.6	0.3	455
2003	13 836	16.3	26.8	19.4	15.2	10.8	⁴4.2	0.3	465

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 abortion rates of the current period.
⁴	The figure was corrected 13 July 2004.