Statistics Norway

Abortions

6   Induced abortions, by period of gestation and the womans age. 2003
Age Total Period of gestation in weeks
Under 6 6-8 9-12 13-16 17-20 21 and over Unknown
Total 13 836  878 8 846 3 533  276  167 17  119
-14 years 49 3 30 15 1 - - -
15 years  134 7 85 39 3 - - -
16 years  310 17  192 76 18 3 1 3
17 years  409 22  247  124 9 1 - 6
18 years  584 24  362  167 15 6 - 10
19 years  707 48  430  208 11 5 1 4
20 years  730 46  451  207 15 6 1 4
21 years  776 49  487  221 13 3 - 3
22 years  730 44  480  182 14 3 - 7
23 years  713 50  466  175 14 4 - 4
24 years  676 38  435  179 10 10 - 4
25 years  614 40  419  130 12 5 1 7
26 years  640 41  407  171 8 6 1 6
27 years  566 33  363  141 10 10 1 8
28 years  529 31  348  126 8 11 1 4
29 years  548 31  370  126 7 9 - 5
30 years  518 34  320  137 10 11 2 4
31 years  545 35  347  138 10 8 2 5
32 years  537 41  348  124 8 10 3 3
33 years  506 35  326  122 8 9 1 5
34 years  504 31  325  133 7 4 - 4
35 years  435 33  276  103 10 11 - 2
36 years  402 34  256  101 5 1 - 5
37 years  396 28  251 98 11 3 - 5
38 years  323 20  205 85 8 3 - 2
39 years  279 18  173 66 9 10 1 2
40 years  226 11  149 48 10 4 - 4
41 years  174 10  120 35 3 5 - 1
42 years  109 11 66 23 4 3 1 1
43 years 75 5 51 18 1 - - -
44 years 47 6 30 9 1 1 - -
45 years and more 44 2 30 6 3 2 - 1
Unknown 1 - 1 - - - - -

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