Statistics Norway

Abortions

1   Induced abortions, by woman's age. 1979-2003
  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 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   13 888 16.4 26.9 19.5 15.2 10.8 4.0 0.3  466
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 1000 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.

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