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Legal abortions per 1000 women in the U.S. 2015, by age
Legal abortions reported in the U.S. in 2015, by age (per 1,000 women)
by John Elflein,
last edited
Nov 22, 2018
This statistic shows the number of legal abortions per 1,000 women reported in the United States in 2015, by age. In that year, women aged 20 to 24 years had a rate of 19.9 abortions among every 1,000 women in that age group.
Legal abortions reported in the U.S. in 2015, by age (per 1,000 women)
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by John Elflein,
last edited
Nov 22, 2018
This statistic shows the number of legal abortions per 1,000 women reported in the United States in 2015, by age. In that year, women aged 20 to 24 years had a rate of 19.9 abortions among every 1,000 women in that age group.
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- Note: Women aged 13–14 years were used as the denominator for the group of women aged <15 years, and women aged 40–44 years were used as the denominator for the group of women aged ≥40 years. For each reporting area, abortions for women of unknown age were distributed according to the distribution of abortions among women of known age for that area.
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- Note: Women aged 13–14 years were used as the denominator for the group of women aged <15 years, and women aged 40–44 years were used as the denominator for the group of women aged ≥40 years. For each reporting area, abortions for women of unknown age were distributed according to the distribution of abortions among women of known age for that area.
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