This statistic shows the number of legal abortions per 1,000 women reported in the United States in 2014, by age. In that year, women aged 20 to 24 years had a rate of 21.3 abortions among every 1,000 women in that age group.
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This statistic shows the number of legal abortions per 1,000 women reported in the United States in 2014, by age. In that year, women aged 20 to 24 years had a rate of 21.3 abortions among every 1,000 women in that age group.
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This statistic shows the number of legal abortions per 1,000 women reported in the United States in 2014, by age. In that year, women aged 20 to 24 years had a rate of 21.3 abortions among every 1,000 women in that age group.
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- November 2017
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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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- United States
- Survey time period
- 2014
- Supplementary notes
- 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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