Abortions in hospitals by previous abortions Canada 2020

This statistic depicts the distribution of abortions performed in hospitals in Canada in 2020, by number of previous abortions among those who had an abortion. According to the data, 47 percent of woman who had induced abortions had no previous abortions.

Distribution of abortions reported in Canada by hospitals in 2020, by number of previous abortions

Characteristic	Percentage of abortions
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Release date

March 2022

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Canada

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

Induced abortion is defined as the medical termination of pregnancy. Equivalent terms include artificial abortion, therapeutic abortion, voluntary termination of pregnancy, elective termination of pregnancy and active termination of pregnancy.

Table includes induced abortions performed in a hospital setting in Canada (numbers are provided by the province/territory in which the abortion was performed), excluding Quebec. Information on the number of previous deliveries is not available from clinic data or from Quebec data.

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