Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):

• Live births.
• Abortions, reported includes legal reported induced abortions.
• Abortions (AWR) are combined reported and estimated abortion occurrences from the Abortion Worldwide Report and working papers.
• Abortions, residents, in country only includes reported abortions obtained within the country by residents only.
• Abortions, residents, obtained abroad includes reported abortions by country residents obtained in other countries.
• Abortions, residents, total includes reported abortions by residents, obtained both within the country and abroad.
• Fetal deaths generally includes fetal deaths or stillbirths of at least 20 weeks` gestation.
• Miscarriages generally includes spontaneous fetal losses/ abortions, fetal deaths, or stillbirths, regardless of gestation period.
• Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
• Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).
• Abortion rate, residents is abortions by residency per 1000 women of childbearing age.
• Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.

Notes:

• Parenthetical figures are estimates, some of which are derived from reported data.
• Abortion ratios, percentages, and rates may be based on a mix of data from different sources and thus may not represent a consistent time series.

Sources:

• Alemayehu, B., et al., 2019, Magnitude and associated factors of repeat induced abortion among reproductive age group women who seek abortion Care Services at Marie Stopes International Ethiopia Clinics in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Reproductive Health, 16:76.
• Cherie, N., and B. Asmerom, 2017, Proportion of safe abortion and associated factors among women who seek abortion care services in family guidance and Marie Stopes International Clinic in Dessie Town, North East Ethiopia.
• Gebrehiwot, Y., et al., 2016, Changes in morbidity and abortion care in Ethiopia after legal reform: National results from 2008 and 2014, IPSRH, 42(3):121-130.
• Moore, Ann M., Yirgu Gebrehiwot, Tamara Fetters, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Akinrinola Bankole, Susheela Singh, Hailemichael Gebreselassie, and Yonas Getachew, 2016, The estimated incidence of induced abortion in Ethiopia, 2014: Changes in the provision of services since 2008, International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 42(3):111-120.
• Singh, Susheela, Tamara Fetters, Hailemichael Gebreselassie, Ahmed Abdella, Yirgu Gebrehiwot, Solomon Kumbi, and Suzette Audam, 2010, “The estimated incidence of induced abortion in Ethiopia, 2008,” International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 36(1):16-25.
• Tadesse, E., S. Yoseph, A. Gossa, E. Muletta, D. Pogharian, K. Ketsella, and Z. Hawaz, 2001, “Illegal abortions in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,” East African Medial Journal, 78(1):25-29.

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