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

• Live births.
• Abortions, reported includes legal reported induced abortions.
• 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 is abortions per 1000 women of childbearing age.

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:

• Directorate of Policy, Economy and Corporate Services, Falkland Islands Government, 2022, "Falkland Islands census report 2021," Falkland Islands Government, on line [https://www.falklands.gov.fk/policy/downloads?task=download.send&id=219:falkland-islands-2021-census-report&catid=13].
• Policy and Economic Development Unit, Falkland Islands Government, 2017, "2016 census report," Falkland Islands Government, on line [https://www.falklands.gov.fk/policy/downloads?task=download.send&id=19:falkland-islands-census-2016-full-report&catid=13].
• Policy Unit, Falkland Islands Government, April 2013, "Statistical year book 2012," Falkland Islands Government, on line [https://www.falklands.gov.fk/policy/downloads?task=download.send&id=15:falkland-islands-census-2012-data-tables-and-stats&catid=13].
• Policy Unit, Falkland Islands Government, 2015, "Statistical year book 2014," Falkland Islands Government, on line [https://www.falklands.gov.fk/policy/downloads?task=download.send&id=22:statistical-year-book-2014&catid=13].
• UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 14 June 2007, "Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Sixth periodic report of States parties, Addendum: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Overseas Territories of the United Kingdom), United Nations, on line [https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/614624/files/CEDAW_C_UK_6_Add.2-EN.pdf].

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