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 and abortions 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 and abortions).
• Abortion rate, residents is abortions by residency per 1000 women ages 15-49.
• 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:

• Ministry of Health and Quality of Life, June 2017, "Health statistics report 2016, Island of Mauritius and Island of Rodrigues," Health Statistics Unit, online [https://health.govmu.org/health/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Health-Statistics-Report-2016.pdf].
• Ministry of Health and Quality of Life, 26 Oct. 2021, "Health statistics report 2020, Island of Mauritius and Island of Rodrigues," Health Statistics Unit, online [https://health.govmu.org/health/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Health-Statistics-Report-2020.pdf].
• Ministry of Health and Wellness, Oct. 2021, "Family planning and demographic yearbook 2020," Health Statistics Unit, online [https://health.govmu.org/health/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Family-Planning-and-Demographic-Yearbook-2020.pdf].
• Ministry of Health and Quality of Life, Oct. 2024, "Health statistics report 2023, Island of Mauritius and Island of Rodrigues," Health Statistics Unit, online [https://health.govmu.org/health/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Health-Statistics-Report-2023.pdf].
• United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2025, "Table 9. Live births and crude birth rates, by urban/rural residence: 2020-2024," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2024, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/documents/DYB2024/table09.pdf].
• UN Demographic Yearbook

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