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 ages 15-49.
• Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.

Mongolia regional level data also available here.

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:

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• National Statistical Office of Mongolia, 2002, Mongolian Statistical Yearbook 2001, NSOM (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia), on line at National Statistical Office of Mongolia [http://www.nso.mn/yearbook/2001/yearbook2001.pdf].
• National Statistical Office of Mongolia, 2003, Mongolian Statistical Yearbook 2002, NSOM (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia), on line at National Statistical Office of Mongolia [http://www.nso.mn/yearbook/2002/yearbook2002.pdf].
• National Statistical Office of Mongolia, 2009, Mongolian Statistical Yearbook 2008, NSOM (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia), on line at National Statistical Office of Mongolia [http://www.statis.mn/yearbook/2008/Section20.pdf].
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