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

• Bureau of Statistics and Plans, 2011, "Guam Statistical Yearbook 2010," Bureau of Statistics and Plans, on line [http://bsp.guam.gov/GU%20Statistical%20Yearbook_2010.pdf].
• Bureau of Statistics and Plans, 2012, "Guam Statistical Yearbook 2011," Bureau of Statistics and Plans, on line [http://www.bsp.guam.gov/Gu%20Stat%20Yrbk_2011_Fnl_v3.pdf].
• Bureau of Statistics and Plans, 2014, "Guam Statistical Yearbook 2012," 32nd Guam Legislature, on line [http://202.128.4.46/Mess_Comms_32nd/Doc%2032GL-14-1323%20-%20Bureau%20of%20Statistics%20&%20Plans%20-%20Release%20of%20the%202012%20Guam%20Facts%20and%20Figures%20and%20Statistical%20Yearbook%20Publications.pdf].
• Central Statistical Division, Dept. of Commerce, 2002, "2001 Commonwelath of the Northern Mariana Islands Statistical Yearbook, PacificWeb, on line [http://www.pacificweb.org/DOCS/cnmi/pdf/2001%20Yearbook.pdf].
• Division of Public Health, Maternal and Child Health Program, "Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Public Health Maternal and Child Health 2010 Needs Assessment," HRSA, on line [https://mchdata.hrsa.gov/tvisreports/Documents/NeedsAssessments/2011/MP-NeedsAssessment.pdf].
• Fox, Andrew M., Theodore Parker, and Karen S. Palmer, 2005, "Prenatal care in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands," Health in Palau and Micronesia, 12(1):67-74, on line at Pacific Health Dialog [http://www.pacifichealthdialog.org.fj/Volume%2012/V12No1/Original%20Papers/Prenatal%20Care%20in%20the%20Commonwealth%20of%20the%20NMI.pdf].
• Guam Memorial Hospital Authority, 2014, "Abortion Report 2008-2013," Esperansa Project, on line [https://sites.google.com/site/theesperansaproject/abortion-on-guam-the-facts].
• Guam Memorial Hospital Authority, 2008, "Abortion Report 2000-2007," Esperansa Project, on line [https://sites.google.com/site/theesperansaproject/abortion-on-guam-the-facts].
• Martin, J. A., B. E. Hamilton, S. J. Ventura, M. J. K. Osterman, and T. J. Mathews, 28 June 2013, "Births: Final data for 2011," National Vital Statistics Reports, 62(1):1-68, on line at CDC [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr62/nvsr62_01.pdf].
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• United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2014, "Table 9. Live births and crude birth rates, by urban/rural residence: 2009-2013," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2013, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2013/Table09.pdf].
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• World Health Organization, 2014, "Table 5a. Population of women by child-bearing age group and country," WHO Western Pacific Region, on line [http://www.wpro.who.int/publications/databases/childbearing_age.pdf].
• Martin, Joyce A., Brady E. Hamilton, Michelle J. K. Osterman, Sally C. Curtin, and T. J. Mathews, 15 Jan. 2015, "Births: final data for 2013," NVSR, 64(1), on line at CDC [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_01.pdf].

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