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 of childbearing age.
• 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:

• Statistical Office, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 2013, "St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 2012 population and vital statistics report," Statistical Office, on line [https://stats.gov.vc/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Population-and-Vital-Statistics-Report-2012.pdf].
• Statistical Office, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 2016, "St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 2015 population and vital statistics report," Statistical Office, on line [https://stats.gov.vc/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Population-and-Vital-Statistics-Report-2015.pdf].
• Statistical Office, Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Information Technology, Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 2022, "St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 2021 population and vital statistics report," Statistical Office, on line [https://stats.gov.vc/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Population-and-Vital-Statistics-Report-2021.pdf].
• Statistical Office, Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Information Technology, Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 2024, "Live births summary table, 2014 to 2023," Statistical Office, on line [https://stats.gov.vc/subjects/vital-statistics/live-births-summary-table/].
• UNFPA Caribbean Sub-Regional Office, 2008, "Sexual and reporductive health: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines," UNFPA, on line [https://caribbean.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/Assessment%20of%20the%20Availability%20of%20SRH%20Data%20St%20Vincent.pdf].

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