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.
• 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 ages 15-44.

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:

• EFE, 22 Nov. 2016, "En 2015 abortaron en Uruguay 9.362 mujeres, un 10% más que en el año anterior," EFE, on line [https://www.efe.com/efe/america/sociedad/en-2015-abortaron-uruguay-9-362-mujeres-un-10-mas-que-el-ano-anterior/20000013-3103581].
• LaRed21, 16 March 2018, "En el ano 2017 nacieron 4.044 uruguayos menos en comparacion con el 2016," LaRed21, on line [http://www.lr21.com.uy/comunidad/1362572-natalidad-fecundidad-uruguay-naciomientos].
• Ministerio Salud Publica (Uruguay), Aug. 2017, "Avances y desafios en politica publica de salud sexual y salud reproductiva," Ministerio de Salud, on line [http://www.msp.gub.uy/sites/default/files/ppt%20coloquio%20SSySR%20FINAL%202.pdf].
• Ministerio Salud Publica (Uruguay), March 2018 "Interrupcion voluntaria embarazo (IVE) 2013-2017," Ministerio Salud Publica, on line [http://www.msp.gub.uy/sites/default/files/presentaci%C3%B3n%20IVE%202013%202017.pdf].
• Montevideo Portal, 31 Aug. 2017, "En 2016 abortaron 9.719 mujeres en Uruguay, un 3,8 % mas que el ano anterior," Montevideo Portal [https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Mujer/En-2016-abortaron-9-719-mujeres-en-Uruguay-un-3-8--mas-que-el-ano-anterior-uc353297]
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• United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 23 July 2008, "Table 9. Live births and crude birth rates, by urban/rural residence: 2002-2006," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2006, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2006/Table09.pdf].
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