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Induced Abortion Statistics
2003
Highlights
- Canadian women obtained slightly fewer abortions in 2003 compared
with the previous year, and the decline was mostly among teen-aged women.
- A total of 103,768 abortions were performed in 2003,
down 1% from 105,154 in 2002. The abortion rate edged
down from 15.4 abortions per 1,000 women in 2002 to 15.2 in 2003.
These numbers exclude Nunavut, for which data were unavailable.
- Among teen-aged women, the abortion rate in 2003 was 14.5 per 1,000 women
under the age of 20, down from 15.7 the year before. The abortion
rate for teen-aged women has declined gradually since 1997 when
it was 18.4 per 1,000 women under the age of 20.
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