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Induced Abortion Statistics

2004

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Highlights

  1. Canadian women obtained fewer induced abortions in 2004 compared with the previous year, and the decline occurred mostly among women in their 20s.
  2. A total of 100,039 induced abortions were performed on Canadian women in 2004, down 2.9% from 103,001 in 2003. As a result, the induced abortion rate edged down from 15.1 abortions in 2003 for every 1,000 women aged 15 to 44, to 14.6 in 2004.
  3. Induced abortion rates fell in every age group, except among women aged 40 and over, where it remained the same. Women in their 20s experienced the largest decline in rates from 25.8 for every 1000 women in 2003 to 24.7 in 2004.