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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 14.
Published in final edited form as: Int Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2015 Mar;41(1):11–19. doi: 10.1363/4101115

TABLE 4. Measures used to estimate abortion levels, and key indicators of incidence, all by region, Senegal, 2012.

Measure Dakar Rest of Senegal All*
ABORTION OUTCOMES
No. of women with uncomplicated induced abortions 7,300 15,311 22,611
No. of women with untreated complications of induced abortion 2,042 10,172 12,214
No. of women treated for complications of induced abortion or miscarriage (95% CI) 5,811 (3,623–8,056) 22,418 (19,296–25,980) 28,229 (22,919–34,036)
No. of miscarriages treated in facilities 2,048 9,459 11,507
No. of women treated for complications of induced abortion (95% CI) 3,763 (1,574–6,007) 12,959 (9,837–16,521) 16,722 (11,412–22,529)
Multiplier 3.5 3.0 3.1
No. of induced abortions (95% CI) 13,105 (5,483–20,922) 38,442 (29,182–49,010) 51,547 (34,665–69,932)
DEMOGRAPHIC
No. of women aged 15–44 615,677 2,429,949 3,045,626
No. of births to women aged 15–44 75,767 445,955 521,722
RATES AND RATIOS
Abortion rate (95% CI) 21.3 (8.9–34.0) 15.8 (12.0–20.2) 16.9 (11.4–23.0)
Abortion ratio (95% CI) 17.3 (7.2–27.6) 8.6 (6.5–11.0) 9.9 (6.6–13.4)
Abortion treatment rate§ (95% CI) 6.1 (2.6–9.8) 5.3 (4.0–6.8) 5.5 (3.7–7.4)
*

National estimates of number of women and cases are the sums of the estimates for Dakar and the rest of country.

Number of abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44.

Number of abortions per 100 live births to women aged 15–44.

§

Number of women receiving postabortion care per 1,000 women aged 15–44.

Note: CI=confidence interval.