TABLE 4.
Range of estimates of total number of induced abortions, abortion rate, and abortion ratio, nationally and by province, Pakistan, 2012
| National/province | Total number of induced abortions a
|
Abortion rate (number of abortions per
1,000 women, aged 15–49) |
Abortion ratio (number of abortions per
100 live births) |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Medium | High | Low | Medium | High | Low | Medium | High | |
| Pakistan | 1,835,520 | 2,250,087 | 2,683,047 | 41 | 50 | 60 | 34 | 41 | 49 |
| Punjab | 860,129 | 1,290,631 | 1,721,133 | 34 | 51 | 67 | 28 | 42 | 56 |
| Sindh | 357,502 | 599,220 | 840,938 | 34 | 57 | 79 | 28 | 47 | 66 |
| KP | 69,430 | 224,052 | 340,269 | 11 | 35 | 54 | 9 | 28 | 43 |
| Baluchistan | 39,262 | 136,184 | 233,106 | 17 | 60 | 103 | 14 | 47 | 81 |
KP = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
a
Medium estimate is point value estimated based on the Health Facilities Survey. Low and high estimates are based on confidence interval around the survey-based point estimate. See “Incidence of Induced Abortion” section for explanation.
SOURCE: Health Facilities Survey 2012.