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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 23.
Published in final edited form as: Int Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2016 Sep 1;42(3):111–120. doi: 10.1363/42e1816

TABLE 2.

Number and percentage of facilities providing legal abortion and postabortion care, by facility type

Measure All Public hospitals Public health centers Private/NGO facilities*
Legal abortion/postabortion care
No. of facilities that potentially provide services 4,033 120 2,596 1,317
No. of facilities that provide services 2,904 118 1,738 1,048
% of facilities that provide services 72 98 67 80
Legal abortion
No. of facilities that provide abortion 2,157 112 1,076 969
% of facilities that provide abortion 53 93 41 74
No. of women obtaining abortions 326,169 26,217 85,434 214,518
Mean no. of women per facility obtaining abortions 151 235 79 221
Postabortion care
No. of facilities that provide postabortion care 2,809 118 1,698 993
% of facilities that provide postabortion care 70 98 65 75
No. of women receiving postabortion care 166,133 34,823 84,291 47,019
Mean no. of women per facility receiving postabortion care 60 295 50 49
*

Includes hospitals and clinics.

Excludes facilities that reported no patients during the 30-day fieldwork period.

Includes complications of both induced abortions and miscarriages.

Notes: All data are weighted. Sum of types of facilities may not equal total because of rounding.