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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 3.

Selected measures of abortion and postabortion care, by year, with percentage change

Measure 2008 2014 % change
No. of women receiving treatment for complications of induced abortion 52,607    103,648    +97
Treatment rate for abortion complications 3.0 4.7 +58
No. of legal abortions 102,818    326,169    +217
% of abortions performed in facilities 27    53    +97
Facility-based abortion rate 5.8 14.7 +153
Multiplier na     3.4 na
No. of abortions performed outside of facilities 279,509   294,127    +5
% of abortions performed outside of facilities 73   47    −36
Out-of-facility abortion rate 15.8 13.3 −16

Notes: Rates are number of women with outcome per 1,000 women aged 15–49 in general population. Multiplier for 2008 is not reported because it is not comparable to that for 2014. na=not applicable.