TABLE 5.
Selected demographic and abortion-related measures, by development region, Nepal, 2014
| Development region | No. of women aged 15–49 | No. of live births | No. of legal abortions | No. of women treated for complications | Treatment rate for complications of induced abortion* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Total | Miscarriages | Legal induced abortions | Illegal induced abortions | |||||
| All | 7,754,148 | 577,718 | 136,951 | 80,469 | 17,263 | 8,747 | 54,459 | 8.2 |
| Eastern | 1,711,590 | 122,277 | 25,755 | 19,012 | 3,733 | 1,664 | 13,615 | 8.9 |
| Central | 2,772,219 | 183,241 | 54,272 | 36,867 | 5,524 | 2,718 | 28,625 | 11.3 |
| Western | 1,508,839 | 107,022 | 29,839 | 13,206 | 3,367 | 2,813 | 7,026 | 6.5 |
| Mid-Western | 1,028,475 | 93,167 | 13,768 | 8,062 | 2,669 | 789 | 4,604 | 5.2 |
| Far-Western | 733,025 | 72,011 | 13,316 | 3,322 | 1,969 | 763 | 589 | 1.8 |
*
Rate indicates number of cases per 1,000 women and includes complications of both legal and illegal abortions.