TABLE 6.

Estimated numbers of legal and illegal abortions, percentage of abortions that were illegal, and abortion rates and abortion ratios—all by development region, Nepal, 2014

Development region	No. of illegal abortions resulting in treated complications	Multiplier	Total no. of illegal abortions	No. of legal abortions†	Total no. of abortions	% of abortions that were illegal	Abortion rate					Abortion ratio
							Legal†	Illegal*	All
									Low	Medium	High	Low	Medium	High
All	54,459	3.30	186,144	136,951	323,094	58	17.7	24.0	24.2	41.7	59.2	33	56	80
Eastern	13,615	3.05	41,535	25,755	67,291	62	15.0	24.3	29.4	39.3	49.2	41	55	69
Central	28,625	3.83	109,638	54,272	163,910	67	19.6	39.5	26.0	59.1	92.2	39	89	140
Western	7,026	2.72	19,109	29,839	48,948	39	19.8	12.7	23.8	32.4	41.1	34	46	58
Mid-Western	4,604	3.05	14,062	13,768	27,830	51	13.4	13.7	16.2	27.1	37.9	18	30	42
Far-Western	589	3.05	1,799	13,316	15,115	12	18.2	2.5	17.2	20.6	25.1	18	21	26

^*Provided by untrained or unapproved providers, or self-induced.

^†Provided in government-approved facilities.

Notes: Abortion rate is the number of abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–49. Abortion ratio is the number of abortions per 100 live births.