Table 3. Estimates of induced abortion and unintended pregnancy in Kinshasa, 2016.
Abortion measures | |
Number of women treated for induced abortion complications | 37,865 |
Multipliera | 3.9 |
Number of induced abortions | 146,713 |
Lower estimate | 128,684 |
Upper estimate | 164,079 |
Abortion rate (per 1,000 women ages 15–49) | 56 |
Lower estimate | 49 |
Upper estimate | 62 |
Abortion ratio | 44 |
Unintended pregnancy measures | |
Number of pregnancies | 563,064 |
Pregnancy rate (per 1,000 women ages 15–49) | 241 |
Number of unintended pregnancies | 343,085 |
Unintended pregnancy rate (per 1,000 women ages 15–49) | 147 |
Percent of pregnancies that were unintended | 61% |
Percent of unintended pregnancies that ended in abortion | 43% |
aMultiplier is rounded to one decimal place.