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. 2017 Oct 2;12(10):e0184389. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184389

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.