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Incidence of abortion and birth
| Study | Site | Outcome | Incidence of pregnancy | Incidence of birth | Incidence of abortion | Abortion (as proportion of pregnancies with known outcome) |
| Deschamps et al 33 | Haiti, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic | Unintended pregnancy | 27.3 | 15.1 | 3.1 | 16% |
| Feldblum et al 35 | Madagascar | Pregnancy (intention undefined) | 23.4 | 11.9 | 3.0 | 17% |
| Van Damme et al 48 | Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, South Africa and Thailand | Pregnancy (intention undefined) | 8.6 | Not measured | 7.4 | >85% |
