Table 1.
Number and rate of abortion in nine states in India, using the AHS 2012–2013
| Women who reported a pregnancy, who were alive at the time of the AHS, and did not have an abortion after28weeks’gestation, including those who died after having an abortion† | Women who had an abortion, including those who died after having an abortion† | Abortion rate* (95%CI) | |
| Overall | 1 876 715 | 89 447 | 4.8 (4.8 to 4.9) |
| Assam | 165 842 | 12 306 | 6.5 (6.3 to 6.6) |
| Bihar | 348 569 | 14 562 | 4.3 (4.2 to 4.3) |
| Chhattisgarh | 105 774 | 1658 | 1.6 (1.5 to 1.7) |
| Jharkhand | 149 140 | 6212 | 4.1 (4.0 to 4.3) |
| Madhya Pradesh | 218 817 | 7041 | 3.3 (3.2 to 3.4) |
| Odisha | 114 053 | 6984 | 5.8 (5.7 to 6.0) |
| Rajasthan | 132 680 | 4897 | 3.5 (3.3 to 3.6) |
| Uttarakhand | 145 923 | 6470 | 5.4 (5.2 to 5.5) |
| Uttar Pradesh | 495 917 | 29 317 | 5.9 (5.8 to 6.0) |
*The abortion rate is the number of abortions per 100 pregnancy outcomes (either an abortion or a live birth).
†Frequencies are unweighted (true counts). Rates/proportions are weighted for survey design and clustering effects.
AHS, Annual Health Survey.