Table 1.
Zika incidence, predominant abortion methods, sexual reproductive health data and abortion regulation in Brazil, Colombia and El Salvador.
| Brazil | Colombia | El Salvador | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Socio-economic indicators | |||
| Population (World Bank, 2018) | 209,469,333 | 49,648,685 | 6,420,744 |
| Life expectancy at birth (m/f) (2018) (World Bank) | 72/79 | 74/80 | 68/78 |
| Domestic Public Health expenditure as % GDP (WHO, 2017) | 9.5 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
| GINI index (2018, World Bank) | 53.9 | 50.4 | 38.6 |
| % population with access to internet (2018, World Bank | 70 | 64 | 34 |
| Abortion Indicators | |||
| Abortion Regulation (Center for Reproductive Rights, 2017) | Abortion permitted - In cases of rape - To save a woman's life - Anencephaly (therapeutic anticipation of delivery) |
Abortion permitted - Foetal impairment - Cases of rape, incest or sexual abuse - To preserve a woman's physical or mental health |
No explicit life exception: Legislation eliminated all exceptions to prohibition on abortion; availability of defence if necessity highly unlikely |
| Abortion Provisions | Penal Code (1940) Supreme Court decision on anencephaly (2012) |
Decision C-355 (2006) of Constitutional Court of Colombia | Penal Code (1997) Chapter II, Art 133-137 |
| Preferred Abortion methods | Misoprostol, surgical, other methods (interview with activists, percentage use unknown – no official data) | Misoprostol (50%), surgical, other chemical provision (Guttmacher, 2011) | Misoprostol, surgical (interview with activists - percentage use unknown – no official data) |
| Estimated # abortions (safe + unsafe)/year | 1636 (Ministry of Health, 2017)/416,000 (PNA, 2016) | 15,000 (Congreso de la Republica, 2018)/400,400 (Guttmacher, 2088). | 20, 000 (Agrupacion Ciudadana por la despenalizacion del aborto terapeutico, 2012). |
| Hospitalisation linked to unsafe abortion/year (Number) |
200,000 (Cardoso et al., 2020) | 93,000 (Prada, Singh, Remez and Villarreal, 2011) | NA |
| Sexual Reproductive Health indicators | |||
| Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) (World Bank, 2018) | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| % contraceptive prevalence any method (women aged 15–49) (World Bank, 2018) | 80 | 81 | 72 |
| % unmet need for contraception (% married women aged 15–49) (World Bank, 2015) | 6 | 7 | 11 |
| Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1000 women aged 15–19) (World Bank, 2018) | 58 | 65 | 69 |
| Zika Indicators | |||
| First case of Zika | April 26, 2015 | October 11, 2015 | November 15, 2015 |
| Zika cumulative cases (WHO, 2018) | 231, 725 suspected 137, 288 confirmed |
98,803 suspected 9927 confirmed |
11, 789 suspected 51 confirmed |
| Zika incidence rate (susp + conf/100,000 pop) (time period) (WHO, 2018) | 176.10 | 223.49 | 192.61 |
| Zika cases in pregnant women (WHO, 2018) | 26,066 suspected 11, 546 confirmed |
19, 993 suspected 6, 365 confirmed |
391 suspected 0 confirmed |
| Congenital Zika Syndrome cumulative cases (WHO, 2018) | 2952 | 248 | 4 |