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. 2022 Mar 23;7(3):e007151. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007151

Table 1.

Summary of data availability, globally and for Sustainable Development Goal regions

1990–2019 2010–2019
Outcomes: Abortion or intention Abortion Abortion or intention Abortion
including minima/maxima/ranges: Yes No Yes No
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f)
World Observations 2403 1252 854 777 438 273
Number of countries 166 150 75 152 126 52
Per cent of countries 85 77 38 78 65 27
Per cent of women 98 95 75 96 67 43
Sub-Saharan Africa Observations 299 212 39 133 95 20
Number of countries 47 43 12 44 41 10
Per cent of countries 94 86 24 88 82 20
Per cent of women 100 98 52 99 97 49
Western Asia and Northern Africa Observations 198 42 10 57 13 4
Number of countries 17 14 3 16 9 3
Per cent of countries 68 56 12 64 36 12
Per cent of women 94 77 3 90 40 3
Central and Southern Asia Observations 257 52 13 92 30 6
Number of countries 14 13 8 13 11 5
Per cent of countries 100 93 57 93 79 36
Per cent of women 100 95 92 99 93 89
Eastern and Southeastern Asia Observations 224 122 89 82 44 24
Number of countries 14 13 6 13 11 3
Per cent of countries 82 76 35 76 65 18
Per cent of women 97 97 76 95 33 5
Latin America and the Caribbean Observations 290 157 81 92 52 26
Number of countries 30 29 14 25 22 4
Per cent of countries 79 76 37 66 58 11
Per cent of women 95 95 83 83 60 1
Oceania Observations 103 50 42 26 9 8
Number of countries 7 6 2 5 2 1
Per cent of countries 70 60 20 50 20 10
Per cent of women 97 97 72 96 33 11
Europe and Northern America Observations 1032 617 580 295 195 185
Number of countries 37 32 30 36 30 26
Per cent of countries 90 78 73 88 73 63
Per cent of women 99 93 88 98 86 81

Abortion refers to abortion incidence data, and intention refers to data on the proportion of births unintended. Data were input into the model as point estimates, minima, maxima or ranges; the leftmost column of each panel counts all types of data (a/d), whereas the middle and rightmost columns of the two panels refer to data that were classified as point estimates (b/c/e/f). Whereas the middle columns of each panel count countries with data treated as point estimates (b/e), the right columns of each panel count only countries with point estimates of abortion incidence (c/f). Country groupings are in online supplemental appendix table A1.