Information towards a solution: ACT abortion statistics 2000 - 2001

February 2002
ISBN 0-9578935-2-3 (online)

Executive Summary

• There were 1447 abortions performed in the ACT in the financial year 2000-2001. This was 263 (15%) less than in 1999-2000.
• The ACT abortion rate in 2000-2001 was 19.3 per thousand women of reproductive age (15-44 years), or one abortion for every 2.8 live births.
• Amongst teenage women, the abortion rate in 2000-2001 was more than two abortions for every live birth, marginally lower than in 1999-2000.
• The highest abortion rate in the ACT was amongst women aged 20-24 years, though the birth rate was highest amongst women aged 25-34 years. This is very similar to the situation in the previous year.
• The great majority of abortions in the ACT (95.7 percent) were carried out by Family Planning ACT's abortion facility, Reproductive Healthcare Services (RHS). This percentage is even higher than in 1999-2000 with RHS increasing its market dominance by over 3 percent.

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