Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive
Historical abortion statistics, Belize
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 20 January 2007
Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):
- Live births.
- Abortions, reported includes legal reported induced abortions.
- Abortions, residents, in country only includes reported
abortions obtained within the country by residents only.
- Abortions, residents, obtained abroad includes reported
abortions by country residents obtained in other countries.
- Abortions, residents, total includes reported abortions
by residents, obtained both within the country and abroad.
- Fetal deaths generally includes fetal deaths or stillbirths
of at least 20 weeks` gestation.
- Miscarriages generally includes spontaneous fetal losses/
abortions, fetal deaths, or stillbirths, regardless of gestation period.
- Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
- Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies
(excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).
- Abortion rate is abortions per 1000 women of childbearing age.
| year | live births | abortions, reported | abortions, residents, in country only | abortions, residents, obtained abroad | abortions, residents, total | fetal deaths | abortion ratio | abortion % | abortion rate, residents |
residents, in/out of country | all in country | residents, in/out of country | all in country |
| 1980 | 6264 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1981 | 5821 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1982 | 5899 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1983 | 6040 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1984 | 5756 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1985 | 5916 | 760 | (760) | | (760) | | 128.5 | 128.5 | 11.4 | 11.4 | |
| 1986 | 6136 | 599 | (599) | | (599) | | 97.6 | 97.6 | 8.9 | 8.9 | |
| 1987 | 6121 | 890 | (890) | | (890) | | 145.4 | 145.4 | 12.7 | 12.7 | |
| 1988 | 6325 | 941 | (941) | | (941) | | 148.8 | 148.8 | 13.0 | 13.0 | |
| 1989 | 6686 | 825 | (825) | | (825) | | 123.4 | 123.4 | 11.0 | 11.0 | |
| 1990 | 7200 | 1001 | (1001) | | (1001) | | 139.0 | 139.0 | 12.2 | 12.2 | |
| 1991 | 6555 | 990 | (990) | | (990) | | 151.0 | 151.0 | 13.1 | 13.1 | |
| 1992 | 7597 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1993 | 6462 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1994 | 5887 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1995 | 6623 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1996 | 6678 | 2603 | (2603) | | (2603) | | 389.8 | 389.8 | 28.0 | 28.0 | |
| 1997 | 7348 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1998 | 5986 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1999 | 6218 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2000 | 7313 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2001 | 7215 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2002 | 7553 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2003 | 7440 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2004 | 8083 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2005 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2006 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| year | live births | abortions, reported | abortions, residents, in country only | abortions, residents, obtained abroad | abortions, residents, total | fetal deaths | abortion ratio | abortion % | abortion rate, residents |
residents, in/out of country | all in country | residents, in/out of country | all in country |
Notes:
- Parenthetical figures are estimates, some of which are
derived from reported data.
- Abortion ratios, percentages, and rates may be based on a mix of
data from different sources and thus may not represent a consistent time series.
Sources:
- Pan American Health Organization, 1998, Health in the Americas, 1998 Edition, Volume II, PAHO (Washington, DC), on line at PAHO [http://www.paho.org/english/HIA1998/HealthVol2.pdf].
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2002, "Table 1. Live births by sex and urban/rural residence: 1980-1999," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 1999 Natality Supplement, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYBNat/NatStatTab01.pdf].
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2002, "Table 13. Legally induced abortions: 1991-1999," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2000, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYB2000/Table13.pdf].
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2004, "Table 9. Live births and crude birth rates, by urban/rural residence: 1998-2002," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2002, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2002/Table09.pdf].
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2006, "Table 9. Live births and crude birth rates, by urban/rural residence: 2000-2004," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2004, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYB2004/Table09.pdf].
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, 1995, United Nations Demographic Yearbook 1993, United Nations (New York, NY).
- United Nations Department of International Economic and Social Affairs, 1992, United Nations Demographic Yearbook 1990, United Nations (New York, NY).
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