Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):

• Live births.
• Abortions, reported includes legal reported induced abortions.
• Abortions (AWR) are combined reported and estimated abortion occurrences from the Abortion Worldwide Report and working papers.
• 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, residents is abortions by residency per 1000 women of childbearing age.
• Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.

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:

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• Dahlgaard, Frank, ed., 2006, Nordic Statistical Yearbook 2006, Nordic Council of Ministers (Copenhagen, Denmark), on line at Norden [http://www.norden.org/pub/ovrigt/statistik/sk/N2006001.pdf].
• Hagstova Foroya, 2006, "Changes in population by born, dead and migrated," Hagstova Foroya, on line [http://www.hagstova.fo/portal/page?_pageid=33,354730&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL].
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• Hagstova Foroya, 2012, "Live births by time and mother's age," Hagstova Foroya, on line [http://www.hagstova.fo/portal/page/portal/HAGSTOVAN/Statistics_%20Faroe_Islands/Statistics/Population%20and%20elections/FERTTAL_EN].
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• United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2000, "Table 5. Live births by age of mother, sex and urban/rural residence: 1948-1997," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 1948-1997: Historical Supplement, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYBHist/HistTab05.pdf].
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