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.

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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• Federation Nationale des Observatoires Regionaux de la Sante, 1997, "Autour de la grossesse," FNORS, on line [http://www.fnors.org/Fnors/Ors/Travaux/So/31.pdf].
• INED, 1986, "Quinzieme rapport sur la situation demeographique de la France," Population, 41(4/5):649-719.
• INED, 1992, "Vingt et unieme rapport sur la situation demographique de la France," Population, 47(5):1113-1186.
• INSEE, 2005, "Fecondite et maternite," in Familles de Guyane 2004, on line at INSEE [http://www.insee.fr/FR/insee_regions/guyane/publi/familles2004gy_chapitre2.pdf].
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