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.

Israel regional level data also available here.

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.

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• Central Bureau of Statistics, 2006, "Terminations of pregnancy in hospitals, by article of the law," in Statistical Abstract of Israel 2006, on line at Central Bureau of Statistics [http://www1.cbs.gov.il/shnaton57/st03_19.pdf].
• Central Bureau of Statistics, 2009, "Terminations of pregnancy in hospitals, by article of the law," in Statistical Abstract of Israel 2009, on line at Central Bureau of Statistics [http://www.cbs.gov.il/reader/shnaton/templ_shnaton_e.html?num_tab=st03_20&CYear=2009].
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