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:

• Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Oct. 2006, "Table 18. Live births by age of mother," in Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of China 2005, Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (Taipei, ROC), on line at Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan) [http://eng.dgbas.gov.tw/public/data/dgbas03/bs2/yearbook_eng/y018I
• Potts, Malcolm, Peter Diggory, and John Peel, 1977, Abortion, Cambridge Univ. Press (Cambridge, UK).
• Sullivan, J. M., K. H. Su, and T. H. Liu, 1976, "The influence of induced abortion on Taiwanese fertility," Studies in Family Planning, 7(8):231-238.
• Taipei Times, 23 Dec. 2000, "Officials say abortion estimates low," Taipei Times [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2000/12/23/66622].

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