Western Australia abortion percentages by region, 2002-2011
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last modified 30 August 2014
Abortion ratios/percentages by region of residence, 2002-2011
| abortion ratio | abortion % | rank |
|---|
| region | 2002-2005 | 2004-2007 | 2008-2011 | 2002-2005 | 2004-2007 | 2008-2011 | 2002-2005 | 2004-2007 | 2008-2011 |
|---|
| Goldfields | 156 | 162 | 147 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 12.8 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| Great Southern | 181 | 161 | 173 | 15.3 | 13.8 | 14.7 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| Kimberley | 192 | 159 | 154 | 16.1 | 13.7 | 13.3 | 5 | 9 | 8 |
| Midwest | 210 | 191 | 204 | 17.4 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Perth, north | 343 | 332 | 302 | 25.5 | 24.9 | 23.2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Perth, south | 307 | 308 | 23.5 | 23.6 | 2 | 1 |
| Pilbara | 242 | 232 | 180 | 19.5 | 18.9 | 15.2 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| South West | 270 | 253 | 215 | 21.2 | 20.2 | 17.7 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Wheatbelt | 177 | 193 | 183 | 15.0 | 16.2 | 15.5 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| TOTAL WESTERN AUSTRALIA | 317 | 295 | 277 | 24.1 | 22.8 | 21.7 | | | |
Sources:
- Maternal and Child Health Unit, Department of Health, Western Australia, Feb. 2004, "Perinatal statistics in Western Australia 2002," Department of Health, Government of Western Australia, on line [http://www.health.wa.gov.au/publications/documents/perinatal/Perinatal%20Statistics%20in%20WA%202002.pdf].
- Maternal and Child Health Unit, Department of Health, Western Australia, Sept. 2004, "Perinatal statistics in Western Australia 2003," Department of Health, Government of Western Australia, on line [http://www.health.wa.gov.au/publications/documents/perinatal/Perinatal%20Statistics%20in%20WA%202003.pdf].
- Maternal and Child Health Unit, Department of Health, Western Australia, June 2006, "Perinatal statistics in Western Australia 2004," Department of Health, Government of Western Australia, on line [http://www.health.wa.gov.au/publications/documents/perinatal/Perinatal%20Statistics%20in%20WA%202004.pdf].
- Maternal and Child Health Unit, Department of Health, Western Australia, Nov. 2006, "Induced Abortions in Western Australia, 1999-2005: Report of the WA Abortion Notification System," Department of Health, Government of Western Australia, on line [http://www.health.wa.gov.au/publications/documents/AbortionReport1999-2005FINAL%284%29.pdf].
- Maternal and Child Health Unit, Department of Health, Western Australia, Sept. 2008, "Perinatal statistics in Western Australia 2006," Department of Health, Government of Western Australia, on line [http://www.health.wa.gov.au/publications/documents/perinatal/Perinatal%20Statistics%20in%20WA%202006.pdf].
- Maternal and Child Health Unit, Department of Health, Western Australia, Dec. 2008, "Perinatal statistics in Western Australia 2007," Department of Health, Government of Western Australia, on line [http://www.health.wa.gov.au/publications/documents/perinatal/Perinatal%20Statistics%20in%20WA%202007.pdf].
- Maternal and Child Health Unit, Department of Health, Western Australia, Oct. 2010, "Perinatal statistics in Western Australia 2008," Department of Health, Government of Western Australia, on line [http://www.health.wa.gov.au/publications/documents/perinatal/PerinatalStatisticsWA2008.pdf].
- Maternal and Child Health Unit, Department of Health, Western Australia, May 2011, "Induced Abortions in Western Australia, 2006-2009: Report of the WA Abortion Notification System," Department of Health, Government of Western Australia, on line [http://www.health.wa.gov.au/publications/documents/Abortion_Report_06-09.pdf].
- Maternal and Child Health Unit, Department of Health, Western Australia, July 2013, "Induced Abortions in Western Australia, 2010-2012: Fourth Report of the Western Australian Abortion Notification System," Department of Health, Government of Western Australia, on line [http://www.health.wa.gov.au/publications/documents/Abortion_Report_2010-12.pdf].
- Maternal and Child Health Unit, Department of Health, Western Australia, June 2013, "Perinatal, infant and maternal mortality in Western Australia, 5-year cohort of 2006-2010 births," Department of Health, Government of Western Australia, on line [http://www.health.wa.gov.au/publications/documents/perinatal/PIMM-Report-2006-2010.pdf].
- Maternal and Child Health Unit, Department of Health, Western Australia, June 2014, "Western Australia's Mothers and Babies 2011: Twenty-ninth Annual Report of the Western Australian Midwives' Notification System," Department of Health, Government of Western Australia, on line [http://www.health.wa.gov.au/publications/documents/perinatal/WA_Mothers_Babies_2011.pdf].
© 2008-2011, 2014 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 30 August 2014.
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