| Country | Year | Annual number of abortions | Abortions per 1000 women | Abortions to 100 live births | Sources of information | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | S/i | 335 000- 500 000 |
- | 50.0 | (Bay et al., 2004) | ||
| Bolivia | 1995-2000 | 406 804 | - | - | (Rayas and Cattoti, 2004) | ||
| " | |||||||
| Brazil | 1991 | - | 39.3 | a/ | 31.2 | (Singh and Sedgh, 1997) | |
| “ | 1991 | 1 444 000 | 40.8 | b/ | 29.8 | c/ | (Henshaw et al., 1999) |
| “ | 1995 | 940 661 | 24.0 | b/ | 23.0 | c/ | (Rocha and Andalaft Neto, 2003) |
| Chile | 1990 | 160 000 | 50.0 | b/ | 35.3 | c/ | (Henshaw et al., 1999) |
| “ | S/i | ||||||
| Colombia | 1990 | - | 24.8 | a/ | 32.0 | (Singh and Sedgh, 1997) | |
| " | 1989 | 288 000 | 36.3 | b/ | 26.0 | c/ | (Henshaw et al., 1999) |
| Cuba | 1990 | - | 54.5 | b/ | 44 | c/ | (Bernstein and Rosenfield, 1998) |
| " | 1996 | 209 400 | 77.7 | b/ | 58.6 | c/ | (Henshaw et al., 1999) |
| 2004 | 20.9 | d: | 34.4 | c/ | (Álvarez, 2005) | ||
| Guadeloupe | 1997 | 49,0 | (Le Corre and Thomson, 2000) | ||||
| 2003 | 4842 | 41.5 | (Vilain, 2005) | ||||
| Guatemala | 2003 | 55 000 | 20.0 | b/ | 12.0 | c/ | (Singh, 2005 ; 1997) |
| French Guiana | 1997 | 27.0 | (Le Corre and Thomson, 2000) | ||||
| 2003 | 1737 | 37.1 | (Vilain, 2005) | ||||
| Martinique | 1997 | 26,0 | (Le Corre and Thomson, 2000) | ||||
| 2003 | 2382 | 22.9 | (Vilain, 2005) | ||||
| Mexico | 1992 | - | 22.0 | a/ | 17.7 | (Singh and Sedgh, 1997) | |
| “ | 1990 | 533 000 | 25.1 | b/ | 17.1 | c/ | (Henshaw et al., 1999) |
| “ | 1990-1992 | 220 000 | - | - | (Lerner and Salas, 2003)) | ||
| Paraguay | S/i | 26 000 | - | - | (Bay et al., 2004) | ||
| Peru | 1989 | 271 000 | 56.1 | b/ | 30.0 | c/ | (Henshaw et al., 1999) |
| " | 1994 | 271 000 | 52.0 | a/ | 43.0 | (Ferrando, 2002). | |
| " | 2001 | 351 800 | 52.0- | a/ | 54.0 | (Ferrando, 2002). | |
| Puerto Rico | 1991-1992 | 19 200 | 22.7 | b/ | 23.0 | c/ | (Henshaw et al., 1999) |
| Dominican Rep. | 1989 | 65 000 | - | - | (Bay et al., 2004) | ||
| 1990 | 82 000 | 47.0 | b/ | 27.9 | c/ | (Henshaw et al., 1999) | |
| Uruguay | 2000 | 33 000 | 38.5 | c/ | (Sanseviero, 2003) | ||
Notes:
a/ Women aged 15-49
b/ Women aged 15-44
c/ Abortions for 100 pregnancies
d/ Women 12 - 49
Figures in bold are the estimates from AGI: (Alan Guttmacher Institute)