| abortion rate * | abortion ratio ** | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country and Region | 1976 a 1980 | 1986 | 1991 | 1976 a 1980 | 1986 | 1991 | |
| Brazil | 22.4(1980) | 26 | 39.3 | 14.8(1980) | 19.3 | 31.2 | |
| Rio de Janeiro | 20.8 | 24.4 | 43.7 | 18.1 | 23.8 | 38.5 | |
| Sao Paulo | 38.1 | 40.1 | 37.5 | 26.2 | 30.5 | 32.5 | |
| South | 22.8 | 18.8 | 16.3 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 16.5 | |
| Centre y south-east | 23.5 | 34.9 | 39.4 | 15.1 | 25.2 | 31.3 | |
| North-eastern | 14.1 | 22.6 | 59.1 | 8.1 | 14.1 | 37.9 | |
| North | 8.5 | 5.6 | 23.7 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 19.3 | |
| Colombia | 31.4(1976) | 33.9 | 32.0(1990) | 18.3(1976) | 23.2 | 24.8(1990) | |
| Atlantic | 32.6 | 33.3 | 30.1 | 16.0 | 18.4 | 19.7 | |
| Pacific | 28.9 | 21.7 | 18.1 | 16.3 | 17.9 | 15.7 | |
| Centre | 31.1 | 45.2 | 42.0 | 19.9 | 30.9 | 32.7 | |
| Eastern | 18.6 | 36.1 | 34.2 | 10.8 | 23.3 | 26.2 | |
| Bogotá | 48.7 | 27.0 | 30.7 | 32.7 | 22.3 | 26.8 | |
| Mexico | 22.1(1977) | 23.5(1987) | 22.0(1992) | 10.4(1977) | 15.2(1987) | 17.7(1992) | |
| North | 26.9 | 25.5 | 29.7 | 12.2 | 16.9 | 22.8 | |
| North-eastern (included Monterrey) | 28.8 | 20.2 | 25.7 | 13.6 | 16.0 | 22.3 | |
| Eastern- South-eastern | 11.8 | 8.0 | 13.0 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 10.1 | |
| Centre (included Guadalajara) | 13.5 | 17.5 | 20.3 | 5.7 | 10.4 | 15.3 | |
| South-eastern D.F. | 32.1 | 41.0 | 25.1 | 16.8 | 26.5 | 21.9 | |
Source: Singh and Sedgh, (1997)
*Annual Number of abortions for 1 000 women 15- 49.
** Number of abortions for 100 pregnancies.