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| Statistics of Abortion |  In the United States
Data of 2003 shows that approximately 16 women for every 1,000 women aged 15–44 years had an abortion, and for every 1,000 live births, approximately 241 abortions were done. This study has been hold by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Substantial development has been made in the technology used for second-trimester abortion in the last 20 years. This and the social issues neighboring abortion have provoked more women looking for terminations further in pregnancy.
- Safety
Physicians claim that abortion is a safe procedure. As data show infection rates are lower than 1% and fewer than 1 in 100,000 deaths happens as a result of first-trimester abortions. Do you know that abortion is safer for the woman than carrying a pregnancy to term? Both medical and surgical abortions are safe and effectual when done by qualified practitioners.
- Age
Abortion rates are highest among 20- to 24-year-old women. Rates are the lowest among women younger than 20 or older than 40 years but these women are far more likely to seek an abortion if they become pregnant.
- Race
The most part of women looking for the abortion procedure is white approximately 53%; 36% of them are black, 8% are of another race, and 3% are of unknown race.
In the world
Abortion contributes to at least 13% of all deaths amongst pregnant women. New estimates are that 50 million abortions are performed world wide yearly, with 30 million of them in developing countries. About 20 million of these are done unsafely because of conditions or lack of provider training.
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