Abortion statistics 2000

<small>''This page is part of the [[Conservapedia:Anti-abortion_Project]]''</small> Below are some statistics for abortion for the year 2000. ==United States== In 2000, 1.31 million abortions were performed in the [[United States]]. This equates to 2.1 % of all women between 15 and 44 years-old.<ref>[http://www.abortiontv.com/Misc/AbortionStatistics.htm Abortion TV.com: Abortion Statistics]</ref> ==England and Wales== There were 185,375 legal abortions carried out in [[England]] and [[Wales]] in 2000, a rise of 2,125 (1.2 per cent) compared with 1999.<ref>[http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/abort0901.pdf Department of National Statistics: Abortions in England and Wales, 2000]</ref> * The abortion rate for women resident in England and Wales in 2000 was 16.94 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44, 0.9% higher than in 1999 when the rate was 16.79 abortions per 1,000 women. * Abortion rates increased for women aged under 34 and decreased for women aged 35 and over, in 2000. The rate increased by 0.2% for women under 20, by 2.4% for women in their twenties and by 0.4% for women aged 30-34. The rate decreased by 1.4% in the 35-44 age-group. * Eighty-eight per cent of terminations were performed before 13 weeks of gestation and 10 per cent between 13 and 19 weeks gestation, similar to last year. ==See also== *[[Abortion in America]] *[[Abortion in England]] *[[Abortion in Wales]] *[[Abortion in the United Kingdom]] *[[Abortion statistics 2008]] *[[Abortion statistics 2009]] ==References== <references/> [[Category:Abortion]]