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- Legal abortions total: Legally induced abortions by urban/rural residence of woman.
- Legal abortions total per thousand people: Legally induced abortions by urban/rural residence of woman. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- When abortion is legal > Economic or social reasons: Abortion laws by grounds on which abortion is permitted.
- When abortion is legal > Foetal impairment: Abortion laws by grounds on which abortion is permitted.
- When abortion is legal > On request: Abortion laws by grounds on which abortion is permitted.
- When abortion is legal > Rape or incest: Abortion laws by grounds on which abortion is permitted.
- When abortion is legal > To preserve mental health: Abortion laws by grounds on which abortion is permitted.
- When abortion is legal > To preserve physical health: Abortion laws by grounds on which abortion is permitted.
- When abortion is legal > To save the woman's life: Abortion laws by grounds on which abortion is permitted.
SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables