Number of abortions in France 2012, by length of gestation

Published by Statista Research Department, Apr 1, 2015
This statistic represents the number of voluntary terminations of pregnancy in France in 2012, by length of gestation. In 2012, more than 35,000 abortions took place during the sixth week of gestation.

Number of voluntary terminations of pregnancy in France in 2012, by length of gestation*

CharacteristicNumber of abortions
4 weeks 2,232
5 weeks 14,742
6 weeks 35,249
7 weeks 29,636
8 weeks 22,197
9 weeks 16,985
10 weeks 13,330
11 weeks 8,712
12 weeks 6,178
13 weeks 4,994
14 weeks 1,342
15 weeks and more ** 1,011
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Number of abortions2,2322,23214,74214,74235,24935,24929,63629,63622,19722,19716,98516,98513,33013,3308,7128,7126,1786,1784,9944,9941,3421,3421,0111,0114 weeks5 weeks6 weeks7 weeks8 weeks9 weeks10 weeks11 weeks12 weeks13 weeks14 weeks15 weeks and more **
02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,00022,50025,00027,50030,00032,50035,00037,50040,000

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Release date

2015

Region

France

Survey time period

2012

Special properties

mainland France

Supplementary notes

* The source adds the following information: "Pregnancy duration in weeks of amenorrhea. To obtain the length of time since conception, two weeks must be subtracted. "The source adds the following information: "The law of 4 July 2001 on contraception and abortion increases the time to carry out an abortion to 14 weeks of amenorrhea."

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