This statistic shows the rates of unintended pregnancies, by outcome and region from 2010-2014. According to the data, in Latin America and the Caribbean, 96 out of every 1,000 women experienced an unintended pregnancy.
Rates of unintended pregnancies globally that ended in abortion or unplanned births from 2010 to 2014 (per 1,000 women)*
Characteristic
Unintended pregnancies resulting in abortion
Unintended pregnancies resulting in unplanned birth/miscarriage
* A pregnancy is considered
unintended if the woman
reported not wanting to
become pregnant at the time
(mistimed pregnancy) or not
wanting the pregnancy at all
(unwanted pregnancy).
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Guttmacher Institute. (March 20, 2018). Rates of unintended pregnancies globally that ended in abortion or unplanned births from 2010 to 2014 (per 1,000 women)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 12, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/824654/unintended-pregnancy-rate-globally-by-region/
Guttmacher Institute. "Rates of unintended pregnancies globally that ended in abortion or unplanned births from 2010 to 2014 (per 1,000 women)*." Chart. March 20, 2018. Statista. Accessed November 12, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/824654/unintended-pregnancy-rate-globally-by-region/
Guttmacher Institute. (2018). Rates of unintended pregnancies globally that ended in abortion or unplanned births from 2010 to 2014 (per 1,000 women)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 12, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/824654/unintended-pregnancy-rate-globally-by-region/
Guttmacher Institute. "Rates of Unintended Pregnancies Globally That Ended in Abortion or Unplanned Births from 2010 to 2014 (per 1,000 Women)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Mar 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/824654/unintended-pregnancy-rate-globally-by-region/
Guttmacher Institute, Rates of unintended pregnancies globally that ended in abortion or unplanned births from 2010 to 2014 (per 1,000 women)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/824654/unintended-pregnancy-rate-globally-by-region/ (last visited November 12, 2024)
Rates of unintended pregnancies globally that ended in abortion or unplanned births from 2010 to 2014 (per 1,000 women)* [Graph], Guttmacher Institute, March 20, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/824654/unintended-pregnancy-rate-globally-by-region/
