Australian Abortion Statistics

Facts and figures relating to the frequency of abortion in Australia.

Jan 14, 2009 / By: abort73
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It is currently impossible to acquire accurate quantifications for the number of abortions in Australia, as there are no national data sets or uniform collection methods (click here for a Research Brief submitted to the Australian Parliament explaining abortion data collection deficiencies). The following is 2003 data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW):

ANNUAL ABORTION STATISTICS

The estimated number of induced abortions for 2003 is 84,218.
The highest number of induced abortions in 2003 was in the 20–24 year age group (21,826, 25.9%) and the lowest was in the <15 year age group (306, 0.4%).
According to the National Hospital Morbidity Database (NHMD), 94.3% abortions occurred between the 5th and 13th week of pregnancy and 0.7% occurred after the 20th week.
Also, according to NHMD, 85.7% of abortion procedures were suction curettage, 12.8% were dilation and curettage (D&C), and 1.5% were medical abortions.