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KEY: MM = Million, K = Thousand, PPP = Purchasing Power Parity

Reproductive Health and Abortion Statistics ( i )

Total Fertility Rate ( i )

Data:	2.4
Source:	Population Reference Bureau. 2007. 2007 World population data sheet of the Population Reference Bureau. Washington, DC, Population Reference Bureau.
URL:	http://www.prb.org/pdf07/07WPDS_Eng.pdf
Data Collected:	2007

Alternative Data:	2.37
Source:	CIA World Factbook
URL:	https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/al.html
Note:	children born/women
Data Collected:	2008
Data Updated:	06-09-2008

Percent Using Family Planning (Modern Methods) ( i )

Data:	59 percent
Source:	Population Reference Bureau. 2007. 2007 World population data sheet of the Population Reference Bureau. Washington, DC, Population Reference Bureau.
URL:	http://www.prb.org/pdf07/07WPDS_Eng.pdf
Note:	Married women, ages 15-49
Data Collected:	2007

Data Updated:	06-09-2008

Population of Women of Reproductive Age (15-49) ( i )

Data:	55 percent
Source:	Population Reference Bureau. 2005. Women of Our World. Washington DC, Population Reference Bureau.
URL:	http://www.prb.org/pdf/FamPlanWorldwide_Eng.pdf
Data Collected:	2002

Data Updated:	06-13-2008

Reproductive Risk Index ( i )

Data:	24, moderate risk category
Source:	Population Action International (PAI)- 2007 survival report
URL:	http://www.populationaction.org/Publications/Reports/Measure_of_Survival/mos.pdf
Note:	Based on a 100-point scale; higher value represents greater risk
Data Collected:	2005

Data Updated:	06-13-2008

Maternal Mortality Ratio ( i )

Data:	63 deaths per 100,000 live births
Source:	2007/2008 Human Development Report
URL:	http://hdrstats.undp.org/indicators/97.html
Data Collected:	2004

Alternative Data:	62 deaths per 100,000 live births
Source:	Unicef
URL:	http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/albania_statistics.html
Note:	Reported
Data Collected:	2000-2006
Data Updated:	06-09-2008

Abortion Rate ( i )

Data:	0.1
Source:	UN Databases - abortion rate
URL:	http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=GenderStat&f=inID%3A12
Note:	number of abortions per 1,000 live births
Data Collected:	1990

Data Updated:	06-13-2008

Total Abortion Rate ( i )


Data Updated:	09-02-2004

Number of Abortions, Annually ( i )

Data:	598,782
Source:	Daulaire, N., et al., Promises to keep: The toll of unwanted pregnancies on women's lives in the developing world. 2002. Washington DC, Global Health Council.
URL:	http://www.globalhealth.org/assets/publications/PromisesToKeep.pdf
Note:	Annual average derived from 1995-2000 estimate
Data Collected:	1995-2000

Alternative Data:	45,244
Source:	Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Geografica e Informatica. Anuario Estadistico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Edicion 2006.
URL:	http://www.inegi.gob.mx/prod_serv/contenidos/espanol/bvinegi/productos/integracion/pais/aeeum/2006/Aeeum062.pdf
Note:	INDICADORES HOSPITALARIOS SELECCIONADOS DE LOS SERVICIOS EN ESTABLECIMIENTOS PARTICULARES DE SALUD CUADRO 7.28
Data Collected:	2005
Data Updated:	05-08-2007

Number of Legal Abortions, Annually ( i )

Data:	676
Source:	UN databases abortion
URL:	http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?q=abortion&d=POP&f=tableCode%3a17
Data Collected:	2005

Data Updated:	06-13-2008

Age-specific Abortion Rates ( i )


Data Updated:	09-02-2004

Percent of Maternal Mortality Caused by Unsafe Abortion ( i )

Data:	31 percent
Source:	Daulaire, N., et al., Promises to keep: The toll of unwanted pregnancies on women's lives in the developing world. 2002. Washington DC, Global Health Council.
URL:	http://www.globalhealth.org/assets/publications/PromisesToKeep.pdf
Note:	Annual average derived from 1995-2000 estimate
Data Collected:	1995-2000

Alternative Data:	5.4%
Source:	Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Geografia e Informatica. Mujeres y Hombres en Mexico 2004. 8va edicion.
URL:	http://www.inegi.gob.mx/prod_serv/contenidos/espanol/bvinegi/productos/integracion/sociodemografico/mujeresyhombres/2004/myh_2004.pdf
Data Collected:	2001
Data Updated:	05-08-2007

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