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

Reproductive Health and Abortion Statistics ( i )

Total Fertility Rate ( i )

Data:	3.2
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:	2.63
Source:	CIA World Factbook
URL:	https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/nu.html
Note:	children born/women
Data Collected:	2008
Data Updated:	06-11-2008

Percent Using Family Planning (Modern Methods) ( i )

Data:	66 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:	06-11-2008

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

Data:	1,300,000
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:	34, high 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:	83 per 100,000 live births
Source:	2007/2008 Human Development Report
URL:	http://hdrstats.undp.org/indicators/97.html
Data Collected:	2005

Alternative Data:	87 deaths per 100,000 live births
Source:	Unicef . Info by Country
URL:	http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/nicaragua_statistics.html
Data Collected:	2000-2006
Data Updated:	06-11-2008

Abortion Rate ( i )


Data Updated:

Total Abortion Rate ( i )

Data:	0.73 abortions per woman
Source:	MINSA, Divisi�n General de Planificaci�n y Desarrollo, Oficina de Estad�sticas, Complejo Nacional De Salud. 2002. Admisiones y egresos anuales del pa�s por embarazo, parto y puerperio seg�n edades quinquenales Nicaragua, MINSA.
Data Collected:	2002

Data Updated:	09-20-2004

Number of Abortions, Annually ( i )

Data:	31,911
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:	32,505
Source:	MINSA, Divisi�n General de Planificaci�n y Desarrollo, Oficina de Estad�sticas, Complejo Nacional De Salud. 2002. Admisiones y egresos anuales del pa�s por embarazo, parto y puerperio seg�n edades quinquenales Nicaragua, MINSA.
Note:	Estimated from hospital discharge data in 2002. All discharges are multiplied by five as it is estimated that only twenty percent of women who have an abortion seek health care. Data are baesd on estimations for Latin America by the WHO in 1994. The figure doesn't include ectopic or molar pregnancies.
Data Collected:	2002
Data Updated:	11-14-2004

Number of Legal Abortions, Annually ( i )

Data:	6
Source:	MINSA, Divisi�n General de Planificaci�n y Desarrollo, Oficina de Estad�sticas, Complejo Nacional De Salud. 2002. Admisiones y egresos anuales del pa�s; diagnostico principal por egreso por aborto medico. Nicaragua, MINSA.
Note:	Total number of annual registered legal abortions
Data Collected:	2002

Data Updated:	09-20-2004

Age-specific Abortion Rates ( i )

Data:	Ages 10-14: 1; Ages 15-19: 26; Ages 20-24: 36; Ages 25-29: 29; Ages 30-34: 23; Ages 35-39: 19; Ages 40-44: 9; Ages 45-49: 3
Source:	MINSA, Divisi�n General de Planificaci�n y Desarrollo, Oficina de Estad�sticas, Complejo Nacional De Salud. 2002. Admisiones y egresos anuales del pa�s por embarazo, parto y puerperio seg�n edades quinquenales Nicaragua, MINSA.
Note:	Average number of abortions during the year 2000. Note that absolute numbers are reported, not rates.
Data Collected:	2002

Data Updated:	09-30-2004

Percent of Maternal Mortality Caused by Unsafe Abortion ( i )

Data:	8.0 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:	2.4 %
Source:	OPS. Derogacion del Aborto Terapeutico en Nicaragua.Impacto en Salud
URL:	http://www.abortoterapeutico.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/derogacion-del-aborto-terapeutico-en-nicaragua-impacto-en-salud.pdf
Data Collected:	2004
Data Updated:	05-21-2007

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