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Induced abortions by province and territory of report
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| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitals1 | |||||
| number of induced abortions | |||||
| Canada2,3,5,6 | 58,536 | 56,429 | 53,758 | 50,562 | 49,435 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 297 | 280 | 280 | 288 | 287 |
| Nova Scotia | 1,787 | 1,916 | 1,936 | 1,944 | 2,082 |
| New Brunswick8 | 615 | 389 | 422 | 439 | 370 |
| Quebec | 17,381 | 17,367 | 16,915 | 16,042 | 15,577 |
| Ontario | 19,626 | 18,420 | 17,491 | 16,658 | 16,106 |
| Manitoba9 | 2,967 | 3,076 | 2,752 | 2,363 | 2,668 |
| Saskatchewan | 1,729 | 1,755 | 1,806 | 1,723 | 1,741 |
| Alberta | 5,394 | 5,070 | 5,158 | 4,135 | 3,777 |
| British Columbia10 | 8,371 | 7,759 | 6,519 | 6,462 | 6,307 |
| Yukon | 131 | 131 | x | 125 | 131 |
| Northwest Territories | 238 | 266 | 270 | x | 271 |
| Nunavut7 | .. | .. | x | x | 118 |
| x : suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act .. : not available for a specific period of time. Notes: - Data users should be aware of certain important limitations to the Therapeutic Abortion Survey. The data represent induced abortions performed only in hospitals and clinics in Canada; all other types of abortions are not within the scope of the survey. The extent to which the number of hospital and clinic abortions collected by the Therapeutic Abortions Survey corresponds to the total number of medically induced abortions performed is unknown. Since 2003, no information is collected on Canadian residents who obtain an abortion outside of Canada. Under coverage issues exist within the survey in that some such cases, data for an entire domain of interest such as a province cannot be estimated and is suppressed due to a deficiency in accuracy (refer to footnotes 8,9 and 10 addressing coverage). Furthermore, submission of aggregate counts by some respondents instead of detailed records results in the estimations of the age distribution for those respondents. - Because of the significant under coverage of medically induced abortions in clinics in 2006 due to non response in some provinces, caution should be exercised when using the "clinics" and "hospitals and clinics" totals at the Canada level. 1. The number of induced abortions is provided by the province or territory in which the abortion was performed. Counts include abortions performed in Canadian hospitals and clinics on Canadian residents and non-residents of Canada. Where indicated the counts also include abortions performed in the United States on Canadian residents, for data years prior to 2004. 2. Induced abortion is defined as the medical termination of pregnancy. Equivalent terms include: artificial abortion, therapeutic abortion, voluntary termination of pregnancy, elective termination of pregnancy and active termination of pregnancy. Only counts of legally induced abortions are included. 3. From 1971 to 2003, health departments in several American states, especially those along the Canada and United States border supplied information about abortions obtained by Canadian residents. These counts, however, should be regarded as a minimum estimate because not all American states submitted reports, some private clinics may not report to the state health department or the residence of the patient was not reported. The reports did not specify if the abortion took place in a hospital or clinic. As of 2004, this information is no longer collected. 4. Abortions performed on Canadian residents in the United States are included only at the combined hospital and clinic level, for data years prior to 2004. 5. As of 1983, Prince Edward Island no longer reports hospital abortions to the Therapeutic Abortion Survey. 6. There are no clinics in Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Northwest Territories or Nunavut (and as of 2004, there are no clinics in Nova Scotia). Thus, no clinic data are reported for these jurisdictions. 7. For 2002 and 2003, Nunavut residents are excluded due to incomplete reporting. 8. In 2006, information on abortions performed in clinics in New Brunswick was not submitted to the Therapeutic Abortion Survey. In 2005, induced abortions performed in New Brunswick clinics not only accounted for just over 57% of all medically induced abortions in the province, but also, for Prince Edward Island residents, they represented 56% of all abortions, and 100% of those done in clinics. 9. Beginning in 2004, information on abortions performed in clinics in Manitoba was not submitted to the Therapeutic Abortion Survey; in 2003, they accounted for about 21% of all medically induced abortions in the province. Since 2004, the statistics for hospitals and clinics combined include only hospital abortions. 10. In British Columbia, for the 2003 data year, a clinic did not report to the Therapeutic Abortion Survey, and for 2005, another clinic did not respond to the survey. For each of these years, counts were estimated for the non-reporting clinic based on the number of abortions that is reported in previous years. In 2006, two out of the four British Columbia clinics did not report to the Therapeutic Abortion Survey, resulting in a significant under-counting of abortions conducted in clinics in the province. In 2005, these two clinics accounted for 61.9% of the total number of abortions performed in clinics in British Columbia. Sources: Canadian Institute for Health Information and Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 106-9005. Last modified: 2010-01-05. | |||||
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