Vital events. Spontaneous and induced abortions
Spontaneous and other abortions by age of woman, county and number of previous live births Induced abortions by age of woman, county and number of previous live births | |
Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements (EHAK) | |
Registered abortions | |
Abortion – termination (spontaneous or induced) of pregnancy. Abortion rate — the annual number of induced abortions per number of women in reproductive age. The annual number of induced abortions is divided by the mean annual number of women in reproductive age (aged 15–49) and multiplied by 1,000. Abortion ratio — the annual number of induced abortions per number of live births. The annual number of induced abortions is divided by the number of live births and multiplied by 100. Age – the age of the person stated in full years at the time of the event, i.e. the age at last birthday. Induced abortion – voluntary or medically indicated termination of pregnancy. Medically-indicated termination of pregnancy — termination of pregnancy, performed for medical reasons before week 22 of pregnancy (ICD-10 code O04). Other abortion — includes pregnancies with abortive outcomes, such as hydatidiform mole and missed abortion (ICD-10 codes O01, O02, O05, O06). Place of residence — the area or settlement where the person lives permanently or most of the time. Spontaneous abortion — non-induced abortion (ICD-10 code O03). Spontaneous and other abortion – loss of pregnancy through spontaneous or other abortion. Voluntary termination of pregnancy — legal termination of pregnancy, performed at the request of the pregnant woman before week 12 of pregnancy (ICD-10 code O04). | |
Abortion | |
Abortions registered in health care institutions in Estonia, whereby the woman is a permanent resident of Estonia FRAME Data from the Estonian Abortion Registry and the Population Register for Statistical Purpose. | |
Estonia as a whole Counties | |
1991–… | |
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Data are published in the statistical database at https://andmed.stat.ee/en/stat under the subject area “Population / Vital events / Spontaneous and induced abortions” in the following tables: RV18: Induced abortions by age of woman and number of previous live births RV182: Induced abortions by age of woman and number of previous live births. Estonians RV184: Induced abortions by number of previous live births and county. Discontinued datasets “Discontinued datasets / Population. Archive / Vital events. Archive”: RV174: Abortions (1970-2019) RV175: Abortions. Estonians (2000-2019) RV176: Abortions by age of woman and number of previous live births (2000-2019) RV178: Abortions by number of previous births and county (2000-2019). | |
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The use of internationally common methodology allows for the comparison of data collected under the regulation. The data on abortions are compiled using the same basic data and uniform data processing methodology. This will ensure comparability of data in the country by administrative units. The most detailed data are available for the counties. | |
Until 2019, the Estonian Abortion Registry collected non-personal data. Until that time, an event was classified as having happened in Estonia, if the woman claimed to be a resident of Estonia. Starting from 2020, the registry collects personal data and an event is classified as having happened in Estonia, if, based on the statistical population register, the woman was a resident of Estonia at the end or at the beginning of the reference period. | |
The common methodology is used to process raw data of all vital events (statistical activities 30201 “Vital events. Marriages”, 30202 “Vital events. Divorces”, 30203 “Vital events.Spontaneous and induced abortions”, 30204 “Vital events. Migration”, 30205 “Vital events. Deaths and causes of death”, 30206 “Vital events. Births”), which will ensure comparability of the data. Data related to a person (e.g. marital status, nationality, country of birth, citizenship, education) are calculated once and linked to the table of the respective event in the database. | |
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SURVEY DATA Not used ADMINISTRATIVE DATA Data from the Estonian Abortion Registry DATA FROM OTHER STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES Data from statistical activity 30101 “Population”. | |
Annual | |
Data from the Estonian Abortion Registry are received via X-Road. | |
Arithmetic and qualitative controls are used in the validation process, including comparison with other data. | |
The collected data are converted into statistical output. This includes the calculation of additional indicators. | |
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