Table 33-2
| Table 33-2. Pregnancy-related deaths per 100,000 women per year in developed countries compared with deaths resulting from legal abortion as a means of contraception. | ||||||
| Age Groups (Years) | ||||||
|
Type of Birth Control |
15-19 |
20-24 |
25-29 |
30-34 |
35-39 |
40-44 |
| No birth control; birth related | 5.6 | 6.1 | 7.4 | 13.9 | 20.8 | 22.6 |
| First trimester abortion only; method related | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.2 |
| (Adapted from Tietze C: Induced abortion: 1977 supplement, Table 11. Rep Popul Fam Plann 1977; 14[2nd ed. Suppl]:16.) | ||||||