Table   Number of abortions and abortion rate per 1,000 women. Italy, 1983 and 1998

REGION

Number of Abortions

 

Abortion Rate

 

1983

1998

 

1983

1998

% change

Northern Italy

105 430

57 075

 

16.8

9.3

-44.6

Piedmont

21 077

10 599

 

19.7

10.5

-46.7

Valle D'Aosta

517

297

 

19.1

10.3

-46.1

Lombardy

36 279

21 329

 

16.1

9.6

-40.4

Bolzano

760

552

 

7.1

4.8

-32.4

Trento

1 329

1 081

 

12.4

9.5

-23.4

Veneto

10 316

6 030

 

9.6

5.4

-43.8

Friuli Venezia Giulia

5 183

2 296

 

18.6

8.3

-55.4

Liguria

7 790

3 998

 

19.0

11.1

-41.6

Emilia-Romagna

22 179

10 893

 

23.6

11.8

-50.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central Italy

52 423

29 751

 

19.8

11.1

-43.9

Tuscany

17 182

9 081

 

20.5

11.1

-45.9

Umbria

3 925

2 401

 

20.8

12.5

-39.9

Marche

5 169

2 723

 

15.4

8.0

-48.1

Lazio

26 147

15 546

 

20.4

11.7

-42.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Italy

57 441

38 340

 

17.3

10.6

-38.7

Abruzzo

4 615

2 851

 

16.1

9.2

-42.9

Molise

1 259

975

 

16.7

12.4

-25.7

Campania

15 441

13 685

 

11.4

9.1

-20.2

Puglia

29 250

15 579

 

30.2

14.7

-51.3

Basilicata

1 648

934

 

11.3

6.2

-45.1

Calabria

5 228

4 316

 

10.6

8.3

-21.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Islands

18 682

13 191

 

11.7

7.7

-34.2

Sicily

14 181

10 376

 

11.9

8.1

-31.9

Sardinia

4 501

2 815

 

11.3

6.4

-43.4

ITALY

233 976

138 357

 

16.9

9.8

-42.0