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Teen pregnancies avoided in developing regions worldwide due to contraceptives 2016

Number of unintended adolescent pregnancies averted due to contraceptive use in developing regions worldwide 2016, by scenario (in thousand)

The data describes the estimated number of unintended adolescent pregnancies averted due to the use of contraceptives in developing regions worldwide in 2016, in thousands. It was estimated that the use of contraceptives helped to avert 2.8 million unintended pregnancies that would have ended in abortion, 2,200 of which would have been unsafe abortions.

Unplanned births 1900
Safe abortions 600
Unsafe abortions 2200
Miscarriages 700