Uzbekistan consistently decreasing number of abortions

As of January 1, 2022, the number of abortions among women aged 15-49 in Uzbekistan was 35,400.

According to the State Statistics Committee, this indicator is less by 7 thousand compared to 2017.

The number of abortions by regions in 2017-2022:

2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021

Karakalpakstan R. – 2,339 (in 2017), 2,567 (in 2018), 2,797 (in 2019), 2,174 (in 2020), 2,294 (in 2021)
Andijan region – 2,266 | 1,392 | 1,409 | 1,251 | 1,178
Bukhara region – 1,163 | 1,488 | 1,171 | 1,349 | 773
Jizzakh region – 841 | 814 | 948 | 1,038 | 1,094
Kashkadarya region – 1,403 | 1,379 | 1,223 | 2,184 | 1,501
Navoi region – 2,021 | 3,072 | 1,943 | 2,056 | 1,795
Namangan region – 3,181 | 3,275 | 4,702 | 3,185 | 3,395
Samarkand region – 7,254 | 8,509 | 4,276 | 4,959 | 4,942
Surkhandarya region – 2,556 | 1,761 | 2,660 | 2,470 | 2,360
Syrdarya region – 1,320 | 1,443 | 1,349 | 1,522 |1,382
Tashkent region – 4,198 | 4,797 | 4,560 | 5,134 | 5,712
Fergana region – 2,844 | 2,249 | 2,969 | 2,583 | 2,523
Khorezm region – 1,227 | 1,653 | 1,316 | 2,157 | 1,581
Tashkent city – 9,820 | 9,738 | 9,096 | 5,275 | 4,919

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