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  4. Vital events. Spontaneous and induced abortions

Vital events. Spontaneous and induced abortions

1. Contact
1.1. Contact organisation

Statistics Estonia

1.2. Contact organisation unit

Population and Social Statistics Department

1.3. Contact name

Terje Trasberg

1.4. Contact person function

Team Lead

1.5. Contact mail address

51 Tatari Str, 10134 Tallinn, Estonia

1.6. Contact email address

terje.trasberg [at] stat.ee

1.7. Contact phone number

37253979915

2. Metadata update
2.1. Metadata last certified

27/03/2025

2.2. Metadata last update

27/03/2025

3. Statistical presentation
3.1. Data description

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

3.2. Classification system

Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements (EHAK)

3.3. Sector coverage

Registered abortions

3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

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).

3.5. Statistical unit

Abortion

3.6. Statistical population

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.

3.7. Reference area

Estonia as a whole

Counties

3.8. Time coverage

1991–…

3.9. Base period

Not applicable

4. Unit of measure

Abortions – number

5. Reference period

Year

6. Institutional mandate
6.1. Legal acts and other agreements

DIRECTLY APPLICABLE LEGAL ACTS

Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on European demographic statistics (Text with EEA relevance)

Regulation (EU) No 205/2014 of 4 March 2014 laying down uniformed conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on European demographic statistics, as regards breakdowns of data, deadlines and data revisions

OTHER LEGAL ACTS

Not available

OTHER AGREEMENTS

Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat)

United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

7. Confidentiality
7.1. Confidentiality - policy

The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 32, § 34, § 35, § 38 of the Official Statistics Act.

7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

The dissemination of data collected for the production of official statistics is based on the requirements laid down in §§ 34 and 35 of the Official Statistics Act.

The principles for treatment of confidential data can be found here.

8. Release policy
8.1. Release calendar

Notifications about the dissemination of statistics are published in the release calendar, which is available on the website. Every year on 1 October, the release times of the statistical database, news releases, main indicators by IMF SDDS and publications for the following year are announced in the release calendar (in the case of publications – the release month).

8.2. Release calendar access

Calendar

8.3. User access

All users have been granted equal access to official statistics: dissemination dates of official statistics are announced in advance and no user category (incl. Eurostat, state authorities and mass media) is provided access to official statistics before other users. Official statistics are first published in the statistical database. If there is also a news release, it is published simultaneously with data in the statistical database. Official statistics are available on the website at 8:00 a.m. on the date announced in the release calendar.

9. Frequency of dissemination

Annual

10. Accessibility and clarity
10.1. News release

Not published

10.2. Publications

Not published

10.3. Online database

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).

10.4. Microdata access

Not applicable

10.5. Other

Data serve as input for statistical activity 50101 “Regional development”.

10.6. Documentation on methodology

Implementation of the residency index in demographic statistics

10.7. Quality documentation

Not available

11. Quality management
11.1. Quality assurance

To assure the quality of processes and products, Statistics Estonia applies the EFQM Excellence Model, the European Statistics Code of Practice and the Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System (ESS QAF). Statistics Estonia is also guided by the requirements in § 7. “Principles and quality criteria of producing official statistics” of the Official Statistics Act.

11.2. Quality assessment

Statistics Estonia performs all statistical activities according to an international model (Generic Statistical Business Process Model – GSBPM). According to the GSBPM, the final phase of statistical activities is overall evaluation using information gathered in each phase or sub-process; this information can take many forms, including feedback from users, process metadata, system metrics and suggestions from employees. This information is used to prepare the evaluation report which outlines all the quality problems related to the specific statistical activity and serves as input for improvement actions.

12. Relevance
12.1. User needs

Ministry of Social Affairs

Ministry of the Interior

Estonian Institute for Population Studies

National Institute for Health Development

12.2. User satisfaction

Since 1996, Statistics Estonia has conducted reputation and user satisfaction surveys. All results are available on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section User surveys.

12.3. Completeness

Use of administrative data ensures complete coverage and timeliness.

13. Accuracy and reliability
13.1. Overall accuracy

Using administrative data ensures data accuracy.

13.2. Sampling error

Not applicable

13.3. Non-sampling error

Depends on the quality of the data in the Estonian Abortion Registry

14. Timeliness and punctuality
14.1. Timeliness

The data are published 160 days after the end of the reference year (T + 160).

14.2. Punctuality

The data have been published at the time announced in the release calendar.

15. Coherence and comparability
15.1. Comparability - geographical

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.

15.2. Comparability - over time

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.

15.3. Coherence - cross domain

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.

15.4. Coherence - internal

Data related to a person (place of residence, nationality) are calculated once and linked to the table of the respective event in the database to ensure comparability of the data. Statistical indicators in the table form groups of characteristics that are comparable across tables.

16. Cost and burden

17. Data revision
17.1. Data revision - policy

The data revision policy and notification of corrections are described in the section Principles of dissemination of official statistics of the website of Statistics Estonia.

17.2. Data revision - practice

The published data may be revised if the methodology is modified, errors are discovered, new or better data become available.

18. Statistical processing
18.1. Source data

SURVEY DATA

Not used

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

Data from the Estonian Abortion Registry

DATA FROM OTHER STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES

Data from statistical activity 30101 “Population”.

18.2. Frequency of data collection

Annual

18.3. Data collection

Data from the Estonian Abortion Registry are received via X-Road.

18.4. Data validation

Arithmetic and qualitative controls are used in the validation process, including comparison with other data.

18.5. Data compilation

The collected data are converted into statistical output. This includes the calculation of additional indicators.

18.6. Adjustment

Not applied

19. Comments

Not available

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