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Table 1 Midwives, live births, abortions and late abortions in 2016

From: Accommodating conscientious objection in the midwifery workforce: a ratio-data analysis of midwives, birth and late abortions in 18 European countries in 2016

Country

Midwives

Live births

Total abortions

Late abortions

Austria

1478

87 675

  

Belgium

3263

121 161

21 900

 

Bulgaria

3254

64 984

27 782

 

Croatia

1698

37 537

5960

 

Cyprus

268

9455

  

Czech Republic

3904

112 663

20 409

935

Denmark

1873

61 614

3162

 

Estonia

440

14 003

4323

97

Finland

2283

52 814

9665

397

France

22 761

783 640

168 519

6192

Germany

23 000

792 495

98 721

3850

Greece

2701

92 898

  

Hungary

1628

93 063

30 439

 

Iceland

265

4034

1044

50

Ireland

2085

63 897

  

Italy

16 507

437 438

84 874

3366

Latvia

403

21 759

4366

265

Lithuania

921

30 623

4502

164

Liechtenstein

10

378

  

Luxembourg

211

6050

580

 

Malta

217

4227

  

Netherlands

3778

172 520

30 144

5538

Norway

2943

58 890

12 733

546

Poland

22 464

382 257

1098

 

Portugal

2548

87 126

15 959

543

Romania

3337

188 415

63 518

 

Slovakia

1795

57 557

15 277

1500

Slovenia

779

20 345

3736

201

Spain

8531

410 583

93 131

5749

Sweden

7303

117 425

38 143

2431

Switzerland

2593

87 883

10 256

513

UK

31 317

774 835

202 469

17 497

Total

176 558

5 250 244

972 710

49 834