The general abortion rate was 20.1 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years in 2007, up from 19.6 per 1,000 in 2006 and 19.3 abortions per 1,000 in 2005, but lower than the 2003 rate of 20.8 abortions per 1,000.

Women aged 20–24 years had the highest abortion rate (37 abortions per 1,000 women aged 20–24 years) in 2007.

The median age of women having an abortion was 24.5 years in 2007, unchanged from the previous year.

In 2007, most abortions (65 percent) were a woman's first abortion.