A study by US-based Guttmacher Institute, and Ipas, a nongovernmental organisation that focuses on female reproductive rights, has unveiled the rate of abortion in the six-geopolitical zones of Nigeria.
South South 44.3 (Number of abortions per 1,000 women aged 15 – 49)
North East 40.5
North West 31.0
South East 30.6
North Central 27.1
South West 26.5