“…Considering the criteria of the WHO, 70.6% of the abortions mentioned in this study were classified as induced (among induced and possibly induced), and only 14.3% of the women reported they had undergone a procedure to induce the abortion. The proportion of women who stated they had induced the abortion was rather lower than that obtained in a study developed about 10 years ago at the same place (9) , as well as in a study developed in 2001, in the region of the Triângulo Mineiro, in the state of Minas Gerais (12) , which identified 30.4% and 37.9% of induced abortions, respectively. In fact, these data may translate a decrease in the number of induced abortions that would need hospitalization, but, on the other hand, it is necessary to consider the fear of the women to disclose such intimate information, since the interviews were performed when there were no longer risks of complication, and some of the women had already been discharged from the hospital (12) Regarding the women's age, the highest incidence of abortion, regardless its classification, was found between 20 and 29 years old, corresponding to 48.9% of the women.…”