[Elsie]

Current abortion rates of 114,000 in Canada and 1.4 million in the U.S. underscore the magnitude of this potential public health issue.

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These are not RATES, but approximate yearly totals.

Rates are 'so many per 1000'.

[MEGoody]

The rate of abortions would not necessarily be stated as so many per 1,000. Depends on what is being measured, e.g. abortions occur at the rate 1.4 million per year in the U.S.