As a result, one-third of all pregnancies are unwanted or mistimed. Annually, childbirth and pregnancy cause the death of nearly 600,000 women in developing countries and infection or injury to another 7 million. 70,000 women die every year from unsafe abortion. Half of new infections occur among young people aged 15-24. In some countries in Africa, girls are infected with HIV at five times the rate of their male peers.
Wide disparities exist among countries and regions.
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