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  1.                                                                                 THE WEEK, Page 21HEALTH & SCIENCE
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  3. The World Health Organization Estimates That Every Day there
  4. are at least:
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  6.     100 MILLION acts of sexual intercourse
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  8.     910,000 conceptions
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  10.     365,000 cases of sexually transmitted diseases
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  12.     150,000 abortions performed, resulting in the death of 500
  13. women because of unsafe conditions
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  16.     Source: W.H.O. Report, Reproductive Health, A Key to a
  17. Brighter Future, 1992
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