Abortions, by Selected Characteristics statistics

[Number of abortions from surveys conducted by source; characteristics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) annual abortion surveillance summaries, with adjustments for changes in States reporting data to the CDC each year]


	Number (1,000)										Number (1,000)									Percent distribution						Percent distribution					Abortion ratio ¹					Abortion ratio ¹				Abortion ratio ¹
Characteristic
	1980	1981	1982	1983 ¹	1984	1985	1986 ¹	1987	1988	1989 ¹	1990	1991	1992	1993 ¹	1994 ¹	1995	1996	1997	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993 ¹	1994 ¹	1995	1996	1997	1985	1986 ¹	1987	1988	1989 ¹	1990	1991	1992	1993 ¹	1994 ¹	1995	1996	1997


Total abortions	1,554	1,577	1,574	1,575	1,577	1,589	1,574	1,559	1,591	1,567	1,609	1,557	1,529	1,500	1,431	1,364	1,366	_______	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	297	294	288	286	275	280	275	275	274	260	260	260	_______

Age of woman:
Less than 15 years old	15	15	15	16	17	17	16	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	11	10	_______	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	_______	624	605	578	553	523	515	502	511	493	489	480	494	_______
15 to 19 years old	445	433	419	411	399	399	389	382	393	371	351	314	295	289	276	264	264	_______	25	25	25	24	22	20	19	19	19	19	19	_______	462	457	449	444	418	403	379	370	365	354	348	351	_______
20 to 24 years old	549	555	552	548	551	548	531	518	520	509	532	533	526	514	478	442	434	_______	34	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	33	32	32	_______	328	328	327	327	318	328	330	333	335	327	317	315	_______
25 to 29 years old	304	316	326	328	332	336	339	337	347	345	360	348	341	332	316	308	318	_______	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	_______	219	219	216	218	213	224	224	228	231	228	225	228	_______
30 to 34 years old	153	167	168	172	176	181	186	192	197	203	216	213	213	211	205	196	195	_______	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	_______	203	201	197	194	189	196	192	192	189	184	179	179	_______
35 to 39 years old	67	70	73	78	82	87	92	93	96	99	108	107	110	111	111	110	112	_______	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	_______	280	277	265	254	244	249	241	239	234	227	220	216	_______
40 years old and over	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	23	24	26	29	29	31	31	32	32	33	_______	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	_______	409	381	374	361	350	354	339	338	329	322	310	301	_______


Race of woman:
White	1,094	1,108	1,095	1,084	1,087	1,076	1,045	1,017	1,026	1,006	1,039	982	944	911	861	820	800	_______	66	65	65	64	65	63	62	61	60	60	59	_______	265	259	252	250	236	241	233	229	225	217	210	206	_______
Black and other	460	470	479	491	491	513	529	542	565	561	570	574	585	589	570	544	566	_______	34	35	36	36	35	37	38	39	40	40	41	_______	397	398	393	389	394	396	398	405	412	412	409	412	_______

Marital status of woman: ²
Married	320	299	300	295	287	281	279	275	277	270	341	271	311	251	235	269	272	_______	18	18	17	17	21	17	20	17	16	20	20	_______	88	88	87	87	83	102	86	98	85	81	93	94	_______
Unmarried	1,234	1,279	1,274	1,280	1,290	1,307	1,295	1,284	1,314	1,297	1,268	1,285	1,218	1,249	1,196	1,095	1,094	_______	82	82	83	83	79	83	80	83	84	80	80	_______	605	589	571	556	533	521	512	499	497	485	466	466	_______

Number of prior live births:
None	900	912	903	890	877	872	854	821	814	791	780	724	691	686	654	614	599	_______	54	53	51	51	49	46	45	46	46	45	44	_______	358	353	341	333	319	316	303	298	297	287	277	273	_______
1	305	312	321	329	339	349	352	360	379	376	396	398	396	391	372	359	369	_______	22	23	24	24	25	26	26	26	26	26	27	_______	219	220	222	227	220	230	231	233	233	227	223	226	_______
2	216	220	222	228	234	240	240	248	262	261	280	281	281	271	258	248	250	_______	15	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	_______	288	285	285	288	279	292	294	299	297	291	285	284	_______
3	83	85	82	83	83	85	86	88	93	94	102	105	105	102	98	95	96	_______	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	_______	281	279	276	276	266	279	285	290	289	288	284	284	_______
4 or more	51	49	46	45	44	43	42	43	43	45	50	50	57	50	49	48	50	_______	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	_______	230	225	224	213	210	223	218	244	227	229	228	236	_______

Number of prior induced abortions:
None	1,043	1,023	994	964	948	944	922	901	908	879	891	840	810	791	752	721	715	_______	59	58	57	56	55	54	53	53	53	53	52	_______	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	_______
1	373	390	398	406	414	416	417	416	429	429	443	437	431	426	404	383	382	_______	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	_______	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	_______
2 or more	138	165	182	205	216	228	236	242	254	259	275	279	288	283	276	260	268	_______	15	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	19	19	20	_______	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	_______

Weeks of gestation:
Less than 9 weeks	800	810	806	792	813	779	811	792	800	803	817	805	799	778	760	728	739	_______	52	51	50	51	51	52	52	52	53	53	54	_______	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	_______
9 to 10 weeks	417	424	420	424	425	425	416	417	424	412	418	399	378	370	338	317	310	_______	26	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	24	23	23	_______	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	_______
11 to 12 weeks	202	204	205	210	201	211	193	194	198	192	199	188	182	180	161	153	154	_______	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	_______	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	_______
13 weeks or more	136	139	143	149	138	173	154	156	168	159	175	164	171	172	172	166	163	_______	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	_______	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	_______

NA Not available or not applicable.
1 Number of abortions per 1,000 abortions and live births. Live births are those which occurred from July 1 of year shown through June 30 of the following year (to match time of conception with abortions).
2 Separated women included with married.

Source of Tables 112 and 113: 1975 1988, S.K. Henshaw and J. Van Vort, eds., Abortion Factbook, 1992 Edition: Readings, Trends, and State and Local Data to 1988, The Alan Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY, 1992 (copyright); S.K. Henshaw and J. Van Vort, Abortion Services in the United States, 1991 and 1992; Family Perspectives, 26:100, 1994; and unpublished data. http://www.jstor.ac.uk/journals/00147354.html

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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