Abortions--Number, Rate, and Ratio, by Race statistics


		All races				White				Black and other

			Abortions				Abortions				Abortions
	Women				Women				Women
	15-44			Ratio per	15-44			Ratio per	15-44			Ratio per
Year	years		Rate per	1,000	years		Rate per	1,000	years		Rate per	1,000
	old	Number	1,000	live	old	Number	1,000	live	old	Number	1,000	live
	(1,000)	(1,000)	women	births ¹	(1,000)	(1,000)	women	births ¹	(1,000)	(1,000)	women	births ¹

1972	44,588	587	13.2	184	38,532	455	11.8	175	6,056	132	21.7	223
1975	47,606	1,034	21.7	331	40,857	701	17.2	276	6,749	333	49.3	565
1976	48,721	1,179	24.2	361	41,721	785	18.8	296	7,000	394	56.3	638
1977	49,814	1,317	26.4	400	42,567	889	20.9	333	7,247	428	59.0	679
1978	50,920	1,410	27.7	413	43,427	969	22.3	356	7,493	440	58.7	665
1979	52,016	1,498	28.8	420	44,266	1,062	24.0	373	7,750	435	56.2	625
1980	53,048	1,554	29.3	428	44,942	1,094	24.3	376	8,106	460	56.5	642
1981	53,901	1,577	29.3	430	45,494	1,108	24.3	377	8,407	470	55.9	645
1982	54,679	1,574	28.8	428	46,049	1,095	23.8	373	8,630	479	55.5	646
1983 ²	55,340	1,575	28.5	436	46,506	1,084	23.3	376	8,834	491	55.5	670
1984	56,061	1,577	28.1	423	47,023	1,087	23.1	366	9,038	491	54.3	646
1985	56,754	1,589	28.0	422	47,512	1,076	22.6	360	9,242	513	55.5	659
1986 ²	57,483	1,574	27.4	416	48,010	1,045	21.8	350	9,473	529	55.9	661
1987	57,964	1,559	27.1	405	48,288	1,017	21.1	338	9,676	542	56.0	648
1988	58,192	1,591	27.3	401	48,325	1,026	21.2	333	9,867	565	57.3	638
1989 ²	58,365	1,567	26.8	380	48,104	1,006	20.9	309	10,261	561	54.7	650
1990 ²	58,700	1,609	27.4	389	48,224	1,039	21.5	318	10,476	570	54.4	655
1991	59,080	1,557	26.3	379	48,406	982	20.3	303	10,674	574	53.8	661
1992	59,020	1,529	25.9	380	48,161	943	19.6	298	10859	585	53.9	681
1993 ²	59,143	1,500	25.4	378	48,137	911	18.9	291	11,007	589	53.5	700
1994 ²	59,284	1,431	24.1	364	48,121	861	17.9	277	11,163	570	51.1	699
1995	59,442	1,364	22.9	351	48,140	820	17.0	265	11,302	544	48.1	686
1996	59,606	1,366	22.9	351	48,120	800	16.6	259	11,486	566	49.2	701

1 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). Births are classified by race of child 1972-1988, and by race of mother after 1988.
2 Total numbers of abortions in 1983 and 1986 have been estimated by interpolation;1989, 1990, 1993 and 1994 have been estimated using trends in CDC data.

Source:1975-1988, S.K. Henshaw and J. Van Vort, eds.,Abortion Factbook, 1992 Edition: Readings, Trends, and State and LocalData to 1988, The Alan Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY, 1992(copyright); 1989-1992, S.K. Henshaw and J. Van Vort, "Abortion Servicesin the United States, 1991 and 1992,"Family Planning Perspectives, 26:100, 1994-95,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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112. Abortions--Number, Rate, and Ratio, by Race