Abortion statistics in the United States

Abortion statistics in the United States vary by source because reporting is not mandatory. Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)[1][2] and the Guttmacher Institute regularly report these statistics using different methodologies.[3] Abortion statistics are commonly presented as the number of abortions, the abortion rate (the number of abortions per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44) or the abortion ratio (the number of abortions per 1,000 live births to women ages 15 to 44).

Trends in the U.S. abortion rate from the Guttmacher Institute (2018)

CDC surveillance reports

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began abortion surveillance reports in 1969 to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions. CDC compiles the information that most states, the District of Columbia and New York City collect to produce national estimates. The CDC numbers, published annually, are derived from actual counts of every abortion reported to state health departments. Reporting to the CDC is not mandatory,[1] and some states choose not to report abortions to the CDC. CDC’s surveillance system compiles information on legal induced abortions only. Because reporting is voluntary, CDC surveillance reports undercount the actual number of abortions in the United States.

For 2016, CDC reported 623,471 abortions from 48 of the 52 reporting areas. The abortion rate was 11.6 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 years, and the abortion ratio was 186 abortions per 1,000 live births.[4]

Note that there is a large decrease in reported abortions between 1997 and 1998. This is because CDC's reporting areas were reduced from 52 in 1997 to 47 in 1998. The actual decline from 1997 to 1998 in those 47 reporting areas was only 2%.

Table of Abortion Totals Reported by the CDC
Note: From 2006-2015, CDC estimates are based on 49 reporting areas (the health departments of 47 states, the District of Columbia, and New York City). In 2016, CDC estimates are based on 48 reporting areas. California, Maryland, New Hampshire, and the District of Columbia did not report to the CDC on abortion surveillance for that year.[4] The abortion rates in 1970-2005 are retrieved from [5], 2006 from [6], and 2007-2016 from [4].

YearNumber of abortions
reported to CDC		 Number of abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years (Rate)Number of abortions
per 1,000
live births (Ratio)		CDC Abortion
Surveillance Report
1970193,491 552[5]
1971485,816 11137[5]
1972586,760 13180[5]
1973615,831 14196[5]
1974763,476 17242[5]
1975854,853 18272[5]
1976988,267 21312[5]
1977950,675 22325[5]
19781,157,776 23347[5]
19791,251,921 24358[7]
19801,297,606 25359[7]
19811,300,760 24358[8]
19821,303,980 24354[5]
19831,268,987 23349[5]
19841,333,521 24364[9]
19851,328,570 24354[9]
19861,328,112 23354[10]
19871,353,671 24356[10]
19881,371,285 24352[11]
19891,396,658 24346[12]
19901,429,247 24345[13]
19911,388,937 24339[14]
19921,359,145 23335[15]
19931,330,414 23321[16]
19941,267,415 21334[16]
19951,210,883 20311[17]
19961,221,585 21314[18]
19971,186,039 20274[19]
1998884,273 17264[20]
1999861,789 17256[21]
2000857,475 16246[22]
2001853,485 16246[23]
2002854,122 16246[24]
2003848,163 16241[25]
2004839,226 16238[26]
2005820,151 15233[5]
2006852,385 15.9236[27]
2007827,609 15.6231[28]
2008825,564 15.6234[29]
2009789,507 14.9227[30]
2010765,651 14.4228[31]
2011730,322 13.7219[32]
2012699,202 13.1210[33]
2013664,435 12.4200[34]
2014652,639 12.1193[35]
2015638,169 11.8188[6]
2016 623,471 11.6 186 [4]
Total 46,413,319 - - -
Average 987,517.425 18.363 273.659 -

Guttmacher Institute estimates

Unlike the CDC, the abortion rights research and policy organization Guttmacher Institute does not rely only on state reports but instead periodically surveys abortion providers in all states to estimate the number of abortions in the United States.[3]

For 2014, the Guttmacher Institute reported 926,200 abortions, an abortion rate of 14.6 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 years.[3] For 2017, the Guttmacher Institute reported 862,320 abortions, an abortion rate of 13.5 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 years.[36]

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