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Abortion Surveillance — United States, 2019
CDC ^
| November 26, 2021
| Katherine Kortsmit, PhD1; Michele G. Mandel1; Jennifer A. Reeves, MD1; Elizabeth Clark, MD1; H. Pame
Posted on 05/14/2022 5:41:50 PM PDT by DoodleBob
Abstract
Problem/Condition: CDC conducts abortion surveillance to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions and number of abortion-related deaths in the United States.
Period Covered: 2019.
Description of System: Each year, CDC requests abortion data from the central health agencies for 50 states, the District of Columbia, and New York City. For 2019, 49 reporting areas voluntarily provided aggregate abortion data to CDC. Of these, 48 reporting areas provided data each year during 2010–2019. Census and natality data were used to calculate abortion rates (number of abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years) and ratios (number of abortions per 1,000 live births), respectively. Abortion-related deaths from 2018 were assessed as part of CDC’s Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System (PMSS).
Results: A total of 629,898 abortions for 2019 were reported to CDC from 49 reporting areas. Among 48 reporting areas with data each year during 2010–2019, in 2019, a total of 625,346 abortions were reported, the abortion rate was 11.4 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years, and the abortion ratio was 195 abortions per 1,000 live births...From 2010 to 2019, the total number of reported abortions, abortion rate, and abortion ratio decreased 18% (from 762,755), 21% (from 14.4 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years), and 13% (from 225 abortions per 1,000 live births), respectively.
In 2019, women in their 20s accounted for more than half of abortions (56.9%). Women aged 20–24 and 25–29 years accounted for the highest percentages of abortions (27.6% and 29.3%, respectively) and had the highest abortion rates (19.0 and 18.6 abortions per 1,000 women aged 20–24 and 25–29 years, respectively)....Abortion rates decreased from 2010 to 2019 for all women, regardless of age. The decrease in abortion rate was highest among adolescents compared with any other age group.
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Reference; Society
KEYWORDS: abortion; cdc; prolife; surveillance
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TABLE 4. Percentage, rate,* and ratio† of reported abortions, by known age group and year — selected reporting areas,§ United States, 2010–2019
| Age group (yrs) | Year | % Change |
|---|
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2010 to 2014 | 2015 to 2019 | 2018 to 2019 | 2010 to 2019 |
|---|
| Reported abortions by known age (%) |
| <15 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | −40.0 | −33.3 | 0.0 | −60.0 |
| 15–19 | 14.6 | 13.5 | 12.2 | 11.4 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 8.7 | −28.8 | −11.2 | −1.1 | −40.4 |
| 20–24 | 32.9 | 32.9 | 32.8 | 32.7 | 32.1 | 31.1 | 30.0 | 29.3 | 28.5 | 27.8 | −2.4 | −10.6 | −2.5 | −15.5 |
| 25–29 | 24.5 | 24.9 | 25.4 | 25.9 | 26.8 | 27.6 | 28.5 | 29.0 | 29.4 | 29.3 | 9.4 | 6.2 | −0.3 | 19.6 |
| 30–34 | 15.3 | 15.8 | 16.4 | 16.8 | 17.2 | 17.7 | 18.0 | 18.3 | 18.8 | 19.4 | 12.4 | 9.6 | 3.2 | 26.8 |
| 35–39 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 0.9 | 21.3 |
| ≥40 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 5.7 | 8.8 |
| Abortion rate |
| <15 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | −50.0 | −20.0 | 0.0 | −60.0 |
| 15–19 | 11.7 | 10.5 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.8 | −37.6 | −13.4 | 0.0 | −50.4 |
| 20–24 | 26.8 | 25.0 | 23.3 | 21.9 | 20.9 | 19.9 | 19.0 | 18.4 | 18.2 | 18.1 | −22.0 | −9.0 | −0.5 | −32.5 |
| 25–29 | 20.2 | 19.5 | 18.9 | 18.2 | 18.1 | 17.9 | 17.7 | 17.3 | 17.6 | 17.8 | −10.4 | −0.6 | 1.1 | −11.9 |
| 30–34 | 13.2 | 12.7 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 11.9 | 12.3 | −11.4 | 5.1 | 3.4 | −6.8 |
| 35–39 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.0 | −6.6 | 0.0 | 2.9 | −7.9 |
| ≥40 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | −10.7 | 4.0 | 4.0 | −7.1 |
| Abortion ratio |
| <15 | 848 | 839 | 804 | 791 | 745 | 699 | 729 | 777 | 853 | 851 | −12.1 | 21.7 | −0.2 | 0.4 |
| 15–19 | 332 | 326 | 304 | 300 | 291 | 289 | 295 | 301 | 318 | 332 | −12.3 | 14.9 | 4.4 | 0.0 |
| 20–24 | 291 | 284 | 272 | 262 | 256 | 250 | 249 | 249 | 256 | 260 | −12.0 | 4.0 | 1.6 | −10.7 |
| 25–29 | 184 | 178 | 174 | 169 | 167 | 167 | 169 | 171 | 178 | 183 | −9.2 | 9.6 | 2.8 | −0.5 |
| 30–34 | 138 | 132 | 128 | 122 | 116 | 115 | 113 | 114 | 119 | 124 | −15.9 | 7.8 | 4.2 | −10.1 |
| 35–39 | 171 | 165 | 158 | 148 | 145 | 140 | 136 | 134 | 135 | 137 | −15.2 | −2.1 | 1.5 | −19.9 |
| ≥40 | 274 | 275 | 269 | 245 | 239 | 228 | 218 | 211 | 206 | 213 | −12.8 | −6.6 | 3.4 | −22.3 |
| Total (no.)¶,** | 672,271 | 640,719 | 611,540 | 579,406 | 565,691 | 553,596 | 542,922 | 528,308 | 533,557 | 539,634 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Abbreviation: NA = not applicable.
* Number of abortions obtained by women in a given age group per 1,000 women in that same age group. Adolescents aged 13–14 years were used as the denominator for the group of adolescents aged <15 years, and women aged 40–44 years were used as the denominator for the group of women aged ≥40 years. Abortions for women of unknown age were distributed according to the distribution of abortions among women of known age.
† Number of abortions obtained by women in a given age group per 1,000 live births to women in that same age group. Abortions for women of unknown age were distributed according to the distribution of abortions among women of known age.
§ Data from 44 reporting areas; excludes eight reporting areas (California, District of Columbia, Florida, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Wyoming) that did not report, did not report by age, or did not meet reporting standards for ≥1 year.
¶ By year, the total number of abortions represents 99.4%–99.7% of all abortions reported to CDC among the areas that met reporting standards for age during 2010–2019; reporting standards for age were applied to abortions for residents of Illinois only.
** The total number is different than previously reported because the totals by known age are presented and data for out-of-state residents were subsequently added for Wisconsin.
TABLE 9. Number of reported abortions, by known number of previous induced abortions and reporting area of occurrence — selected reporting areas,* United States, 2019
| State/Area | No. of previous induced abortions | Total abortions reported by known number of previous induced abortions |
|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | ≥3 |
|---|
| No. (%)† | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (% of all reported abortions)§ |
|---|
| Alabama | 4,008 (66.7) | 1,332 (22.2) | 443 (7.4) | 226 (3.8) | 6,009 (100.0) |
| Alaska | 819 (64.5) | 271 (21.4) | 109 (8.6) | 70 (5.5) | 1,269 (99.9) |
| Arizona | 8,472 (65.6) | 3,047 (23.6) | 955 (7.4) | 445 (3.4) | 12,919 (98.6) |
| Arkansas | 1,915 (64.6) | 587 (19.8) | 233 (7.9) | 228 (7.7) | 2,963 (100.0) |
| Colorado | 6,287 (69.9) | 1,852 (20.6) | 601 (6.7) | 251 (2.8) | 8,991 (99.9) |
| Connecticut | 4,883 (53.2) | 2,163 (23.5) | 1,123 (12.2) | 1,018 (11.1) | 9,187 (99.8) |
| Delaware | 1,244 (61.5) | 472 (23.3) | 197 (9.7) | 109 (5.4) | 2,022 (99.0) |
| Florida | 41,693 (58.0) | 17,171 (23.9) | 7,405 (10.3) | 5,645 (7.8) | 71,914 (100.0) |
| Georgia | 22,534 (61.1) | 8,778 (23.8) | 3,605 (9.8) | 1,990 (5.4) | 36,907 (100.0) |
| Hawaii | 1,244 (62.2) | 452 (22.6) | 178 (8.9) | 125 (6.3) | 1,999 (99.8) |
| Idaho | 1,228 (81.8) | 209 (13.9) | 44 (2.9) | 21 (1.4) | 1,502 (99.3) |
| Indiana | 5,160 (67.6) | 1,712 (22.4) | 539 (7.1) | 226 (3.0) | 7,637 (100.0) |
| Iowa | 2,675 (75.6) | 565 (16.0) | 186 (5.3) | 114 (3.2) | 3,540 (99.3) |
| Kansas | 4,647 (67.4) | 1,467 (21.3) | 499 (7.2) | 281 (4.1) | 6,894 (100.0) |
| Kentucky | 2,324 (63.4) | 866 (23.6) | 293 (8.0) | 181 (4.9) | 3,664 (100.0) |
| Louisiana | 5,098 (62.7) | 2,006 (24.7) | 732 (9.0) | 291 (3.6) | 8,127 (99.8) |
| Maine | 1,314 (65.1) | 455 (22.6) | 153 (7.6) | 95 (4.7) | 2,017 (99.8) |
| Massachusetts | 9,507 (52.6) | 4,868 (26.9) | 2,240 (12.4) | 1,466 (8.1) | 18,081 (97.2) |
| Michigan | 14,134 (51.7) | 6,797 (24.9) | 3,684 (13.5) | 2,712 (9.9) | 27,327 (100.0) |
| Minnesota | 6,030 (61.1) | 2,197 (22.3) | 937 (9.5) | 708 (7.2) | 9,872 (99.3) |
| Mississippi | 2,159 (67.6) | 685 (21.4) | 249 (7.8) | 101 (3.2) | 3,194 (100.0) |
| Missouri | 882 (60.0) | 367 (24.9) | 141 (9.6) | 81 (5.5) | 1,471 (100.0) |
| Montana | 643 (41.0) | 622 (39.7) | 199 (12.7) | 104 (6.6) | 1,568 (100.0) |
| Nebraska | 1,429 (69.1) | 430 (20.8) | 142 (6.9) | 67 (3.2) | 2,068 (100.0) |
| Nevada | 5,281 (62.8) | 1,874 (22.3) | 744 (8.8) | 512 (6.1) | 8,411 (100.0) |
| New Jersey¶ | 13,486 (60.9) | 4,195 (18.9) | 2,251 (10.2) | 2,223 (10.0) | 22,155 (99.9) |
| New York City | 16,911 (37.9) | 11,024 (24.7) | 8,392 (18.8) | 8,244 (18.5) | 44,571 (89.5) |
| North Carolina | 15,400 (61.4) | 5,874 (23.4) | 2,474 (9.9) | 1,329 (5.3) | 25,077 (88.1) |
| North Dakota | 778 (70.7) | 200 (18.2) | 92 (8.4) | 31 (2.8) | 1,101 (98.2) |
| Ohio | 11,689 (59.7) | 4,727 (24.2) | 1,915 (9.8) | 1,242 (6.3) | 19,573 (97.4) |
| Oklahoma | 3,558 (71.3) | 975 (19.5) | 304 (6.1) | 155 (3.1) | 4,992 (99.9) |
| Oregon | 5,182 (60.1) | 2,064 (23.9) | 809 (9.4) | 574 (6.7) | 8,629 (99.3) |
| Pennsylvania | 16,327 (52.6) | 7,699 (24.8) | 3,829 (12.3) | 3,163 (10.2) | 31,018 (100.0) |
| Rhode Island | 1,286 (61.4) | 480 (22.9) | 218 (10.4) | 110 (5.3) | 2,094 (99.8) |
| South Carolina | 3,320 (65.1) | 1,160 (22.7) | 414 (8.1) | 207 (4.1) | 5,101 (100.0) |
| South Dakota | 285 (68.8) | 88 (21.3) | —** | —** | 414 (100.0) |
| Tennessee | 6,230 (64.7) | 2,326 (24.2) | 724 (7.5) | 348 (3.6) | 9,628 (99.1) |
| Texas | 35,902 (62.7) | 14,039 (24.5) | 4,874 (8.5) | 2,460 (4.3) | 57,275 (100.0) |
| Utah | 2,251 (77.0) | 506 (17.3) | 114 (3.9) | 51 (1.7) | 2,922 (100.0) |
| Vermont | 746 (62.5) | 266 (22.3) | 111 (9.3) | 70 (5.9) | 1,193 (99.8) |
| Virginia | 8,520 (54.6) | 4,322 (27.7) | 1,670 (10.7) | 1,089 (7.0) | 15,601 (100.0) |
| Washington | 9,911 (57.6) | 4,219 (24.5) | 1,713 (10.0) | 1,363 (7.9) | 17,206 (99.7) |
| West Virginia | 728 (61.5) | 298 (25.2) | 106 (9.0) | 51 (4.3) | 1,183 (100.0) |
| Wyoming | 20 (64.5) | 9 (29.0) | —** | —** | 31 (100.0) |
| Total | 308,140 (58.2) | 125,716 (23.8) | 55,669 (10.5) | 39,792 (7.5) | 529,317 (98.1)†† |
* Data from 44 reporting areas; excludes eight reporting areas (California, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York State, and Wisconsin) that did not report, did not report by number of previous induced abortions, or did not meet reporting standards.
† Percentages for the individual component categories might not add to 100% because of rounding.
§ Percentage is calculated as the number of abortions reported by known number of previous induced abortions divided by the sum of abortions reported by known and unknown number of previous induced abortions. Values ≥99.95% are rounded to 100.0%.
¶ Reporting to the central health agency is not required. Data are requested from hospitals and licensed ambulatory care facilities only.
** Cells with a value in the range of 1–4 or cells that would allow for calculation of these small values have been suppressed.
†† Percentage based on a total of 539,573 abortions reported among the areas that met reporting standards for the number of previous induced abortions.
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posted on
05/14/2022 5:41:50 PM PDT
by
DoodleBob
To: DoodleBob
Texas and Florida have fairly high rates of abortion. Georgia’s pretty shameful, also.
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posted on
05/15/2022 4:45:19 AM PDT
by
dangus
(I had some sympathies for some of Russia's positions... until they started a G-d-damned war.)
To: DoodleBob
Texas and Florida have fairly high rates of abortion. Georgia’s pretty shameful, also.
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posted on
05/15/2022 4:50:07 AM PDT
by
dangus
(I had some sympathies for some of Russia's positions... until they started a G-d-damned war.)
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