Abortion Surveillance — United States, 2022

Center for Disease Control ^ | November 28, 2024 | Center for Disease Control

[Morgana]

Abstract

Problem/Condition: CDC conducts abortion surveillance to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions and the number of abortion-related deaths in the United States.

Period Covered: 2022.

Description of System: Each year, CDC requests abortion data from the central health agencies for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and New York City. For 2022, a total of 48 reporting areas voluntarily provided aggregate abortion data to CDC. Of these, 47 reporting areas provided data each year during 2013–2022. 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 2021 were assessed as part of CDC’s Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System (PMSS).

Results: For 2022, a total of 613,383 abortions were reported to CDC from 48 reporting areas. Among 47 reporting areas with data each year during 2013–2022, in 2022, a total of 609,360 abortions were reported, the abortion rate was 11.2 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years, and the abortion ratio was 199 abortions per 1,000 live births. From 2021 to 2022, the total number of abortions decreased 2% (from 622,108 total abortions), the abortion rate decreased 3% (from 11.6 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years), and the abortion ratio decreased 2% (from 204 abortions per 1,000 live births). From 2013 to 2022, the total number of reported abortions decreased 5% (from 640,154), the abortion rate decreased 10% (from 12.4 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years), and the abortion ratio increased 1% (from 198 abortions per 1,000 live births).

[Morgana]

Basically over all since Dobbs abortions are on the decline

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[alexander_busek]

Results: For 2022, a total of 613,383 abortions were reported to CDC from 48 reporting areas. Among 47 reporting areas with data each year during 2013–2022, in 2022, a total of 609,360 abortions were reported, the abortion rate was 11.2 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years, and the abortion ratio was 199 abortions per 1,000 live births. From 2021 to 2022, the total number of abortions decreased 2% (from 622,108 total abortions), the abortion rate decreased 3% (from 11.6 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years), and the abortion ratio decreased 2% (from 204 abortions per 1,000 live births). From 2013 to 2022, the total number of reported abortions decreased 5% (from 640,154), the abortion rate decreased 10% (from 12.4 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years), and the abortion ratio increased 1% (from 198 abortions per 1,000 live births).

I wish this data were also disaggregated by race.

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We are, of course, heartened by the declining numbers. But I am hardly sanguine. The numbers are still terrible!

Regards,

[Morgana]

It’s gonna take time to undo 50 years of roe mentality

[daniel1212]

Basically over all since Dobbs abortions are on the decline More winning

Wrong, since states cannot report what is done in secret, and murder via abortion pill can only be estimated by Guttmacher, whose figures are higher than the CDC’s in part because it includes data (and in some instances, estimates) from all 50 states. (https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/01/11/what-the-data-says-about-abortion-in-the-u-s-2/)

While there is a decrease of surgical murder, Guttmacher figures only include some but not all abortions that use pills mifepristone and misoprostol, which can be obtained outside of clinical settings. In 2022 54% of abortions were by abortion pills. (https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/54-of-us-abortions-happen-by-pill-not-surgery)