Table C
Number, Ratio and Rate of Reported Induced Abortions
United States, 1980 - 2021

Year Guttmacher Abortion Estimates CDC Abortion Surveillance System
Induced
Abortions		 Ratio Rate Induced
Abortions 		Ratio  Rate 
1980 1,545,170 428 28 1,297,606 359 25
1985 1,578,800 420 28 1,328,570 353 24
1990 --- --- --- 1,429,247 344 24
1991 1,549,180 377 26 1,388,937 338 24
1992 1,520,810 374 26 1,359,146 334 23
1993 --- --- --- 1,330,414 333 23
1994 1,423,000 360 24 1,267,415 321 21
1995 1,359,400 349 23 1,210,883 311 20
1996 1,360,200 350 22 1,225,937 315 21
1997 1,335,000 344 22 1,186,039 306 20
1998 1,319,000 335 22 884,273 264 17
1999 1,314,800 332 21 861,789 256 17
2000 1,313,000 323 21 857,475 245 16
2001 1,291,000 321 21 853,485 246 16
2002 1,269,000 316 21 854,122 250 16
2003 1,250,000 306 20 848,163 245 16
2004 1,216,050 296 20 839,226 241 16
2005 1,198,960 290 19 820,151 236 16
2006 1,242,000 291 20 852,385 233 16
2007 1,202,960 279 19 827,609 226 16
2008 1,212,350 225 19 825,564 229 16
2009 1,151,600 279 19 789,217 225 15
2010 1,102,670 276 18 765,651 225 15
2011 1,058,490 268 17 730,322 217 14
2012 1,011,000 256 16 699,202 208 13
2013 958,700 244 15 664,435 198 13
2014 926,190 232 15 652,639 192 12
2015 899,500 226 14 638,169 188 12
2016 874,100 220 14 623,471 186 12
2017 862,300 219 14 612,719 185 11
2018 885,800 234 14 619,591 189 11
2019 916,460 242 14 629,898 195 11
2020 930,160 248 14 620,327 198 11
2021 --- --- --- 625,978 204 12
             

Note: The ratio is the number of reported induced abortions per 1,000 live births. The rate is the number of reported induced abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years.

Triple dashes (---) indicates data is not available.

Between 2011-2021, CDC Abortion Surveillance System covered approximately the same 49 reporting areas. The CDC number of abortions excludes states that did not report in certain years: California (2011-2021), District of Columbia (2016), Maryland (2011-2021), New Hampshire (2011-2021), and New Jersey (2021).
Source: CDC's: Abortion Surveillance - United States, 2021 | MMWR (cdc.gov) , National Center For Health Statistics.

Guttmacher: 1980-1999: Trends in the Characteristics of Women Obtaining Abortions, 1974 to 2004. 2000, 2004, 2005 and 2007: Guttmacher Institute Abortion Provider Census. No surveys were conducted in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012 or 2015. Data for those years were estimated by using interpolation. 2011-2020: Abortion Incidence and Service Availability in the United States, 2020, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2022.