The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services headquartered in Druid Hills, unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, in Greater Atlanta...

began abortion surveillance reports in 1969 to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions. Many states conduct abortion surveillance. CDC compiles the information that states collect to produce national estimates. CDC’s surveillance system compiles information on legal induced abortions only.



Note: Not all states reported for each year. See citation for list of states not reporting.

Year	Number of Abortions reported to CDC	induced abortion ratio per 1,000 live births	CDC Abortion Surveillance Report
1970	193,491	52
1971	485,816	137
1972	586,760	180
1973	615,831	196
1974	763,476	242
1975	854,853	272
1976	988,267	312
1977	1,079,430	325
1978	1,157,776	347
1979	1,251,921	358
1980	1,297,606	359
1981	1,300,760	358
1982	1,303,980	354
1983	1,268,987	349
1984	1,333,521	364
1985	1,328,570	364
1986	1,328,112	354
1987	1,353,671	356
1988	1,371,285	352
1989	1,396,658	346
1990	1,429,247	345
1991	1,388,937	339
1992	1,359,145	335
1993	1,330,414	321
1994	1,267,415	334
1995	1,210,883	311
1996	1,221,585	314
1997	1,186,039	274
1998	884,273	264
1999	861,789	256
2000	857,475	246
2001	853,485	246
2002	854,122	246
2003	848,163	241
2004	839,226	238
2005	820,151	233
2006	846,181	236
2007	827,609	231
2008	not yet published
2009	not yet published
2010	not yet published
Total	48,106,910