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In 1973, there were around 32 teen abortions for women aged 18 to 19 years per 1,000 women in the United States. This figure had decreased to about 13 by 2017. This statistic illustrates the abortion rates among teens in the United States from 1973 to 2017, by age.

Abortion rates among teens in the United States from 1973 to 2017, by age* (per 1,000 women)

Characteristic	<15	15-17	18-19
2017	1	3.7	13.3
2016	1.1	4	13.8
2015	1.1	4.3	14.8
2014	1.3	4.9	15.9
2013	1.6	5.5	18
2012	2	6.4	19.7
2011	2.2	7.5	22.2
2010	2.5	8.6	24.2
2009	2.8	9.6	26.4
2008	3	10.6	29.1
2007	3.1	11	30.2
2006	3.1	11.4	31.3
2005	3.3	11.4	30.9
2004	3.4	11.8	31.9
2003	3.7	12.6	33.1
2002	3.9	13	34.4
2001	4.2	13.6	36.6
2000	4.4	14.7	38.4
1999	4.5	15.5	39.2
1998	5	16.6	40.6
1997	5.1	17.4	43.2
1996	5.5	18.9	44.7
1995	5.9	19.8	45.5
1994	6.6	21.3	48.6
1993	7.2	22.5	52.1
1992	7.7	23.3	54.1
1991	7.5	24.5	56.5
1990	8.1	26.9	59.5
1989	8.1	28.3	60.7
1988	8.8	30.5	62.7
1987	9	30	60.4
1986	9.3	30.3	61.4
1985	9.3	31	62.7
1984	9.4	30.3	61.5
1983	9.3	31	60.6
1982	8.5	30.3	60.4
1981	8.6	30.4	61.3
1980	8.5	30.5	61.2
1979	8.4	29.1	62.5
1978	7.6	27.2	59
1977	7.7	26.5	54.6
1976	7.7	24.4	49.8
1975	7.3	22.4	44.8
1974	6.5	19.7	38.6
1973	5.6	17.1	32.2

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Release date

March 2021

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Region

United States

Survey time period

From 1973 to 2017

Age group

1-19 years

Special properties

Teenage women

Supplementary notes

* All rates are calculated as the number of events experienced by women divided by the female population.

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