Legal abortions ratio U.S. by age 2012-2021

In 2021, there were around 290 abortions per 1,000 live births among women aged 20 to 24 years. This statistic shows the ratio of legal abortions in the United States from 2012 to 2021, by age, which is the number of legal abortions per 1,000 live births.

Ratios of legal abortions reported in the U.S. from 2012 to 2021, by age* (per 1,000 live births)

Characteristic	Less than 15 years	15 to 19 years	20 to 24 years	25 to 29 years	30 to 34 years	35 to 39 years	40 years or older
2012	798	302	270	172	128	159	272
2013	771	297	260	167	122	149	247
2014	737	289	253	164	116	145	240
2015	690	286	249	165	115	141	230
2016	724	292	247	167	113	137	221
2017	788	300	248	170	114	135	213
2018	846	315	254	177	119	136	209
2019	858	330	259	182	125	138	216
2020	809	338	273	189	127	135	207
2021	780	366	290	189	127	132	198

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Release date

November 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2012 to 2021

Supplementary notes

* 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

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