This statistic shows the number of legal abortions reported in the United States from 1973 to 2014. In 2000, there were approximately 857,000 legal abortions in the United States. In 2014, this figure decreased to some 653,000.
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This statistic shows the number of legal abortions reported in the United States from 1973 to 2014. In 2000, there were approximately 857,000 legal abortions in the United States. In 2014, this figure decreased to some 653,000.
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This statistic shows the number of legal abortions reported in the United States from 1973 to 2014. In 2000, there were approximately 857,000 legal abortions in the United States. In 2014, this figure decreased to some 653,000.
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- November 2017
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- United States
- Survey time period
- 1973 to 2014
- Age group
- 15-44 years
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* This statistic was assembled from several editions of CDC's Abortion Surveillance.
All figures are rounded. Overall trends presented in this table should be interpreted with caution because of the different numbers of reporting areas that provided data to CDC in different years. The following states did not report abortion data to CDC: California (2003–2014), Louisiana (2005), Maryland (2007–2014), New Hampshire (2003–2014), and West Virginia (2003–2004). For 2006, the number of legal abortions is greater than reported in the 2006 report because of numbers subsequently provided by Louisiana. For 2009, the number of legal abortions is greater than reported in the 2009 report because of numbers subsequently provided by Delaware. No surveys were conducted in 2003, 2006, or 2009. Data for those years were estimated by interpolation.
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- 1973 to 2014
- Age group
- 15-44 years
- Supplementary notes
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* This statistic was assembled from several editions of CDC's Abortion Surveillance.
All figures are rounded. Overall trends presented in this table should be interpreted with caution because of the different numbers of reporting areas that provided data to CDC in different years. The following states did not report abortion data to CDC: California (2003–2014), Louisiana (2005), Maryland (2007–2014), New Hampshire (2003–2014), and West Virginia (2003–2004). For 2006, the number of legal abortions is greater than reported in the 2006 report because of numbers subsequently provided by Louisiana. For 2009, the number of legal abortions is greater than reported in the 2009 report because of numbers subsequently provided by Delaware. No surveys were conducted in 2003, 2006, or 2009. Data for those years were estimated by interpolation.
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