This statistic shows the number of legal abortions per 1,000 women reported in the United States in 2016, by age. In that year, women aged 20 to 24 years had a rate of 19.1 abortions among every 1,000 women in that age group.
Legal abortions reported in the U.S. in 2016, by age
(per 1,000 women)
Note: Women aged 13–14 years were used as the denominator
for the group of women aged <15 years, and women aged 40–44 years were used as the denominator for the group of women aged ≥40 years. For each reporting area, abortions for women of unknown age were distributed according to the distribution
of abortions among women of known age for that area.
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CDC. (November 29, 2019). Legal abortions reported in the U.S. in 2016, by age (per 1,000 women) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 28, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/659048/legal-abortions-per-1000-women-in-the-us-by-age/
CDC. "Legal abortions reported in the U.S. in 2016, by age (per 1,000 women)." Chart. November 29, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 28, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/659048/legal-abortions-per-1000-women-in-the-us-by-age/
CDC. (2019). Legal abortions reported in the U.S. in 2016, by age (per 1,000 women). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 28, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/659048/legal-abortions-per-1000-women-in-the-us-by-age/
CDC. "Legal Abortions Reported in The U.S. in 2016, by Age (per 1,000 Women)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Nov 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/659048/legal-abortions-per-1000-women-in-the-us-by-age/
CDC, Legal abortions reported in the U.S. in 2016, by age (per 1,000 women) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/659048/legal-abortions-per-1000-women-in-the-us-by-age/ (last visited February 28, 2020)
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