U.S. teenage abortion rate 1973-2017 | Statista

This statistic depicts the abortion rate per 1,000 U.S. females aged 15 to 19 years from 1973 to 2017. According to the data, the abortion rate fell from 44 abortions per 1,000 U.S. females aged 15 to 19 in the years 1985 and 1988 to 7.6 abortions per 1,000 U.S. females aged 15 to 19 in the year 2017.

Abortion rate among U.S. females aged 15 to 19 years from 1973 to 2017 (per 1,000 women)

Characteristic	Rate per 1,000 women aged 15-19
1973	23
1974	27.3
1975	31.5
1976	34.6
1977	37.8
1978	40
1979	42.8
1980	43.3
1981	43.4
1982	43.2
1983	43.7
1984	43.4
1985	44
1986	42.8
1987	42.3
1988	44
1989	42.5
1990	41.1
1991	37.9
1992	35.7
1993	34.4
1994	32.1
1995	29.9
1996	29
1997	27.5
1998	26.2
1999	25.1
2000	24.3
2001	22.9
2002	21.5
2003	20.8
2004	19.9
2005	19.1
2006	19.3
2007	18.6
2008	18.1
2009	16.6
2010	15
2011	13.5
2012	11.9
2013	10.6
2014	9.4
2015	8.5
2016	7.9
2017	7.6

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Release date

March 2021

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2017

Age group

15-19 years

Special properties

female teenagers

Supplementary notes

"All rates are the number of events per 1,000 women aged 15–19."

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