TABLE 4. Percentage, rate,* and ratio† of reported abortions, by known age group and year — selected reporting areas,§ United States, 2013–2022.
| Age group, yrs | Year |
% Change |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 to 2022 | 2013 to 2022 | |
|
Reported abortions by known age (%)
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| <15 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
−33.3 |
| 15–19 |
11.5 |
10.4 |
9.8 |
9.4 |
9.1 |
8.8 |
8.7 |
8.3 |
8.2 |
8.5 |
3.7 |
−26.1 |
| 20–24 |
32.7 |
32.2 |
31.2 |
30.1 |
29.4 |
28.6 |
27.9 |
28.2 |
28.5 |
28.5 |
0.0 |
−12.8 |
| 25–29 |
25.9 |
26.7 |
27.6 |
28.5 |
28.9 |
29.3 |
29.3 |
29.3 |
28.7 |
28.2 |
−1.7 |
8.9 |
| 30–34 |
16.8 |
17.2 |
17.7 |
18.0 |
18.3 |
18.8 |
19.4 |
19.7 |
20.2 |
20.4 |
1.0 |
21.4 |
| 35–39 |
9.2 |
9.6 |
10.0 |
10.3 |
10.5 |
10.7 |
10.8 |
10.6 |
10.6 |
10.6 |
0.0 |
15.2 |
| ≥40 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
3.7 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
2.9 |
0.0 |
|
Abortion rate
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| <15 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
−33.3 |
| 15–19 |
8.2 |
7.3 |
6.7 |
6.2 |
5.9 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
5.5 |
5.4 |
5.4 |
0.0 |
−34.1 |
| 20–24 |
21.8 |
20.8 |
19.9 |
19.0 |
18.3 |
18.1 |
18.1 |
18.1 |
18.6 |
17.1 |
−8.1 |
−21.6 |
| 25–29 |
18.1 |
17.9 |
17.8 |
17.7 |
17.3 |
17.5 |
17.8 |
17.7 |
18.3 |
17.7 |
−3.3 |
−2.2 |
| 30–34 |
11.8 |
11.6 |
11.7 |
11.6 |
11.5 |
11.8 |
12.3 |
12.1 |
12.5 |
12.2 |
−2.4 |
3.4 |
| 35–39 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
6.9 |
6.7 |
6.8 |
7.0 |
6.7 |
6.8 |
6.6 |
−2.9 |
−5.7 |
| ≥40 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
2.3 |
−4.2 |
−11.5 |
|
Abortion ratio
| ||||||||||||
| <15 |
771 |
737 |
690 |
724 |
788 |
846 |
858 |
809 |
780 |
796 |
2.1 |
3.2 |
| 15–19 |
297 |
289 |
286 |
292 |
300 |
315 |
330 |
338 |
366 |
374 |
2.2 |
25.9 |
| 20–24 |
260 |
253 |
249 |
247 |
248 |
254 |
259 |
273 |
290 |
284 |
−2.1 |
9.2 |
| 25–29 |
167 |
164 |
165 |
167 |
170 |
177 |
182 |
189 |
189 |
182 |
−3.7 |
9.0 |
| 30–34 |
122 |
116 |
115 |
113 |
114 |
119 |
125 |
127 |
127 |
125 |
−1.6 |
2.5 |
| 35–39 |
149 |
145 |
141 |
137 |
135 |
136 |
138 |
135 |
132 |
125 |
−5.3 |
−16.1 |
| ≥40 |
247 |
240 |
230 |
221 |
213 |
209 |
216 |
207 |
198 |
183 |
−7.6 |
−25.9 |
| Total no.¶ | 544,986 | 531,041 | 520,602 | 508,565 | 497,249 | 500,974 | 508,955 | 502,481 | 514,695 | 498,095 | NA | NA |
Abbreviation: NA = not applicable.
* Number of abortions obtained by women in a specific age group per 1,000 women in that same age group. Adolescents aged 13–14 years were used as the denominator for the group of adolescents aged <15 years, and women aged 40–44 years were used as the denominator for the group of women aged ≥40 years. Abortions for women of unknown age were distributed according to the distribution of abortions among women of known age.
† Number of abortions obtained by women in a specific 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.
§ Data from 43 reporting areas; excludes nine reporting areas (California, District of Columbia, Florida, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Wyoming) that did not report, did not report by age, or did not meet reporting standards for ≥1 year.
¶ By year, the total number of abortions represent 99.5%–99.7% of all abortions reported to CDC among the areas that met reporting standards for age during 2013–2022; reporting standards for age were applied to abortions for residents of Illinois only during 2013–2019 and 2021–2022.