Table 1.

Recorded induced abortions in China, 1975–1999

	Induced abortions1)	Live births1)	Ratio
1976	475	1853	0.26
1978	539	1745	0.31
1980	953	1779	0.54
1982	1242	2238	0.56
1984	889	2055	0.43
1986	1158	2384	0.49
1988	1268	2457	0.52
1990	1349	2391	0.56
1992	1042	1759	0.59
1994	947	2104	0.45
1996	883	2067	0.43
1998	738	1991	0.37

¹⁾ in 10 000

Source: Ref. 40.