TABLE 1. Number, percentage, rate,* and ratio† of reported abortions — selected reporting areas, United States, 2006–2015.
| Year | Selected reporting areas§ |
Continuously reporting areas¶ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | No. (%)** | Rate | Ratio | |
| 2006 |
852,385†† |
842,855 (98.9) |
15.9 |
233 |
| 2007 |
827,609 |
827,609 (100.0) |
15.6 |
226 |
| 2008 |
825,564 |
825,564 (100.0) |
15.6 |
229 |
| 2009 |
789,217§§ |
789,217 (100.0) |
14.9 |
225 |
| 2010 |
765,651 |
765,651 (100.0) |
14.4 |
225 |
| 2011 |
730,322 |
730,322 (100.0) |
13.7 |
217 |
| 2012 |
699,202 |
699,202 (100.0) |
13.1 |
208 |
| 2013 |
664,435 |
664,435 (100.0) |
12.4 |
198 |
| 2014 |
652,639 |
652,639 (100.0) |
12.1 |
192 |
| 2015 | 638,169 | 638,169 (100.0) | 11.8 | 188 |
* Number of abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years.
† Number of abortions per 1,000 live births.
§ For each given year, excludes reporting areas that did not report that year’s abortion numbers to CDC: California (2006–2015), Maryland (2007–2015), and New Hampshire (2006–2015).
¶ For all years, excludes reporting areas that did not report abortion numbers every year during the period of analysis (2006–2015): California, Maryland, and New Hampshire.
** Abortions from areas that reported every year during 2006–2015 as a percentage of all reported abortions.
†† This number is greater than reported in the 2006 report because of numbers subsequently provided by Louisiana.
§§ This number is greater than reported in the 2009 report because of numbers subsequently provided by Delaware.