TABLE 8. Reported abortions, by known weeks of gestation and year — selected reporting areas,* United States, 2006–2015.
| Weeks of gestation | Year |
% change |
||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2006 to 2010 | 2011 to 2015 | 2014 to 2015 | 2006 to 2015 | |
|
≤13 weeks’ gestation (%)
|
91.5
|
91.5
|
91.5
|
91.9
|
91.9
|
91.5
|
91.4
|
91.6
|
91.0
|
91.0
|
0.4
|
-0.5
|
0.0
|
-0.5
|
| ≤8 |
63.5 |
63.7 |
64.2 |
65.3 |
65.9 |
65.7 |
65.8 |
65.9 |
64.8 |
65.4 |
3.8 |
-0.5 |
0.9 |
3.0
|
| 9–13 |
28.0 |
27.8 |
27.3 |
26.6 |
26.0 |
25.8 |
25.6 |
25.7 |
26.2 |
25.6 |
-7.1 |
-0.8 |
-2.3 |
-8.6
|
|
>13 weeks' gestation (%)
|
8.4
|
8.5
|
8.5
|
8.2
|
8.2
|
8.5
|
8.6
|
8.5
|
9.0
|
9.0
|
-2.4
|
5.9
|
0.0
|
7.1
|
| 14–15 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
0.0 |
2.9 |
0.0 |
6.1
|
| 16–17 |
1.8 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
2.2 |
2.1 |
0.0 |
16.7 |
-4.5 |
16.7
|
| 18–20 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
-5.3 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
5.3
|
| ≥21 |
1.4 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
-7.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0
|
| Total (no.) | 536,848 | 530,632 | 533,302 | 510,891 | 501,176 | 474,584 | 449,983 | 429,825 | 418,587 | 407,877 | — | — | — | — |
* Data from 33 reporting areas; by year, these reporting areas represent 76%–85% of the abortions reported to CDC by gestational age during 2006–2015. Excludes 19 areas (California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming) that did not report, did not report by gestational age, or did not meet reporting standards for ≥1 year.