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. 2018 Nov 23;67(13):1–45. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.ss6713a1

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.