Usa Stats on Abortion How Many Babies Die
Abortions in the Usa by race
by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 14 April 2019
This page presents summary results for estimated abortions in the United states of america by race/ethnicity and past state. Results are presented primarly for iv groups corresponding to categories used by the Centers for Illness Control (CDC):
- white, non-Hispanic;
- blackness, not-Hispanic;
- Hispanic;
- and other (includes Asian, American Indian, Pacific Islander, and Native Alaskan).
- for all four groups listed in a higher place (30 states plus the District of Columbia);
- for white, black, and other race without accounting for Hispanic origin (11 states--Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Rhode Island);
- for Hispanic and non-Hispanic only (one state--New United mexican states);
- or no information (8 states--California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Hampshire, Washington, and Wyoming).
The two graphs and the table beneath testify U.S. totals by race/ethnicity for 1971-2017 for live births (from CDC birth reports and author's estimates) and abortions (equally estimated by the writer). Notation that 1971-1988 estimates (for both abortions and live births) are highly uncertain.
| year | live births | abortions (estimated) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total | white, non-Hisp. | black, non-Hisp. | Hispanic | other | total | white, not-Hisp. | black, non-Hisp. | Hispanic | other | |
| 1971 | 3,555,970 | 2,661,000 | 565,000 | 259,000 | 71,000 | 486,000 | 356,000 | 102,000 | 20,000 | 9,000 |
| 1974 | 3,159,958 | 2,296,000 | 507,000 | 280,000 | 77,000 | 904,000 | 567,000 | 244,000 | 62,000 | 25,000 |
| 1977 | 3,326,632 | ii,389,000 | 544,000 | 302,000 | 91,000 | 1,317,000 | 793,000 | 384,000 | 96,000 | 44,000 |
| 1980 | 3,612,258 | 2,612,000 | 568,000 | 324,000 | 104,000 | 1,554,000 | 971,000 | 410,000 | 123,000 | 50,000 |
| 1983 | 3,638,933 | 2,550,000 | 563,000 | 396,000 | 129,000 | 1,573,000 | 929,000 | 426,000 | 156,000 | 65,000 |
| 1986 | 3,756,547 | 2,551,000 | 593,000 | 468,000 | 139,000 | 1,568,000 | 864,000 | 458,000 | 181,000 | 71,000 |
| 1989 | 4,040,968 | ii,670,000 | 660,000 | 541,000 | 170,000 | 1,613,000 | 828,000 | 495,000 | 206,000 | 84,000 |
| 1990 | four,158,212 | 2,705,000 | 673,000 | 602,000 | 178,000 | 1,629,000 | 828,000 | 501,000 | 219,000 | 78,000 |
| 1991 | 4,110,907 | 2,631,000 | 673,000 | 628,000 | 180,000 | i,590,000 | 783,000 | 500,000 | 228,000 | 76,000 |
| 1992 | 4,065,014 | 2,518,000 | 663,000 | 649,000 | 236,000 | 1,565,000 | 735,000 | 500,000 | 240,000 | 85,000 |
| 1993 | 4,000,240 | ii,506,000 | 648,000 | 662,000 | 185,000 | 1,512,000 | 697,000 | 498,000 | 235,000 | 79,000 |
| 1994 | 3,952,767 | ii,467,000 | 625,000 | 672,000 | 189,000 | 1,435,000 | 647,000 | 476,000 | 225,000 | 85,000 |
| 1995 | three,899,589 | 2,419,000 | 597,000 | 690,000 | 193,000 | 1,361,000 | 583,000 | 463,000 | 229,000 | 86,000 |
| 1996 | 3,891,494 | 2,394,000 | 587,000 | 711,000 | 200,000 | one,364,000 | 585,000 | 460,000 | 231,000 | 88,000 |
| 1997 | iii,880,894 | two,368,000 | 590,000 | 719,000 | 204,000 | 1,326,000 | 571,000 | 442,000 | 230,000 | 84,000 |
| 1998 | 3,941,553 | 2,392,000 | 600,000 | 743,000 | 207,000 | 1,302,000 | 565,000 | 426,000 | 228,000 | 83,000 |
| 1999 | three,959,417 | two,377,000 | 596,000 | 772,000 | 215,000 | i,277,000 | 538,000 | 413,000 | 238,000 | 85,000 |
| 2000 | 4,058,814 | 2,389,000 | 611,000 | 823,000 | 236,000 | 1,313,000 | 530,000 | 431,000 | 262,000 | 91,000 |
| 2001 | 4,025,933 | 2,341,000 | 593,000 | 857,000 | 235,000 | ane,289,000 | 506,000 | 419,000 | 267,000 | 98,000 |
| 2002 | 4,021,726 | ii,313,000 | 581,000 | 882,000 | 246,000 | i,271,000 | 488,000 | 411,000 | 274,000 | 99,000 |
| 2003 | 4,089,950 | 2,338,000 | 579,000 | 919,000 | 254,000 | 1,252,000 | 469,000 | 422,000 | 259,000 | 102,000 |
| 2004 | 4,112,052 | ii,315,000 | 582,000 | 954,000 | 260,000 | i,221,000 | 447,000 | 416,000 | 257,000 | 102,000 |
| 2005 | iv,138,349 | 2,296,000 | 587,000 | 993,000 | 262,000 | one,209,000 | 433,000 | 415,000 | 259,000 | 103,000 |
| 2006 | 4,265,555 | 2,325,000 | 621,000 | 1,047,000 | 273,000 | ane,235,000 | 434,000 | 423,000 | 277,000 | 102,000 |
| 2007 | 4,316,233 | 2,327,000 | 631,000 | ane,071,000 | 287,000 | one,210,000 | 438,000 | 406,000 | 275,000 | 91,000 |
| 2008 | 4,247,694 | 2,284,000 | 627,000 | ane,051,000 | 286,000 | i,213,000 | 427,000 | 416,000 | 277,000 | 93,000 |
| 2009 | 4,130,665 | ii,227,000 | 614,000 | 1,008,000 | 282,000 | 1,154,000 | 405,000 | 398,000 | 263,000 | 88,000 |
| 2010 | iii,999,386 | 2,176,000 | 593,000 | 953,000 | 277,000 | i,104,000 | 384,000 | 379,000 | 254,000 | 87,000 |
| 2011 | 3,953,590 | ii,160,000 | 586,000 | 926,000 | 282,000 | 1,060,000 | 366,000 | 360,000 | 247,000 | 86,000 |
| 2012 | 3,952,841 | ii,149,000 | 587,000 | 917,000 | 300,000 | 1,010,000 | 349,000 | 344,000 | 232,000 | 85,000 |
| 2013 | 3,932,181 | two,143,000 | 587,000 | 909,000 | 293,000 | 959,000 | 322,000 | 333,000 | 220,000 | 84,000 |
| 2014 | 3,988,076 | 2,164,000 | 593,000 | 923,000 | 309,000 | 927,000 | 323,000 | 317,000 | 204,000 | 83,000 |
| 2015 | 3,978,497 | 2,146,000 | 593,000 | 934,000 | 306,000 | 896,000 | 308,000 | 309,000 | 197,000 | 82,000 |
| 2016 | 3,945,875 | 2,117,000 | 572,000 | 949,000 | 308,000 | 875,000 | 294,000 | 303,000 | 200,000 | 79,000 |
| 2017 | 3,855,500 | ii,051,000 | 575,000 | 928,000 | 301,000 | 851,000 | 280,000 | 295,000 | 195,000 | 77,000 |
| year | live births | abortions (estimated) | ||||||||
| total | white, not-Hisp. | blackness, non-Hisp. | Hispanic | other | total | white, non-Hisp. | black, not-Hisp. | Hispanic | other | |
Estimates for abortion by race/ethnicity were produced every bit follows: For years 1989-2017, bachelor abortion information by race/ethnicity of mother were compiled from CDC abortion surveillance reports and supplemented by land health agency reporting. Live birth data past race/ethnicity of child were compiled from CDC birth reporting (eastward.g., Martin et al., 2017). Full abortions for each state are based on data reported by the CDC or us supplemented past the author's estimates (Johnston, 2018, 2019). Proportions of reported abortions by race/ethnicity are applied to full abortions for each land. For states where abortion information past race/ethnicity are incomplete (either not all four groups are included or information are missing for some years), abortions are estimated assuming consistency in relative abortion ratios for the four groups. Where no information by race/ethnicity are available at all for a state (Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, New Hampshire), relative abortion ratios are assumed similar to overall national values. For years 1971-1988, estimates are highly uncertain. Estimates of Hispanic population were used to gauge white Hispanic and non-Hispanic live births. Guttmacher Institute abortions estimates are bachelor for 1973-1988 for white (both Hispanic and not-Hispanic) and non-white (both blackness and other) women. Estimated breakdowns for the four groups were produced based on comparisons to live nascency information. Ballgame data by race is available for 1971 for New York Metropolis and Hawaii (Nelson et al., 1972; Zimring, 1971), which account for nearly one-half of estimated 1971 abortions nationwide.
The next graph shows abortion percentage (abortions as a fraction of full live births plus abortions) by race/ethnicity over fourth dimension. Abortion percentage for blacks has consistently been much higher than percentages for other racial/ethnic groups.
The next 2 graphs show the fraction of all U.Due south. abortions and live births by racial/ethnic groups.
Total estimated abortions by race/ethnicity for 1965-2018 (and compared to electric current population) are:
- white, non-Hispanic: 28,900,000 (xiv% of current population)
- blackness, non-Hispanic: 18,700,000 (42% of current population)
- Hispanic: 9,200,000 (15% of electric current population)
- other, non-Hispanic: iii,500,000 (15% of current population)
- total, all races/ethnicities: 60,500,000 (18% of current population)
The CDC does not provide breakdowns of abortions among races grouped as "other"--Asian, American Indian, Native Alaskan, and Pacific Islander. For at least some years in 1993-2017, some breakdowns were reported by 27 states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New United mexican states, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Southward Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin. As seen in the next graph, data from these states show by and large similar ballgame percentages amidst these racial groups. (Different data presented above, the abortion percentages in the graph below are not adjusted for underreporting or unknown race.) Asian American abortion percentages are slightly higher than for the other groups. When states are compared, American Indian abortion percentages are generally higher than Asian abortion percentages in states with high overall abortion percentages, just more often than not lower in states with depression overall abortion percentages.
| year | live births | abortions | ballgame percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | % of full | number | % of full | ||
| white | 2,051,000 | 53.2 | 280,000 | 32.9 | 12.0 |
| black | 575,000 | 14.9 | 295,000 | 34.seven | 33.nine |
| Hispanic | 928,000 | 24.i | 195,000 | 23.0 | 17.4 |
| Asian | 260,000 | 6.seven | 68,000 | eight.0 | 20.viii |
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | 31,300 | 0.eight | 7,000 | 0.8 | 18.4 |
| Pacific Islander | 10,400 | 0.iii | ii,400 | 0.3 | 18.6 |
| TOTAL | 3,855,500 | 100.0 | 851,000 | 100.0 | 18.1 |
The nautical chart below shows the relative fractions of live births and abortions in the U.s.a. by race and ethnicity for 2017. The overall pie segments correspond the fractions of pregnancies (live births plus abortions) by grouping. Inside each racial/ethinic group, the darker color represents the fraction of pregnancies catastrophe in ballgame (all areas are proportional to estimated numbers).
The maps below shows abortion percentages by state and by race, where abortion pct is abortions as a pct of the total of live births and abortions (excluding miscarriages and stillbirths). Several comments:
- Results are more uncertain for the 8 states not reporting to the CDC.
- Results are also more uncertain for other races category than for the get-go three categories.
Sources: (incomplete)
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- Johnston, Wm. Robert, 30 May 2017, "United States: Estimated abortions, 2012-2015," AWR Working Newspaper 13, on line at Global Life Campaign.
- Johnston, Wm. Robert, Dec. 2018, "Us: Historical ballgame statistics by state," Johnston's Archive, on line [http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/ballgame/index.html#U.s.a.].
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- Pazol, Karen, Suzanne B. Zane, Wilda Y. Parker, Laura R. Hall, Cynthia Berg, and Douglas A. Cook, 25 Nov. 2011b, "Abortion Surveillance--United States, 2008," MMWR Surveillance Summaries, sixty(fifteen), on line at Centers for Affliction Control [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/ss/ss6015.pdf].
- Pazol, Karen, Suzanne B. Zane, Wilda Y. Parker, Laura R. Hall, Sonya B. Chance, Saeed Hamdan, Cynthia Berg, and Douglas A. Cook, 25 Feb. 2011a, "Abortion Surveillance--Usa, 2007," MMWR Surveillance Summaries, lx(1), on line at Centers for Affliction Control [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/ss/ss6001.pdf].
- Zimring, Franklin E., 1971, "Of doctors, deterrence, and the dark effigy of offense--A annotation on abortion in Hawaii," Univ. of Chicago Police Review, 39:699-721.
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Last modified xiv April 2019.
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