Abortion Surveillance --- United States, 2001
Posted by Clark Venable on 11/29/2004
Abortion Surveillance --- United States, 2001:
""A total of 853,485 legal induced abortions were reported to CDC for 2001 from 49 reporting areas, representing a 0.5% decrease from the 857,475 legal induced abortions reported by the same 49 reporting areas for 2000. The abortion ratio, defined as the number of abortions per 1,000 live births, was 246 in 2001, compared with 245 reported for 2000. This represents a 0.4% increase in the abortion ratio. The abortion rate was 16 per 1,000 women aged 15--44 years for 2001, the same as for 2000. For both the 48 and 49 reporting areas, the abortion rate remained relatively constant during 1997--2001.""
These numbers exclude Alaska, California, and New Hampshire.
I post this not because I am anti-choice, but because I was surprised by the abortion ratio of 246 abortions per 1,000 live births--much higher than I would have guessed. My sincere (but admittedly naive) hope is that abortions are not being relied on as a means of birth control.
[Via MMWR]
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