Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive
Historical abortion statistics, Mexico
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 4 June 2008
Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):
- Live births.
- Abortions, reported includes legal reported induced abortions.
- Abortions, residents, in country only includes reported
abortions obtained within the country by residents only.
- Abortions, residents, obtained abroad includes reported
abortions by country residents obtained in other countries.
- Abortions, residents, total includes reported abortions
by residents, obtained both within the country and abroad.
- Fetal deaths generally includes fetal deaths or stillbirths
of at least 20 weeks` gestation.
- Miscarriages generally includes spontaneous fetal losses/
abortions, fetal deaths, or stillbirths, regardless of gestation period.
- Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
- Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies
(excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).
- Abortion rate is abortions per 1000 women of childbearing age.
| year | live births | abortions, reported | abortions, residents, in country only | abortions, residents, obtained abroad | abortions, residents, total | fetal deaths | abortion ratio | abortion % | abortion rate, residents |
residents, in/out of country | all in country | residents, in/out of country | all in country |
| 1948 | 1090867 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1949 | 1123358 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1950 | 1174947 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1951 | 1183788 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1952 | 1195209 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1953 | 1261775 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1954 | 1339837 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1955 | 1377917 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1956 | 1427722 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1957 | 1485202 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1958 | 1447578 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1959 | 1589606 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1960 | 1608174 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1961 | 1647006 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1962 | 1705481 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1963 | 1756624 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1964 | 1849408 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1965 | 1888171 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1966 | 1954340 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1967 | 1981363 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1968 | 2058251 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1969 | 2037561 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1970 | 2132630 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1971 | 2231399 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1972 | 2346002 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1973 | 2572287 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1974 | 2522580 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1975 | 2254497 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1976 | 2366305 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1977 | 2379377 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1978 | 2346862 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1979 | 2274267 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1980 | 2446238 | | | 3130 | (3130) | | 1.3 | | 0.13 | | |
| 1981 | 2530662 | | | 5600 | (5600) | | 2.2 | | 0.22 | | |
| 1982 | 2392849 | | | 2000 | (2000) | | 0.84 | | 0.08 | | |
| 1983 | 2609088 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1984 | 2511894 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1985 | 2655571 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1986 | 2577045 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1987 | 2794390 | | | | | 21976 | | | | | |
| 1988 | 2622031 | | | | | 19033 | | | | | |
| 1989 | 2620262 | | | | | 20196 | | | | | |
| 1990 | 2735312 | | | | | 20908 | | | | | |
| 1991 | 2756447 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1992 | 2797397 | | | (2000) | (2000) | | 0.71 | | 0.07 | | |
| 1993 | 2839686 | | | (2300) | (2300) | | 0.81 | | 0.08 | | |
| 1994 | 2922369 | | | (2400) | (2400) | 19914 | 0.82 | | 0.08 | | |
| 1995 | 2750444 | 463 | (463) | (1900) | (2363) | 19151 | 0.86 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.02 | |
| 1996 | 2707718 | 2724 | (2724) | (1200) | (3924) | 18025 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.14 | 0.10 | |
| 1997 | 2698425 | 2938 | (2938) | (2000) | (4938) | 17435 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.18 | 0.11 | |
| 1998 | 2668428 | 3189 | (3189) | (2100) | (5289) | 17700 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.20 | 0.12 | |
| 1999 | 2769089 | 3486 | (3486) | (1400) | (4886) | 16916 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.18 | 0.13 | |
| 2000 | 2798339 | 3281 | (3281) | (2000) | (5281) | 16487 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.19 | 0.12 | |
| 2001 | 2767610 | 3120 | (3120) | (2600) | (5720) | 15270 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.21 | 0.11 | |
| 2002 | 2699084 | 3223 | (3223) | (2600) | (5823) | 14971 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.22 | 0.12 | |
| 2003 | 2655894 | 3486 | (3486) | (1400) | (4886) | 15413 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.18 | 0.13 | |
| 2004 | 2625056 | 752 | (752) | (1000) | (1752) | | 0.67 | 0.29 | 0.07 | 0.03 | |
| 2005 | 2567906 | 735 | (735) | (1000) | (1735) | | 0.68 | 0.29 | 0.07 | 0.03 | |
| 2006 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2007 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| year | live births | abortions, reported | abortions, residents, in country only | abortions, residents, obtained abroad | abortions, residents, total | fetal deaths | abortion ratio | abortion % | abortion rate, residents |
residents, in/out of country | all in country | residents, in/out of country | all in country |
Notes:
- Parenthetical figures are estimates, some of which are
derived from reported data.
- Abortion ratios, percentages, and rates may be based on a mix of
data from different sources and thus may not represent a consistent time series.
Sources:
- Henshaw, Stanley K., and Kevin O'Reilly, Jan./Feb. 1983, "Characteristics of Abortion Patients in the United States, 1979 and 1980," Family Planning Perspectives, 15(1):5-8,10-16.
- Henshaw, Stanley K., Nancy J. Binkin, Ellen Blaine, and Jack C. Smith, 1985, "A portrait of American women who obtain abortions," Family Planning Perspectives, 17(2):90-96.
- Henshaw, Stanley, Jacqueline Darroch Forrest, and Jennifer Van Vort, March/April 1987, "Abortion Services in the United States, 1984 and 1985," Family Planning Perspectives, 19(2):63-70.
- Johnston, Wm. Robert, Feb. 2006, "Interstate abortions by state of residence and state of occurrence," working paper.
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2000, "Table 5. Live births by age of mother, sex and urban/rural residence: 1948-1997," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 1948-1997: Historical Supplement, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYBHist/HistTab05.pdf].
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2002, "Table 1. Live births by sex and urban/rural residence: 1980-1999," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 1999 Natality Supplement, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYBNat/NatStatTab01.pdf].
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2002, "Table 15. Late foetal deaths and late foetal death ratios, by urban/rural residence: 1990-1998," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 1999 Natality Supplement, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYBNat/NatStatTab15.pdf].
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2003, "Table 13. Legally induced abortions: 1993-2001," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2001, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYB2001/Table13.pdf].
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2004, "Table 12. Late foetal deaths and late foetal death ratios, by urban/rural residence: 1998-2002," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2002, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2002/Table12.pdf].
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2004, "Table 9. Live births and crude birth rates, by urban/rural residence: 1998-2002," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2002, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2002/Table09.pdf].
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2006, "Table 12. Late foetal deaths and late foetal death ratios, by urban/rural residence: 2000-2004," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2004, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYB2004/Table12.pdf].
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2006, "Table 13. Legally induced abortions: 1995-2004," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2004, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYB2004/Table13.pdf].
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2006, "Table 9. Live births and crude birth rates, by urban/rural residence: 2000-2004," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2004, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYB2004/Table09.pdf].
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2007, "Table 13. Legally induced abortions: 1996-2005," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2005, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2005/Table13.pdf].
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2007, "Table 9. Live births and crude birth rates, by urban/rural residence: 2001-2005," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2005, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2005/Table09.pdf].
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, 1994, United Nations Demographic Yearbook 1992, United Nations (New York, NY).
- United Nations Statistics Division, 21 Feb. 2008, "Legally induced abortions by urban/rural residence of woman," on line at UNdata [http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a17].
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Last modified 4 June 2008.
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