Historical abortion statistics, PR China

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Historical abortion statistics, PR China

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 3 July 2022

Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):

Live births.
Abortions, reported includes legal reported induced abortions.
Abortions (AWR) are combined reported and estimated abortion occurrences from the Abortion Worldwide Report and working papers.
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, residents is abortions by residency per 1000 women ages 15-44.
Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.

PR China regional level data also available here.

year	live births	live births, estimated	abortions, reported	abortions, estimated	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
year	live births	live births, estimated	abortions, reported	abortions, estimated	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
1949		19,500,000
1950		20,400,000
1951		21,300,000
1952		21,270,000
1953		21,750,000
1954		22,880,000
1955		20,030,000
1956		20,040,000	1,593	1,593	1,593	1,593		1,593		0.1	0.1	0.01	0.01
1957		21,970,000			(30,000)
1958		19,280,000			(60,000)
1959		16,650,000			(95,000)
1960		13,810,000			(130,000)
1961		11,870,000			(180,000)
1962		24,910,000			(260,000)
1963		30,000,000		(400,000)	(400,000)						13.3		1.32
1964		27,590,000		(1,800,000)	(1,800,000)						65.2		6.12
1965		27,480,000		(1,800,000)	(1,800,000)						65.5		6.15
1966		26,130,000			(2,150,000)
1967		25,930,000			(2,500,000)
1968		27,950,000			(2,860,000)
1969		27,520,000			(3,210,000)
1970		27,740,000			(3,560,000)
1971		26,120,000	3,910,110	3,910,110	3,910,110	(3,910,110)		3,910,110		149.7	149.7	13.02	13.02	21.6
1972		25,950,000	4,813,542	4,813,542	4,813,542	(4,813,542)		4,813,542		185.5	185.5	15.65	15.65	25.8
1973		24,920,000	5,110,405	5,110,405	5,110,405	(5,110,405)		5,110,405		205.1	205.1	17.02	17.02	26.7
1974		22,550,000	4,984,564	4,984,564	4,984,564	(4,984,564)		4,984,564		221.0	221.0	18.10	18.10	26.0
1975		21,270,000	5,084,260	5,084,260	5,084,260	(5,084,260)		5,084,260		239.0	239.0	19.29	19.29	27.5
1976		18,660,000	4,742,946	6,570,000	4,742,946	(4,742,946)		4,742,946		254.2	352.1	20.27	26.04	31.2
1977		17,980,000	5,229,569	5,229,569	5,229,569	(5,229,569)		5,229,569		290.9	290.9	22.53	22.53	26.4
1978	17,450,000	17,570,000	5,391,204	5,528,000	5,391,204	(5,391,204)		5,391,204		306.8	314.6	23.48	23.93	26.3
1979	17,270,000	17,380,000	7,856,587	7,856,587	7,856,587	(7,856,587)		7,856,587		452.0	452.0	31.13	31.13	37.3
1980	17,790,000	17,970,000	9,527,644	9,527,644	9,527,644	(9,527,644)		9,527,644		530.2	530.2	34.65	34.65	44.8
1981	20,690,000	20,930,000	8,696,945	8,696,945	8,696,945	(8,696,945)		8,696,945		415.5	415.5	29.35	29.35	39.3
1982	18,680,000	22,650,000	12,419,663	12,419,663	12,419,663	(12,419,663)		12,419,663		548.3	548.3	35.41	35.41	55.0
1983	15,410,000	20,800,000	14,371,843	14,371,843	14,371,843	(14,371,843)		14,371,843		691.0	691.0	40.86	40.86	62.9
1984	14,260,000	20,770,000	8,890,140	8,890,140	8,890,140	(8,890,140)		8,890,140		428.0	428.0	29.97	29.97	36.6
1985	13,930,000	22,270,000	10,931,565	10,931,565	10,931,565	(10,931,565)		10,931,565		490.9	490.9	32.92	32.92
1986	15,980,000	24,110,000	11,578,713	11,578,713	11,578,713	(11,578,713)		11,578,713		480.2	480.2	32.44	32.44	44.4
1987	16,550,000	25,500,000	10,489,412	10,489,412	10,489,412	(10,489,412)		10,489,412		411.3	411.3	29.15	29.15
1988	16,150,000	24,840,000	12,675,839	12,675,839	12,675,839	(12,675,839)		12,675,839		510.3	510.3	33.79	33.79	46.2
1989	16,710,000	24,320,000	10,379,426	10,379,426	10,379,426	(10,379,426)		10,379,426		426.8	426.8	29.91	29.91
1990	18,950,000	24,080,000	13,493,926	13,493,926	13,493,926	(13,493,926)		13,493,926		560.4	560.4	35.91	35.91		53.37
1991	16,810,000	22,790,000	14,086,313	14,086,313	14,086,313	(14,086,313)		14,086,313		618.1	618.1	38.20	38.20	40.0	55.16
1992	15,100,000	21,370,000	10,416,287	10,416,287	10,416,287	(10,416,287)		10,416,287		487.4	487.4	32.77	32.77	35.6	40.65
1993	14,520,000	21,440,000	9,496,119	9,496,119	9,496,119	(9,496,119)		9,496,119		442.9	442.9	30.70	30.70	27.9	37.00
1994	14,280,000	21,210,000	9,467,064	9,467,064	9,467,064	(9,467,064)		9,467,064		446.3	446.3	30.86	30.86	24.5	36.86
1995	14,400,000	20,740,000	7,476,482	7,930,000	7,476,482	(7,476,482)		7,476,482		360.5	382.4	26.50	27.66	26.1	29.15
1996	14,300,000	20,780,000	8,834,195	8,834,195	8,834,195	(8,834,195)		8,834,195		425.1	425.1	29.83	29.83	29.0	34.44
1997	13,860,000	20,480,000	6,589,869	6,589,869	6,589,869	(6,589,869)		6,589,869		321.8	321.8	24.34	24.34		25.43
1998	13,430,000	19,510,000	7,384,290	7,384,290	7,384,290	(7,384,290)		7,384,290		378.5	378.5	27.46	27.46		28.41
1999	12,770,000	18,420,000	6,764,357	6,764,357	6,764,357	(6,764,357)		6,764,357		367.2	367.2	26.86	26.86		25.77
2000	12,920,000	17,780,000	6,658,550	6,658,550	6,658,550	(6,658,550)		6,658,550		374.5	374.5	27.25	27.25		25.13
2001		17,080,000	6,284,844	6,284,844	6,284,844	(6,284,844)		6,284,844		368.0	368.0	26.90	26.90		23.30
2002		16,520,000	6,812,317	6,812,317	6,812,317	(6,812,317)		6,812,317		412.4	412.4	29.20	29.20		24.82
2003		16,040,000	7,215,440	7,215,440	7,215,440	(7,215,440)	5	7,215,445		449.8	449.8	31.03	31.03	23.0	26.40
2004		15,980,000	7,140,588	7,140,588	7,140,588	(7,140,588)		7,140,588		446.8	446.8	30.88	30.88		26.06
2005		16,210,000	7,105,995	7,105,995	7,105,995	(7,105,995)	5	7,106,000		438.4	438.4	30.48	30.48		25.67
2006		15,840,000	7,308,615	7,308,615	7,308,615	(7,308,615)		7,308,615		461.4	461.4	31.57	31.57		26.57
2007		15,940,000	7,632,539	7,632,539	7,632,539	(7,632,539)		7,632,539		478.8	478.8	32.38	32.38		27.86
2008		16,080,000	9,173,101	13,000,000	9,173,101	(9,173,101)		13,000,000		808.5	808.5	44.70	44.70		33.76
2009		16,190,396	6,111,375	6,111,375	6,111,375	(6,111,375)		6,111,375		377.5	377.5	27.40	27.40		22.80
2010		15,920,000	6,361,539	6,361,539	6,361,539	(6,361,539)		6,361,539		399.6	399.6	28.55	28.55		24.03
2011		16,040,000	6,631,310	6,631,310	6,631,310	(6,631,310)		6,631,310		413.4	413.4	29.25	29.25		25.38
2012		16,350,000	6,690,027	6,690,027	6,690,027	(6,690,027)	6	6,690,033		409.2	409.2	29.04	29.04		25.94
2013		16,400,000	6,237,177	8,713,000	8,713,000	(8,713,000)	7	8,713,007		531.3	380.3	34.70	27.55		34.28
2014		16,870,000	9,621,995	9,621,995	9,621,995	(9,621,995)		9,621,995		570.4	570.4	36.32	36.32		38.40
2015		16,550,000	9,851,961	9,851,961	9,851,961	(9,851,961)		9,851,961		595.3	595.3	37.32	37.32		39.80
2016		17,860,000	9,644,724	9,644,724	9,644,724	(9,644,724)		9,644,724		540.0	540.0	35.07	35.07		39.38
2017		17,230,000	9,626,731	9,626,731	9,626,731	(9,626,731)		9,626,731		558.7	558.7	35.84	35.84		39.69
2018		15,230,000	9,740,004	9,740,004	9,740,004	(9,740,004)	4	9,740,008		639.5	639.5	39.01	39.01		40.53
2019		14,650,000	9,760,000	9,760,000	9,760,000	(9,760,000)	3	9,760,003		666.2	666.2	39.98	39.98		41.03
2020		12,020,000	8,960,000	8,960,000	8,960,000	(8,960,000)		8,960,000		745.4	745.4	42.71	42.71		38.02
2021		10,620,000			(9,000,000)
year	live births	live births, estimated	abortions, reported	abortions, estimated	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
year	live births	live births, estimated	abortions, reported	abortions, estimated	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)

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.

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