Historical abortion statistics, Trinidad and Tobago

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Trinidad and Tobago

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 of childbearing age.
Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.

year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, illegal	miscarriages	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, illegal	miscarriages	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)
1953								1,587
1954	29,253							1,709
1955	30,216
1956	27,447							2,306
1957	28,848
1958	29,667
1959	30,592
1960	32,858
1961	32,880
1962	34,107
1963	32,898
1964	32,955								853
1965	31,953								808
1966	30,079								742
1967	28,462								709
1968	28,107								651
1969	25,130								577
1970	25,151								568
1971	26,116								553
1972	28,049								447
1973	26,231								417
1974	26,138								377
1975	25,673								413
1976	27,149								542
1977	27,895								490
1978	28,295								460
1979	29,698								454
1980	29,869								525
1981	32,177								393
1982	32,537								489
1983	33,208								564
1984	31,599								372
1985	33,719								401
1986	31,886								409
1987	29,167								304
1988	26,983								396
1989	25,072								328
1990	23,960								317
1991	22,368	3	25	3		3	22	2,797	289	0.1	0.1	0.01	0.01		0.10
1992	23,064	4	33	4		4	29	3,499	337	0.2	0.2	0.02	0.02		0.13
1993	21,094	2	13	2		2	11	3,281	239	0.1	0.1	0.01	0.01		0.05
1994	19,682	4	16	4		4	12	4,249	231	0.2	0.2	0.02	0.02		0.06
1995	19,258	7	25	7		7	18	4,056	270	0.4	0.4	0.04	0.04		0.10
1996	17,992	9	9	9		9		4,142	261	0.5	0.5	0.05	0.05		0.03
1997	18,452	1	1	1		1		3,683	225	0.1	0.1	0.01	0.01		0.00
1998	17,898	4	4	4		4		3,657	243	0.2	0.2	0.02	0.02		0.02
1999	18,321	6	6	6		6		4,111	228	0.3	0.3	0.03	0.03		0.02
2000	18,160	4	4	4		4		3,690	223	0.2	0.2	0.02	0.02		0.01
2001	18,078	4	4	4		4		3,186	246	0.2	0.2	0.02	0.02		0.01
2002	16,990	1	1	1		1		2,437	275	0.1	0.1	0.01	0.01		0.00
2003	17,989	1	1	1		1		2,415	238	0.1	0.1	0.01	0.01		0.00
2004	17,235	5	5	5		5		1,849	244	0.3	0.3	0.03	0.03		0.02
2005	17,264								282
2006	18,090								233
2007	18,889								197
2008	19,888								169
2009
2010
2011	18,141
2012	18,729
2013	18,823
2014	18,729
2015	18,062
2016	18,142
2017	16,569
2018	16,217
2019	16,058
2020
2021
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, illegal	miscarriages	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, illegal	miscarriages	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.

Sources:

Ahmed, Aziza, Carole Narcise, Maggie Shmeitz, and Marsha Massaya, 2005, "Maternal mortality, abortion, and health sector reform in four Caribbean countries: Barbados, Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago," PAHO Virtual Campus for Public Health, on line [http://cursos.campusvirtualsp.org/pluginfile.php/57435/mod_folder/content/0/Ahmed%2520DAWN%2520paper.pdf].
Central Statistical Office, 2014, "Table 1. General summary table of births and deaths, 1964-2008," Central Statistical Office, on line [http://cso.planning.gov.tt/sites/default/files/content/documents/VITAL%20STATS%20Table%201.pdf].
Family Planning Association of Trinidad and Tobago, Oct. 2008, "A Situational Analysis of Unsafe Abortion in Trinidad and Tobago," PAHO Virtual Campus for Public Health, on line [http://cursos.campusvirtualsp.org/pluginfile.php/57444/mod_folder/content/0/Situational%2520Analysis%2520of%2520Unsafe%2520Abortion%2520in%2520TT.pdf].
United Nations Department of International Economic and Social Affairs, 1979, United Nations Demographic Yearbook 1978: Historical Supplement Special Issue, United Nations (New York, NY).

© 2000-2021, 2022 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 3 July 2022.
Return to Home. Return to Other Policy Issues. Return to Abortion Statistics.