Historical abortion statistics, Virgin Islands

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 6 September 2021

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 ages 15-49.

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
year	live births	abortions, reported	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
1980	2,504
1981	2,442
1982	2,509
1983	2,584
1984	2,432
1985	2,375
1986	2,257
1987	2,322
1988	2,216
1989	2,276
1990	2,267
1991	2,427
1992	2,515
1993	2,484
1994	2,396
1995	2,063
1996	1,905
1997	2,017
1998	1,800
1999	1,671
2000	1,564
2001	1,669
2002	1,634
2003	1,522
2004	1,574
2005	1,605
2006	1,687
2007	1,697
2008	1,784
2009	1,687
2010	1,600
2011	1,491			1	1		0.7		0.07
2012	1,415
2013				1	1
2014
2015	1,325
2016	1,187
2017
2018	1,197
2019
2020
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
year	live births	abortions, reported	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

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 (incomplete):

Martin, J. A., B. E. Hamilton, S. J. Ventura, M. J. K. Osterman, and T. J. Mathews, 28 June 2013, "Births: Final data for 2011," National Vital Statistics Reports, 62(1):1-68, on line at CDC [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr62/nvsr62_01.pdf].
Martin, J. A., B. E. Hamilton, M. J. K. Osterman, S. C. Curtin, and T. J. Mathews, 30 Dec. 2013, "Births: Final data for 2012," National Vital Statistics Reports, 62(9), on line at CDC [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr62/nvsr62_09.pdf].
U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, 30 Sept. 2011, "Table 1314. Vital statistics--specified areas," Census Bureau, on line [https://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s1314.xls].

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Last modified 6 September 2021.
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