Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive
Historical abortion statistics, Alberta (Canada)
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 14 November 2021
Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):
- Live births
- Abortions, reported includes official data from the national
statistics office with some data from provincial agencies.
- Abortions (AWR) are combined reported and estimated abortion occurrences from the Abortion Worldwide Report working papers.
- Miscarriages may include stillbirths and/or spontaneous
early miscarriages.
- 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 15-44.
| year | live births |
abortions, reported
(official) |
abortions, occurrences, estimated (AWR) |
miscarriages |
abortion ratio | abortion % |
abortion rate |
|---|
| all in area | residents, in and out of area |
all in area | residents, in/out of area | all in area |
residents, in/out of area | all in area |
residents, in/out of area |
|---|
| 1970 | 31,967 | | 1,154 | | | | 36.1 | | 3.48 | | |
| 1971 | (30,500) | | 3,116 | | | | 102.2 | | 9.27 | | 8.63 |
| 1972 | (29,200) | | 3,887 | | | | 133.1 | | 11.75 | | 10.44 |
| 1973 | 29,416 | | 4,047 | | | | 137.6 | | 12.09 | | 10.51 |
| 1974 | 29,813 | | 4,391 | | 3,460 | | 147.3 | | 12.84 | | 11.05 |
| 1975 | 31,624 | | 4,333 | | 3,176 | | 137.0 | | 12.05 | | 10.39 |
| 1976 | 33,062 | | 4,943 | | 3,517 | | 149.5 | | 13.01 | | 11.28 |
| 1977 | 34,406 | | 5,642 | | 3,499 | | 164.0 | | 14.09 | | 12.09 |
| 1978 | 35,396 | | 6,562 | | 3,659 | | 185.4 | | 15.64 | | 13.30 |
| 1979 | 37,003 | | 6,872 | | 3,865 | | 185.7 | | 15.66 | | 13.23 |
| 1980 | 39,749 | | 7,131 | | 4,001 | | 179.4 | | 15.21 | | 12.97 |
| 1981 | 42,638 | | 6,757 | | 4,243 | | 158.5 | | 13.68 | | 11.63 |
| 1982 | 45,036 | | 6,617 | | 4,453 | | 146.9 | | 12.81 | | 10.92 |
| 1983 | 45,555 | | 6,484 | | 4,301 | | 142.3 | | 12.46 | | 10.57 |
| 1984 | 44,105 | | 6,668 | | 4,338 | | 151.2 | | 13.13 | | 10.91 |
| 1985 | 43,813 | | 6,547 | | 4,246 | | 149.4 | | 13.00 | | 10.68 |
| 1986 | 43,744 | | 6,313 | | 4,902 | | 144.3 | | 12.61 | | 10.17 |
| 1987 | 42,110 | | 5,540 | | 4,812 | | 131.6 | | 11.63 | | 8.95 |
| 1988 | 42,055 | | 6,296 | | 5,146 | | 149.7 | | 13.02 | | 10.18 |
| 1989 | 43,351 | | 6,585 | | 4,639 | | 151.9 | | 13.19 | | 10.53 |
| 1990 | 43,004 | | 6,854 | | 4,777 | | 159.4 | | 13.75 | | 10.80 |
| 1991 | 42,776 | | 6,803 | | 4,959 | | 159.0 | | 13.72 | | 10.63 |
| 1992 | 42,039 | | 8,552 | | 5,619 | | 203.4 | | 16.90 | | 13.28 |
| 1993 | 40,292 | | 8,924 | | 5,267 | | 221.5 | | 18.13 | | 13.81 |
| 1994 | 39,796 | 9,186 | 9,009 | | 5,376 | 230.8 | 226.4 | 18.75 | 18.46 | 14.17 | 13.90 |
| 1995 | 38,914 | 9,113 | 8,928 | | 5,106 | 234.2 | 229.4 | 18.97 | 18.66 | 13.98 | 13.70 |
| 1996 | 37,851 | 9,446 | 9,265 | | 4,870 | 249.6 | 244.8 | 19.97 | 19.66 | 14.34 | 14.06 |
| 1997 | 36,905 | 10,594 | 10,337 | | 4,751 | 287.1 | 280.1 | 22.30 | 21.88 | 15.83 | 15.44 |
| 1998 | 37,905 | 10,742 | 10,355 | | 4,882 | 283.4 | 273.2 | 22.08 | 21.46 | 15.74 | 15.18 |
| 1999 | 38,171 | 10,507 | 10,188 | | 4,865 | 275.3 | 266.9 | 21.58 | 21.07 | 15.23 | 14.77 |
| 2000 | 37,006 | 10,780 | 10,476 | 10,780 | 4,723 | 291.3 | 283.1 | 22.56 | 22.06 | 15.47 | 15.03 |
| 2001 | 37,619 | 10,894 | 10,603 | 10,894 | 4,665 | 289.6 | 281.9 | 22.46 | 21.99 | 15.49 | 15.08 |
| 2002 | 38,691 | 10,962 | 10,774 | 10,962 | 4,941 | 283.3 | 278.5 | 22.08 | 21.78 | 15.37 | 15.10 |
| 2003 | 40,287 | 10,227 | 10,825 | 10,227 | 4,763 | 253.9 | 268.7 | 20.25 | 21.18 | 14.23 | 15.06 |
| 2004 | 40,779 | 11,283 | 11,098 | 11,283 | 4,807 | 276.7 | 272.1 | 21.67 | 21.39 | 15.58 | 15.32 |
| 2005 | 42,110 | 11,040 | 10,859 | 11,040 | 5,135 | 262.2 | 257.9 | 20.77 | 20.50 | 14.94 | 14.69 |
| 2006 | 45,229 | 11,936 | 11,732 | 11,936 | 5,301 | 263.9 | 259.4 | 20.88 | 20.60 | 15.78 | 15.51 |
| 2007 | 49,028 | 12,687 | 12,206 | 12,687 | 5,763 | 258.8 | 249.0 | 20.56 | 19.93 | 16.41 | 15.79 |
| 2008 | 50,856 | 13,264 | 12,537 | 13,264 | 6,006 | 260.8 | 246.5 | 20.69 | 19.78 | 16.84 | 15.92 |
| 2009 | 51,722 | 13,150 | 12,395 | 13,150 | 6,291 | 254.2 | 239.6 | 20.27 | 19.33 | 16.37 | 15.43 |
| 2010 | 50,846 | 13,084 | 12,471 | 13,084 | 6,273 | 257.3 | 245.3 | 20.47 | 19.70 | 16.13 | 15.37 |
| 2011 | 51,040 | 13,372 | 2,283 | 13,372 | | 262.0 | 44.7 | 20.76 | 4.28 | 16.28 | 2.78 |
| 2012 | 52,634 | 13,287 | 2,138 | 13,287 | | 252.4 | 40.6 | 20.16 | 3.90 | 15.87 | 2.55 |
| 2013 | 53,410 | 13,376 | 2,189 | 13,376 | | 250.4 | 41.0 | 20.03 | 3.94 | 15.60 | 2.55 |
| 2014 | 55,835 | 13,815 | 2,059 | 13,815 | | 247.4 | 36.9 | 19.83 | 3.56 | 15.72 | 2.34 |
| 2015 | 56,940 | 13,358 | 1,917 | 13,358 | | 234.6 | 33.7 | 19.00 | 3.26 | 15.06 | 2.16 |
| 2016 | 55,936 | 12,948 | 1,739 | 12,948 | | 231.5 | 31.1 | 18.80 | 3.02 | 14.49 | 1.95 |
| 2017 | 53,712 | 12,706 | 1,629 | 12,706 | | 236.6 | 30.3 | 19.13 | 2.94 | 14.14 | 1.81 |
| 2018 | 52,526 | 12,848 | 1,519 | 12,848 | | 244.6 | 28.9 | 19.65 | 2.81 | 14.15 | 1.67 |
| 2019 | 51,786 | 12,328 | 1,238 | 12,328 | | 238.1 | 23.9 | 19.23 | 2.33 | | |
| 2020 | 49,065 | | | | | | | | | | |
| year | live births |
abortions, reported
(official) |
abortions, occurrences, estimated (AWR) |
miscarriages |
abortion ratio | abortion % |
abortion rate |
|---|
| all in area | residents, in and out of area |
all in area | residents, in/out of area | all in area |
residents, in/out of area | all in area |
residents, in/out of area |
|---|
Notes:
- Official data may be incomplete.
- Parenthetical figures are estimates, some of which are
derived from reported data.
- Some miscarriage data includes only stillbirths, some data includes
known early miscarriages, thus this series is not a consistent time series.
- Abortion rates may be based on a mix of national or provincial
agency data and thus may not represent a consistent time series.
Sources:
- Alberta Health and Wellness, 2006, "Alberta Reproductive Health: Pregnancies and Births, 2006," Alberta Health and Wellness, on line [http://www.health.gov.ab.ca/resources/publications/Reproductive06.pdf].
- Alberta Health and Wellness, 2009, "Alberta Reproductive Health: Pregnancies and Births, Surveillance Report, Table Update, 2009," Alberta Health and Wellness, on line [http://www.health.alberta.ca/documents/Reproductive-Health-2009-Update.pdf].
- Alberta Health and Wellness, Dec. 1999, "Alberta Reproductive Health: Pregnancy Outcomes, 1999," Alberta Health and Wellness, on line [http://www.health.gov.ab.ca/resources/publications/Reproductive99.PDF].
- Alberta Health and Wellness, Jan. 2005, "Alberta Reproductive Health: Pregnancy Outcomes, 2004," Alberta Health and Wellness, on line [http://www.health.gov.ab.ca/resources/publications/reproductive04.pdf].
- Alberta Health and Wellness, March 2003, "Alberta Reproductive Health: Pregnancy Outcomes 2002," Alberta Health and Wellness, on line [http://www.health.gov.ab.ca/resources/publications/reproductive02.pdf].
- Alberta Health and Wellness, May 2005, "Alberta Reproductive Health: Pregnancy and Births Table Update," Alberta Health and Wellness, on line [http://www.health.gov.ab.ca/resources/publications/Reproductive05.pdf].
- Alberta Reproductive Health Report Working Group, 2011, "Alberta Reproductive health: Pregnancies and Births Table Update 2011," Alberta Health and Wellness, on line [http://www.health.alberta.ca/documents/Reproductive-Health-2011.pdf].
- Canadian Institute for Health Information, 14 Dec. 2010, "2007," CIHI, on line [http://www.cihi.ca/CIHI-ext-portal/pdf/internet/TA_07_ALLDATATABLES20101124_EN].
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