Historical abortion statistics, Quebec (Canada)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Quebec (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
year	live births	all in area	residents, in and out of area	abortions, occurrences, estimated (AWR)	miscarriages	all in area	residents, in/out of area	all in area	residents, in/out of area	all in area	residents, in/out of area
1950	121,842
1951	123,196
1952	127,939
1953	130,583
1954	135,975
1955	136,270
1956	138,631
1957	144,432
1958	143,710
1959	144,459
1960	141,224
1961	139,857
1962	138,163
1963	136,491
1964	133,863
1965	123,279
1966	112,757
1967	104,803
1968	100,548
1969	99,503
1970	96,512		534				5.5		0.55
1971	93,743		1,881				20.1		1.97		1.34
1972	88,118		2,847				32.3		3.13		1.99
1973	89,412		3,141				35.1		3.39		2.16
1974	85,627		4,453		10,284		52.0		4.94		2.99
1975	93,597		5,579		9,859		59.6		5.63		3.67
1976	97,146		7,249		8,993		74.6		6.94		4.68
1977	97,199		8,069		9,742		83.0		7.67		5.14
1978	95,373		10,499		9,480		110.1		9.92		6.62
1979	98,646		12,238		8,878		124.1		11.04		7.63
1980	97,421		14,288		8,964		146.7		12.79		8.78
1981	95,322		14,193		8,047		148.9		12.96		8.64
1982	90,800		15,385		7,634		169.4		14.49		9.31
1983	88,154		15,200		7,722		172.4		14.71		9.18
1984	87,839		16,004		7,182		182.2		15.41		9.65
1985	86,340		15,702		6,784		181.9		15.39		9.44
1986	84,634		15,971		6,330		188.7		15.87		9.57
1987	83,791		15,552		6,478		185.6		15.65		9.28
1988	86,612		17,390		6,439		200.8		16.72		10.37
1989	92,373		20,913		6,779		226.4		18.46		12.40
1990	98,048		23,358		6,658		238.2		19.24		13.83
1991	97,310		23,261		6,402		239.0		19.29		13.76
1992	96,146		26,158		5,926		272.1		21.39		15.55
1993	92,391		26,106		5,441		282.6		22.03		15.57
1994	90,578	27,319	27,387		5,406	301.6	302.4	23.17	23.22	16.37	16.41
1995	87,417	27,496	27,555		4,403	314.5	315.2	23.93	23.97	16.55	16.58
1996	85,226	28,787	28,852		3,392	337.8	338.5	25.25	25.29	17.42	17.46
1997	79,774	30,224	30,248		2,724	378.9	379.2	27.48	27.49	18.43	18.44
1998	75,856	31,632	31,673		2,206	417.0	417.5	29.43	29.46	19.44	19.47
1999	73,596	30,693	30,722		2,111	417.0	417.4	29.43	29.45	19.03	19.05
2000	72,007	31,185	31,125	31,185	2,025	433.1	432.2	30.22	30.18	19.52	19.48
2001	73,695	31,038	31,065	31,038	1,736	421.2	421.5	29.64	29.65	19.56	19.58
2002	72,477	30,841	30,858	30,841	1,762	425.5	425.8	29.85	29.86	19.60	19.61
2003	73,905	30,780	30,802	30,780	1,643	416.5	416.8	29.40	29.42	19.73	19.74
2004	74,072	30,588	30,616	30,588	1,613	412.9	413.3	29.23	29.24	19.72	19.74
2005	76,346	29,231	29,259	29,231	1,564	382.9	383.2	27.69	27.71	18.94	18.95
2006	81,937	29,105	29,139	29,105		355.2	355.6	26.21	26.23	18.93	18.95
2007	84,453	27,697	27,721	27,697	359	328.0	328.2	24.70	24.71	18.03	18.04
2008	87,870	27,295	27,319	27,295		310.6	310.9	23.70	23.72	17.78	17.80
2009	88,891	27,139	12,847	27,139		305.3	144.5	23.39	12.63	17.65	8.36
2010	88,436	26,106	21	26,106		295.2		22.79		16.92
2011	88,618	26,248	26	26,245		296.2		22.85		16.93
2012	88,929	25,431	9,962	25,400		286.0	112.0	22.24	10.07	16.46	6.45
2013	88,821	25,264	9,591	25,253		284.4	108.0	22.14	9.75	16.41	6.23
2014	88,036	25,083	9,221	25,083		284.9	104.7	22.17	9.48	16.39	6.02
2015	87,050	24,193	8,384	24,193		277.9	96.3	21.75	8.79	15.94	5.52
2016	86,261	23,393	7,915	23,393		271.2	91.8	21.33	8.40	15.47	5.23
2017	83,866	22,966	7,551	22,966		273.8	90.0	21.50	8.26	15.11	4.97
2018	83,842	22,093	7,105	22,093		263.5	84.7	20.86	7.81	14.40	4.63
2019	84,172	23,291	7,482	23,291		276.7	88.9	21.67	8.16
2020	81,879
year	live births	abortions, reported (official)		abortions, occurrences, estimated (AWR)	miscarriages	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate
year	live births	all in area	residents, in and out of area	abortions, occurrences, estimated (AWR)	miscarriages	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.

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