Historical abortion statistics, California (USA)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, California (USA)

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 28 January 2009

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

Live births includes data from the Centers for Disease Control and from state health departments.
Abortions, reported includes data from the Centers for Disease Control and from state health departments.
Abortions includes estimates from Alan Guttmacher Institute surveys.
Fetal deaths generally includes fetal deaths or stillbirths of at least 20 weeks` gestation.
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	abortions, abortions (AGI)	abortion	abortion	total in residents, in and residents, in state all in state	residents,	residents, in/out
year	1930		abortion
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
year	abortions, abortions (AGI)	abortion	abortion	total in residents, in and residents, in state all in state	residents,	residents, in/out

rowspan=2>live births reported
(CDC/state) rowspan=2>fetal
deaths ratioabortion % >rate,
residents stateresidents, in state only out of statetotal in state onlyresidents, in and out of state in/out of stateall in state of state align="right"> align="right"> align="right"> align="right"> 84206 81426(27) 0.3 0.0 78093(27) 0.3 0.0 75036(27) 0.4 0.0 78346(27) 0.3 0.0 80131(27) 0.3 0.0 84502(22) 0.3 0.0 94230(22) 0.2 0.0 101844(22) 0.2 0.0 103453(22) 0.2 0.0 114483(22) 0.2 0.0 125190(8) 0.1 0.0 154567(17) 0.1 0.0 174420(17) 0.1 0.0 179123(17) 0.1 0.0 184380(17) 0.1 0.0 218484(11) 0.1 0.0 245889(11) 0.0 0.0 240702(11) 0.0 0.0 245199(2) 0.0 0.0 247146(2) 0.0 0.0 263075 281692 297616 308706 315901 336351 353549 352195 361649 371799 381198 378347 380505 374587 355074 337623 336584(600) 1.8 0.2 339221 3900(2861)(2861) 11.5 8.4 1.1 0.8 352937 20800(15356)(15356) 58.9 43.5 5.6 4.2 362652 65369(43564)(43564) 4082 180.3 120.1 15.3 10.7 329826 116749 67600 67600 3542 354.0 205.0 26.1 17.0 303542 138584 116400 116400 3147 456.6 383.5 31.3 27.7 300637 131870(119500)(119500) 143910 3039 478.7 397.5 32.4 28.4 303500 135762 132124 132242 158890 3163 523.5 435.7 34.4 30.3 317606 142067 139301 139442 165550 3031 521.2 439.0 34.3 30.5 332238 142593 137293 137589 192930 190800 3193 580.7 574.3 36.7 36.5 38.8 347436 164729 164729 165434 209250 207200 208470 3051 602.3 600.0 37.6 37.5 41.4 356196 171982 171982 172847 234520 231470 232700 3089 658.4 653.3 39.7 39.5 45.4 363463 187312 187312 188568 248080 244760 246460 3372 682.5 678.1 40.6 40.4 44.1 401581 203754 201530 202882 250380 247570 249330 3594 623.5 620.9 38.4 38.3 43.6 422066 202000 98513 98622 262710 262840 3481 622.4 622.7 38.4 38.4 44.9 435019(207099) 91265 91265 265740 264480 266370 3333 610.9 612.3 37.9 38.0 44.5 413915(209481) 84644 84795 3049 506.1 204.9 33.6 17.0 455075 297730 79705 79870 297730 297900 3110 654.2 654.6 39.5 39.6 47.8 470733 304130 76929 76929 304130 302690 304120 3171 646.1 646.1 39.2 39.2 47.9 478822 313226 79988 80131 3259 654.2 167.4 39.5 14.3 494053 325162 85580 85727 300830 301100 3504 658.2 609.4 39.7 37.9 45.1 532707(334887) 83588 83737 311720 311440 3527 628.7 584.6 38.6 36.9 45.8 557003(354692) 87616 87616 3824 636.8 157.3 38.9 13.6 612628(357579) 97271 97271 3989 583.7 158.8 36.9 13.7 610166(350983) 111196 111196 320960 320630 3834 575.2 525.5 36.5 34.4 44.2 601028(338700) 112294 112294 304230 303850 3704 563.5 505.6 36.0 33.6 41.7 589685 124000 124000 124000 3574 210.3 210.3 17.4 17.4 581763 119000 119000 119000 3299 204.6 204.6 17.0 17.0 552045 107499 107499 107499 240240 3355 435.2 194.7 30.3 16.3 539433 112990 112990 112992 237830 237870 3330 440.9 441.0 30.6 30.6 32.9 524840 112310 112310 112313 2996 214.0 214.0 17.6 17.6 521661 110295 110295 110306 3053 211.4 211.5 17.5 17.5 518508 82325 82579 82610(234000) 237220 2927 451.3 457.5 31.1 31.4 31.6 531959 75209 75209 75244 236060 235670 3046 443.8 443.0 30.7 30.7 31.1 527759 84381 84381 84424 2952 159.9 160.0 13.8 13.8 529357 90040 90040 90108 2870 170.1 170.2 14.5 14.5 540997 90953 90953 91001 2862 168.1 168.2 14.4 14.4 544843 90946 90946 90997(208180) 207800 2819 382.1 381.4 27.6 27.6 26.9 548882 94602 94602 94668 208430 379.7 172.5 27.5 14.7 562431 40776 35 72.5 0.1 6.8 0.0 566388 6923 16 12.2 0.0 1.2 0.0 rowspan=2>live births reported
(CDC/state) rowspan=2>fetal
deaths ratioabortion % >rate,
residents stateresidents, in state only out of statetotal in state onlyresidents, in and out of state in/out of stateall in state of state

Notes:

For most states, CDC/state data is incomplete.
Parenthetical figures are estimates, some of which are derived from reported data.
Abortion ratios, percentages, and rates may be based on a mix of CDC/state and AGI data and thus may not represent a consistent time series.

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