Historical abortion statistics, Iowa (USA)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Iowa (USA)

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 15 January 2023

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.
Abortions, merged combines official reported data and Guttmacher figures with the compiler's estimates (provisional).
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.
Abortion %, merged is abortions as percentage of pregnancies, using the abortions, merged figures (provisional).
Abortion rate, merged is abortion per 1000 women ages 15-44, using the abortions, merged figures (provisional).

Iowa county level data also available: abortions and live births and abortion percentages with state map.

year	live births	abortions, reported (CDC/state)			abortions (AGI)			abortions, merged	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion %, merged	abortion rate, merged
year	live births	total in state	residents, in state only	residents, in and out of state	total in state	residents, in state only	residents, in and out of state	all in state	fetal deaths	all in state	residents, in/out of state	all in state	residents, in/out of state	abortion rate, residents	all in state
1930	42,733	(2)							1,340	0.0		0.00
1931	41,633	(6)							1,332	0.1		0.01
1932	40,164	(6)							1,278	0.1		0.01
1933	39,575	(6)							1,121	0.2		0.02
1934	42,463	(6)							1,142	0.1		0.01
1935	41,021	(6)							1,110	0.1		0.01
1936	42,746	(8)							1,159	0.2		0.02
1937	42,074	(8)							1,088	0.2		0.02
1938	42,931	(8)							1,077	0.2		0.02
1939	42,985	(8)							1,011	0.2		0.02
1940	44,347	(8)							986	0.2		0.02
1941	45,485								966
1942	47,671								967
1943	46,579								935
1944	45,263								887
1945	44,497								819
1946	55,743	(5)							977	0.1		0.01
1947	63,536	(5)							1,008	0.1		0.01
1948	60,396	(5)							907	0.1		0.01
1949	61,765	(5)							963	0.1		0.01
1950	62,550	(5)							936	0.1		0.01
1951	66,123								922
1952	64,091								880
1953	62,521								870
1954	63,069								835
1955	63,624								769
1956	63,213								838
1957	63,497								782
1958	62,173								763
1959	64,473								760
1960	64,050								764
1961	63,408								728
1962	61,003								679
1963	57,840								681
1964	55,443								603
1965	50,970								579
1966	48,641								533
1967	47,217								559
1968	46,737								534
1969	47,235								482
1970	(48,290)								480
1971	(45,126)								481
1972	41,383								414
1973	39,303				2,320			2,320	363	59.0		5.57			5.57	3.96
1974	40,627	4,107	4,107	4,918	6,010			6,010	424	147.9	121.1	12.89	10.80	8.26	12.89	10.09
1975	41,771	1,345	1,147	1,990	6,220			6,220	369	148.9	47.6	12.96	4.55	3.27	12.96	10.23
1976	42,131	5,435	4,245	5,334	6,770		7,700	6,770	352	160.7	182.8	13.84	15.45	12.39	13.84	10.89
1977	45,351	5,097	2,508	3,873	7,010	6,670	9,120	7,010	373	154.6	201.1	13.39	16.74	14.45	13.39	11.10
1978	44,979	5,512	3,681	5,161	7,530	6,220	8,920	7,530	362	167.4	198.3	14.34	16.55	13.94	14.34	11.77
1979	47,083	6,247	3,803	5,298	9,280	8,700	10,600	9,280	363	197.1	225.1	16.46	18.38	16.41	16.46	14.37
1980	48,050	6,895	4,541	6,101	9,280	8,120	9,910	9,280	406	193.1	206.2	16.19	17.10	15.26	16.19	14.29
1981	46,617	6,288		74	8,510		9,620	8,510	336	182.6	206.4	15.44	17.11	14.82	15.44	13.11
1982	45,631	5,360	(4,953)	(4,953)	8,230	7,410	9,290	8,230	311	180.4	203.6	15.28	16.92	14.41	15.28	12.77
1983	43,783	5,534	(5,069)	(5,069)				(9,330)	298	126.4	115.8	11.22	10.38	7.92	(17.57)	(14.57)
1984	42,611	6,045	(5,549)	(5,549)	10,430		11,160	10,430	332	244.8	261.9	19.66	20.75	17.49	19.66	16.35
1985	42,084	5,987	(5,538)	(5,538)	9,930	9,180	10,870	9,930	255	236.0	258.3	19.09	20.53	17.21	19.09	15.72
1986	38,794	6,930	(6,466)	(6,466)				(9,420)	242	178.6	166.7	15.16	14.29	10.38	(19.54)	(15.12)
1987	38,736	6,369	(5,987)	(5,987)	8,900		10,090	8,900	264	229.8	260.5	18.68	20.67	16.36	18.68	14.43
1988	38,506	6,405		54	9,420		10,480	9,420	262	244.6	272.2	19.66	21.39	17.08	19.66	15.35
1989	37,241	6,358						(8,680)	238	170.7		14.58			(18.90)	(14.24)
1990	39,409	7,166						(7,940)	263	181.8		15.39			(16.77)	(13.02)
1991	36,011	7,029			7,200		7,790	7,200	235	199.9	216.3	16.66	17.78	12.73	16.66	11.76
1992	38,120	6,759			6,970		7,480	6,970	259	182.8	196.2	15.46	16.40	12.21	15.46	11.38
1993	37,044	6,324						(6,660)	238	170.7		14.58			(15.24)	(10.87)
1994	35,926	5,914						(6,350)	208	164.6		14.13			(15.02)	(10.35)
1995	36,810	5,899			6,040			6,040	220	164.1		14.10			14.10	9.83
1996	37,139	7,602			5,780		6,150	7,602	201	204.7	165.6	16.99	14.21	10.03	16.99	12.40
1997	36,659	10,022		1,045				(7,100)	202	273.4		21.47			(16.23)	(11.64)
1998	37,282	6,214		7,318				(6,600)	224	166.7	196.3	14.29	16.41	12.07	(15.04)	(10.88)
1999	37,558	6,106	5,502	6,989	(6,000)		6,530	6,106	222	162.6	186.1	13.98	15.69	11.59	13.98	10.12
2000	38,266	6,059	5,470	6,513	5,970		6,280	6,059	192	158.3	170.2	13.67	14.54	10.66	13.67	9.92
2001	37,619	5,722	5,095	6,354				5,722	230	152.1	168.9	13.20	14.45	10.49	13.20	9.45
2002	37,559	6,240	5,384	6,781				6,240	194	166.1	180.5	14.25	15.29	11.31	14.25	10.41
2003	38,174	5,916	5,172	6,506				5,916	201	155.0	170.4	13.42	14.56	10.95	13.42	9.96
2004	38,355	6,022	5,303	5,866	(6,040)		6,050	6,022	215	157.5	157.7	13.61	13.62	10.24	13.57	10.19
2005	39,116	5,881	5,198	5,672	6,370		6,130	6,370	929	162.8	156.7	14.00	13.55	10.44	14.00	10.85
2006	40,566	6,728	5,588	5,957			6,500	(7,240)	826	165.9	160.2	14.23	13.81	11.12	(15.14)	(12.39)
2007	40,778	6,649	5,283	5,571	7,110		6,660	7,110	224	174.4	163.3	14.85	14.04	11.45	14.85	12.23
2008	40,156	6,486	5,549	5,849	6,560			6,560	248	163.4	145.7	14.04	12.71	10.10	14.04	11.32
2009	39,589	5,829	4,879	5,132				(6,230)	209	147.2	129.6	12.83	11.48	8.89	(13.60)	(10.79)
2010	38,719	5,399	4,375	4,643	6,000			6,000	199	155.0	119.9	13.42	10.71	8.05	13.42	10.40
2011	38,213	4,815	4,031	4,246	5,640			5,640	180	147.6	111.1	12.86	10.00	7.33	12.86	9.74
2012	38,476	4,648	3,887	4,127				(5,290)	517	120.8	107.3	10.78	9.69	7.11	(12.09)	(9.11)
2013	39,067	4,423	3,663	3,862	4,900			4,900	594	125.4	98.9	11.14	9.00	6.61	11.14	8.38
2014	39,687	4,020	3,464	3,766	4,380			4,380	178	110.4	94.9	9.94	8.67	6.41	9.94	7.46
2015	39,482	3,989	3,337	3,676				(4,450)	183	101.0	93.1	9.18	8.52	6.24	(10.13)	(7.56)
2016	39,403	3,722	3,156	3,467	4,250			4,250	538	107.9	88.0	9.74	8.09	5.88	9.74	7.21
2017	38,430	3,269	2,835	3,228	3,760	(3,261)	3,650	3,760	435	97.8	95.0	8.91	8.67	6.17	8.91	6.36
2018	37,785	2,849	2,547	2,993				(3,660)		75.4	79.2	7.01	7.34	5.05	(8.83)	(6.17)
2019	37,649	3,566	3,082	3,509	3,470			3,566		94.7	93.2	8.65	8.53	5.89	8.65	5.98
2020	36,114	4,058	3,379	4,414	3,510			4,058	161	112.4	122.2	10.10	10.89	7.33	10.10	6.74
2021	36,783	3,761		232				3,761							(9.28)	6.20
2022								(4,200)								(6.9)
year	live births	abortions, reported (CDC/state)			abortions (AGI)			abortions, merged	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion %, merged	abortion rate, merged
year	live births	total in state	residents, in state only	residents, in and out of state	total in state	residents, in state only	residents, in and out of state	all in state	fetal deaths	all in state	residents, in/out of state	all in state	residents, in/out of state	abortion rate, residents	all in 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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