Historical abortion statistics, North Dakota (USA)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, North Dakota (USA)

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 3 September 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).

North Dakota 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
1937	12,546
1938	12,604
1939	12,824
1940	13,371
1941	13,259
1942	12,900
1943	12,867
1944	12,907
1945	12,656
1946	14,548
1947	16,971
1948	16,636
1949	16,826
1950	17,076
1951	17,288
1952	17,361
1953	16,944
1954	17,432
1955	17,239
1956	16,626
1957	16,364
1958	16,460
1959	16,983
1960	16,690
1961	16,615
1962	15,842
1963	15,257
1964	14,405
1965	13,198
1966	12,159
1967	10,962
1968	10,631
1969	10,798
1970	(10,902)
1971	10,361
1972	10,577
1973	10,376
1974	10,708	137	112	920	150			150		14.0	85.9	1.38	7.91	7.00	1.38	1.14
1975	11,272	812	812	1,330	890			890		79.0	118.0	7.32	10.55	9.86	7.32	6.60
1976	11,398	1,752	826	1,381	1,630		1,600	1,752		153.7	140.4	13.32	12.31	11.57	13.32	12.67
1977	12,232	2,005	2,005	2,473	1,900	710	1,550	2,005		163.9	202.2	14.08	16.82	17.58	14.08	14.25
1978	12,126	2,150	2,150	2,607	2,240	890	1,410	2,240		184.7	215.0	15.59	17.69	18.28	15.59	15.70
1979	12,769	2,810	1,176	1,638	2,810	1,260	1,750	2,810		220.1	137.1	18.04	12.05	12.11	18.04	19.44
1980	12,939	2,649	1,173	1,586	3,140	1,390	1,840	3,140		242.7	142.2	19.53	12.45	12.61	19.53	21.52
1981	13,415	2,554		31	3,180		1,900	3,180		237.0	141.6	19.16	12.41	12.89	19.16	21.57
1982	13,608	3,076	(1,366)	(1,366)	3,350	1,490	1,740	3,350		246.2	127.9	19.75	11.34	11.61	19.75	22.35
1983	13,200	3,028	(1,432)	(1,432)				3,028		229.4	108.5	18.66	9.79	9.45	18.66	19.99
1984	12,738	2,872	(1,526)	(1,526)	2,940		1,740	(2,880)		230.8	136.6	18.75	12.02	11.44	(18.44)	(18.93)
1985	12,717	2,826	(1,452)	(1,452)	2,850	1,460	1,610	2,850		224.1	126.6	18.31	11.24	10.66	18.31	18.87
1986	11,900	2,664	(1,353)	(1,353)				2,664		223.9	113.7	18.29	10.21	9.07	18.29	17.86
1987	11,545	2,562	(1,340)	(1,340)	2,560		1,540	2,562		221.9	133.4	18.16	11.77	10.51	18.16	17.49
1988	11,433	2,221	(1,242)	(1,242)	2,230		1,510	2,230		195.0	132.1	16.32	11.67	10.44	16.32	15.41
1989	10,862	1,761	(1,104)	(1,104)				1,761		162.1	101.6	13.95	9.23	7.79	13.95	12.42
1990	9,250	1,723	(1,065)	(1,065)				1,723		186.3	115.1	15.70	10.32	7.57	15.70	12.25
1991	9,071	1,602	(987)	(987)	1,600		1,170	1,602		176.6	129.0	15.01	11.42	8.42	15.01	11.53
1992	8,935	1,493	(1,017)	(1,017)	1,490		1,190	1,493		167.1	133.2	14.32	11.75	8.61	14.32	10.80
1993	8,746	1,406	(910)	(910)				1,406		160.8	104.0	13.85	9.42	6.59	13.85	10.18
1994	8,639	1,301	(935)	(935)				1,301		150.6	108.2	13.09	9.77	6.76	13.09	9.40
1995	8,476	1,334	(928)	(928)	1,330			1,334		157.4	109.5	13.60	9.87	6.70	13.60	9.64
1996	8,347	1,291	(862)	(862)	1,290		1,050	1,291		154.7	125.8	13.39	11.17	7.58	13.39	9.32
1997	8,353	1,226	(829)	1,003				1,226		146.8	120.1	12.80	10.72	7.29	12.80	8.91
1998	7,932	1,242	847	977				1,242		156.6	123.2	13.54	10.97	7.20	13.54	9.15
1999	7,639	1,345	883	960	1,350		970	1,345		176.7	127.0	15.02	11.27	7.28	14.97	10.09
2000	7,676	1,341	863	936	1,340		940	1,341		174.7	122.5	14.87	10.91	6.96	14.87	9.93
2001	7,629	1,216	750	847				1,216		159.4	111.0	13.75	9.99	6.35	13.75	9.11
2002	7,757	1,219	778	896				1,219		157.1	115.5	13.58	10.35	6.79	13.58	9.24
2003	7,972	1,354	823	933				1,354	41	169.8	117.0	14.52	10.48	7.14	14.52	10.36
2004	8,189	1,357	848	932	1,360		940	1,357	37	166.1	114.8	14.24	10.30	7.20	14.22	10.39
2005	8,352	1,231	778	882	1,230		890	1,231	46	147.4	106.6	12.85	9.63	6.87	12.85	9.51
2006	8,622	1,298	777	887			900	1,298	49	150.5	104.4	13.08	9.45	6.99	13.08	10.09
2007	8,818	1,235	795	900	1,240		910	1,235	54	140.6	103.2	12.33	9.35	7.10	12.28	9.64
2008	8,938	1,386	918	1,007	1,400		1,010	1,400	36	156.6	113.0	13.54	10.15	7.91	13.54	10.97
2009	8,958	1,290	831	926			1,000	1,290	45	144.0	111.6	12.59	10.04	7.79	12.59	10.04
2010	9,104	1,291	888	973	1,290		980	1,291	55	141.8	107.6	12.42	9.72	7.57	12.42	9.97
2011	9,527	1,247	843	955	1,250	(850)	940	1,247	52	131.2	100.2	11.60	9.11	7.31	11.57	9.54
2012	10,019	1,330	917	1,022				1,330	71	132.7	102.0	11.72	9.26	7.61	11.72	9.90
2013	10,609	1,182	791	899	1,180	(790)	900	1,182	56	111.4	84.8	10.02	7.82	6.46	10.02	8.48
2014	11,359	1,264	881	1,009	1,260	(890)	1,020	1,264	59	111.3	89.8	10.01	8.24	7.16	10.01	8.87
2015	11,314	1,166	822	976				1,166	69	103.1	86.3	9.34	7.94	6.68	9.34	7.98
2016	11,383	1,226	886	955	1,150	(840)	960	1,226	71	107.7	84.3	9.72	7.78	6.59	9.72	8.42
2017	10,737	1,155	839	961	1,160	(830)	970	1,155	56	108.0	90.3	9.75	8.29	6.64	9.71	7.91
2018	10,636	1,141	832	959				1,141		107.3	90.2	9.69	8.27	6.53	9.69	7.77
2019	10,454	1,121	833	931	1,120	830	950	1,121		107.2	90.9	9.68	8.33	6.43	9.68	7.59
2020	10,059	1,174	836	953	1,170	(840)	960	1,174		116.7	95.4	10.45	8.71	6.33	10.45	7.74
2021	10,108	1,153	840	936				1,153		114.1	92.6	10.24	8.48	6.17	10.24	7.60
2022	9,561	754	532	925				754		78.9	96.7	7.31	8.82	6.09	7.31	4.96
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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