Historical abortion statistics, Nebraska (USA)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Nebraska (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).

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
1940	22,153
1941	22,186
1942	23,950
1943	25,091
1944	24,694
1945	24,292
1946	27,753
1947	32,018
1948	31,066
1949	31,482
1950	31,713
1951	33,595
1952	33,809
1953	32,633
1954	33,617
1955	34,087
1956	33,855
1957	33,161
1958	32,935
1959	34,162
1960	34,257
1961	34,544
1962	33,886
1963	32,624
1964	30,727
1965	27,829
1966	25,618
1967	24,259
1968	24,236
1969	24,801
1970	(25,726)
1971	25,507
1972	23,500	789						789		33.6		3.25			3.25	2.54
1973	22,899				2,270			2,270		99.1		9.02			9.02	7.16
1974	23,774	3,094	2,499	2,673	3,180			3,180		133.8	112.4	11.80	10.11	8.25	11.80	9.81
1975	23,908	3,406	2,626	2,825	4,610			4,610		192.8	118.2	16.17	10.57	8.58	16.17	14.00
1976	24,019	3,977	2,908	3,117	4,600		3,700	4,600		191.5	154.0	16.07	13.35	11.03	16.07	13.71
1977	25,558	4,534	3,256	3,506	5,380	3,860	4,310	5,380		210.5	168.6	17.39	14.43	12.65	17.39	15.80
1978	25,424	4,837	3,383	3,651	6,630	4,630	5,000	6,630		260.8	196.7	20.68	16.43	14.45	20.68	19.17
1979	26,093	4,608	3,238	3,516	5,660	3,980	4,340	5,660		216.9	166.3	17.83	14.26	12.39	17.83	16.16
1980	27,851	6,060	4,481	4,832	6,350	4,690	5,140	6,350		228.0	184.6	18.57	15.58	14.51	18.57	17.92
1981	27,155	5,753		219	6,730		5,630	6,730		247.8	207.3	19.86	17.17	15.77	19.86	18.85
1982	26,849	5,698	(4,450)	(4,450)	6,580	5,140	5,650	6,580		245.1	210.4	19.68	17.39	15.79	19.68	18.38
1983	26,816	5,625	(4,433)	(4,433)				(6,660)		209.8	165.3	17.34	14.19	12.36	(19.89)	(18.57)
1984	26,483	5,995	(4,790)	(4,790)	6,730		5,760	6,730		254.1	217.5	20.26	17.86	16.00	20.26	18.70
1985	25,688	6,012	(4,799)	(4,799)	6,680	5,330	5,780	6,680		260.0	225.0	20.64	18.37	16.10	20.64	18.61
1986	24,433	5,761	(4,586)	(4,586)				(6,630)		235.8	187.7	19.08	15.80	12.86	(21.34)	(18.59)
1987	23,657	5,858	(4,698)	(4,698)	6,580		5,670	6,580		278.1	239.7	21.76	19.33	16.00	21.76	18.57
1988	24,363	6,006	(4,745)	(4,745)	6,490		5,490	6,490		266.4	225.3	21.04	18.39	15.52	21.04	18.34
1989	24,317	5,871	(4,709)	(4,709)				(6,400)		241.4	193.7	19.45	16.22	13.36	(20.84)	(18.16)
1990	24,380	6,346	(5,060)	(5,060)				(6,320)		260.3	207.5	20.65	17.19	14.32	(20.59)	(17.89)
1991	23,933	6,194	(4,990)	(4,990)	6,230		5,470	6,230		260.3	228.6	20.65	18.60	15.39	20.65	17.53
1992	23,003	5,637	(4,555)	(4,555)	5,580		4,950	5,637		245.1	215.2	19.68	17.71	13.89	19.68	15.82
1993	22,847	5,486	(4,444)	(4,444)				(5,370)		240.1	194.5	19.36	16.28	12.44	(19.03)	(15.03)
1994	23,032	5,324	(4,249)	(4,249)				(5,100)		231.2	184.5	18.78	15.57	11.88	(18.13)	(14.25)
1995	23,243	4,838	(3,846)	(3,846)	4,360			4,838		208.1	165.5	17.23	14.20	10.67	17.23	13.42
1996	23,286	5,214	(4,182)	(4,182)	4,460		3,930	5,214		223.9	179.6	18.29	15.22	11.54	18.29	14.38
1997	23,319	5,129	(4,001)	4,136				(5,000)		219.9	177.4	18.03	15.06	11.42	(17.66)	(13.80)
1998	23,534	5,140	(4,009)	4,153				(4,780)		218.4	176.5	17.93	15.00	11.51	(16.88)	(13.25)
1999	23,907	4,565	(3,725)	3,831	(4,520)		4,110	4,565		190.9	171.9	16.03	14.67	11.45	16.03	12.72
2000	24,646	4,178	3,505	3,603	4,250		3,920	4,250		172.4	159.1	14.71	13.72	10.74	14.71	11.64
2001	24,820	3,982	3,352	3,447				(4,060)		160.4	138.9	13.83	12.19	9.49	(14.06)	(11.18)
2002	25,383	3,775	3,180	3,285				(3,850)		148.7	129.4	12.95	11.46	9.08	(13.17)	(10.65)
2003	25,917	3,990	3,368	3,481				(4,070)	151	154.0	134.3	13.34	11.84	9.65	(13.57)	(11.29)
2004	26,332	3,584	3,073	3,216	(3,660)		3,380	(3,660)	163	139.0	128.4	12.20	11.38	9.42	(12.20)	(10.20)
2005	26,145	3,173	2,705	2,810	3,220		2,990	3,220	134	123.2	114.4	10.97	10.26	8.36	10.97	9.00
2006	26,733	2,927	2,564	2,612			2,900	(2,980)	149	109.5	108.5	9.87	9.79	8.14	(10.03)	(8.37)
2007	26,967	2,481	2,204	2,311	2,530		2,500	2,530	171	93.8	92.7	8.58	8.48	7.05	8.58	7.14
2008	26,914	2,813	2,542	2,657	2,840			2,840	165	105.5	98.7	9.54	8.99	7.51	9.54	8.03
2009	26,936	2,551	2,283	2,400				(2,580)	149	94.7	89.1	8.65	8.18	6.78	(8.74)	(7.29)
2010	25,918	2,464	2,192	2,277	2,490			2,490	133	96.1	87.9	8.77	8.08	6.40	8.77	7.00
2011	25,720	2,372	2,142	2,275	2,570			2,570	123	99.9	88.5	9.08	8.13	6.39	9.08	7.22
2012	26,062	2,299	2,047	2,138				(2,420)	149	88.2	82.0	8.11	7.58	5.97	(8.50)	(6.76)
2013	26,093	2,177	1,992	2,076	2,230			2,230	135	85.5	79.6	7.87	7.37	5.77	7.87	6.19
2014	26,794	2,270	1,996	2,098	2,280			2,280	157	85.1	78.3	7.84	7.26	5.79	7.84	6.29
2015	26,679	2,004	1,775	1,893				(2,030)	157	75.1	71.0	6.99	6.63	5.20	(7.07)	(5.58)
2016	26,589	1,907	1,691	1,784	1,950			1,950	152	73.3	67.1	6.83	6.29	4.87	6.83	5.32
2017	25,821	1,958	1,751	1,857	2,020	(1,806)	2,250	2,020	164	78.2	87.1	7.26	8.02	6.11	7.26	5.48
2018	25,488	2,078	1,832	1,950				(2,150)		81.5	76.5	7.54	7.11	5.25	(7.78)	(5.79)
2019	24,755	2,068	1,801	1,880	2,150			2,150		86.9	75.9	7.99	7.06	5.04	7.99	5.77
2020	24,291	2,378	2,004	2,103	2,200			2,378		97.9	86.6	8.92	7.97	5.53	8.92	6.26
2021	24,555	2,360	2,068	2,181				2,360		96.1	88.8	8.77	8.16	5.71	8.77	6.18
2022								(2,600)								(6.8)
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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