Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Rhode Island (USA)

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 23 November 2023

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

yearlive births abortions, reported
(CDC/state)
abortions
(AGI)
abortions, mergedfetal
deaths
abortion ratioabortion % abortion
rate,
residents
abortion %, mergedabortion rate, merged
total in stateresidents, in state only residents, in and out of statetotal in state residents, in state onlyresidents, in and out of state all in state all in stateresidents, in/out of stateall in state residents, in/out of stateall in state
1970(15,648)               
1971(14,898)               
197213,495                
197312,659    1,140   1,140  90.1 8.26  8.26 5.68
197411,688 2,867 2,625 2,885 2,910   2,910  249.0246.819.9319.8014.4919.93 14.62
197510,957 3,253 2,996 3,162 3,310   3,310  302.1288.623.2022.4015.6823.20 16.41
197611,102 3,863 3,604 3,751 3,890  3,800 3,890  350.4342.325.9525.5018.4425.95 18.88
197711,937 4,106 3,849 3,939 4,200 3,950 4,110 4,200  351.8344.326.0325.6119.5426.03 19.97
197811,785 4,497 4,135 4,251 4,570 4,200 5,350 4,570  387.8454.027.9431.2225.0127.94 21.37
197912,235 5,389 4,666 4,781 5,650 4,890 5,910 5,650  461.8483.031.5932.5727.3231.59 26.12
198012,512 6,625 5,355 5,459 6,640 5,370 6,220 6,640  530.7497.134.6733.2128.7234.67 30.66
198112,849 7,515 5,631 5,684 7,500  6,030 7,515  584.9469.336.9031.9427.3736.90 34.11
198213,003 7,703 (5,720)(5,720)3,770 5,760 6,150 7,703  592.4473.037.2032.1127.6237.20 34.59
198313,061 6,984 5,408 5,470    (7,580) 534.7418.834.8429.5224.31(36.72)(33.68)
198413,219 7,422 5,612 5,662 7,450  5,900 7,450  563.6446.336.0430.8625.8236.04 32.60
198513,517 7,778 (5,901)(5,901)7,770 5,900 6,170 7,778  575.4456.536.5331.3426.6236.53 33.56
198613,935 7,502 5,721 5,767    (7,650) 538.4413.935.0029.2724.52(35.44)(32.52)
198714,519 7,529 5,763 5,833 7,390  6,000 7,529  518.6413.334.1529.2425.1434.15 31.55
198814,481 7,616 5,868 5,918 7,190  5,800 7,616  525.9408.734.4729.0124.7234.47 31.81
198915,302 7,704 (6,040)(6,040)   (7,580) 503.5394.733.4928.3025.23(33.13)(31.66)
199015,195 7,782 (6,090)(6,090)   (7,540) 512.1400.833.8728.6125.42(33.16)(31.47)
199114,591 7,412 (5,880)(5,880)7,500  6,260 7,500  514.0429.033.9530.0226.3533.95 31.56
199214,789 6,667 (5,300)(5,300)6,990  5,830 6,990  472.6394.232.1028.2725.0332.10 30.02
199314,275 6,644 (5,280)(5,280)   (6,570) 465.4369.931.7627.0023.04(31.52)(28.66)
199413,440 6,092 (4,840)(4,971)   (6,140) 453.3369.931.1927.0021.97(31.36)(27.13)
199512,776 5,707 (4,560)(4,560)5,720   5,720  447.7356.930.9326.3020.4030.93 25.59
199612,652 5,437 (4,431)(4,433)5,420  5,290 5,437  429.7418.130.0629.4823.8330.06 24.49
199712,455 5,478 (4,443)4,555    (5,350) 439.8365.730.5526.7820.70(30.05)(24.31)
199812,599 4,601 (3,754)3,857    (5,270) 365.2306.126.7523.4417.63(29.49)(24.09)
199912,3665,004(3,903)3,9955,560 4,7405,560 449.6383.331.0227.7121.9131.0225.70
200012,5055,4134,2284,3095,600 4,9005,600 447.8391.830.9328.1521.0830.9324.09
200112,7135,455(4,102)4,170   (5,630) 429.1328.030.0324.7017.94(30.69)(24.22)
200212,8945,550(4,146)4,248   (5,720) 430.4329.530.0924.7818.24(30.73)(24.57)
200313,2095,538(5,538)(5,538)   (5,690)52419.3419.329.5429.5423.82(30.11)(24.47)
200412,7795,587(4,252)4,3565,730 4,8105,73067448.4376.430.9627.3520.8130.9624.80
200512,4735,091(3,920)4,0355,290 4,6805,29083424.1375.229.7827.2820.5129.7823.18
200612,3794,828(3,689)3,810  4,550(4,970)58390.0367.628.0626.8820.21(28.65)(22.08)
200712,5034,820(3,670)3,8194,910 4,4204,91057392.7353.528.2026.1219.9628.2022.17
200812,0064,502(3,458)5,3975,000 4,3405,00055416.5449.529.4031.0124.6829.4022.87
200911,4424,3263,3633,512  4,100(4,600)53378.1358.327.4426.3818.92(28.67)(21.23)
201011,1774,1813,3673,9714,290 3,8504,29064383.8355.327.7426.2118.5227.7420.01
201110,9604,1653,3513,4544,210(3,400)3,6904,21061384.1336.727.7525.1917.3627.7519.80
201210,9533,5492,9153,015   (3,850)69324.0275.324.4721.5914.25(26.01)(18.20)
201310,8083,2512,6672,7523,550(2,940)3,1303,55073328.5289.624.7222.4614.8724.7216.86
201410,8232,9902,4912,5813,580(3,000)3,2203,58054330.8297.524.8622.9315.3524.8617.07
201510,9932,6492,2592,348   (3,530)51241.0213.619.4217.6011.25(24.31)(16.91)
201610,7982,4792,1592,2233,510(3,070)3,3403,51067325.1309.324.5323.6216.0624.5316.88
201710,6383,1012,6402,7253,500(2,980)3,2803,50056329.0308.324.7623.5715.8324.7616.89
201810,5062,8172,4272,625   (3,170) 268.1249.921.1419.9912.65(23.18)(15.27)
201910,1752,1021,8241,9672,8402,4702,9202,840 279.1287.021.8222.3014.0921.8213.70
202010,1012,6112,1862,4032,760(2,350)2,8302,760 273.2280.221.4621.8913.1421.4612.82
202110,4582,1761,8192,017   (2,800) 208.1192.917.2216.179.32(21.1)(12.9)
202210,214  2   (3,000)      (22.7)(13.9)
2023*    (1,550)  (1,500)        
yearlive births abortions, reported
(CDC/state)
abortions
(AGI)
abortions, mergedfetal
deaths
abortion ratioabortion % abortion
rate,
residents
abortion %, mergedabortion rate, merged
total in stateresidents, in state only residents, in and out of statetotal in state residents, in state onlyresidents, in and out of state all in state all in stateresidents, in/out of stateall in state residents, in/out of stateall in state

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