Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive
Historical abortion statistics, New Brunswick (Canada)
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 31 May 2026
Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):
- Live births
- Abortions, reported includes official data from the national
statistics office with some data from provincial agencies.
- Abortions (AWR) are combined reported and estimated abortion occurrences from the Abortion Worldwide Report working papers.
- Miscarriages may include stillbirths and/or spontaneous
early miscarriages.
- 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 | live births |
abortions, reported
(official) |
abortions, occurrences, estimated (AWR) |
miscarriages |
abortion ratio | abortion % |
abortion rate |
|---|
| all in area | residents, in and out of area |
all in area | residents, in/out of area | all in area |
residents, in/out of area | all in area |
residents, in/out of area |
|---|
| 1962 | 16,529 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1963 | 16,291 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1964 | 15,549 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1965 | 14,970 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1966 | 13,604 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1967 | 12,558 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1968 | 12,059 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1969 | 11,533 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1970 | 11,545 | | 72 | | | | 6.2 | | 0.62 | | |
| 1971 | 11,983 | | 146 | | | | 12.2 | | 1.20 | | 1.11 |
| 1972 | (11,400) | | 183 | | | | 16.1 | | 1.58 | | 1.36 |
| 1973 | 11,697 | | 341 | | | | 29.2 | | 2.83 | | 2.46 |
| 1974 | 11,444 | | 440 | | 1,102 | | 38.4 | | 3.70 | | 3.09 |
| 1975 | 11,789 | | 379 | | 1,160 | | 32.1 | | 3.11 | | 2.57 |
| 1976 | 11,015 | | 400 | | 1,137 | | 36.3 | | 3.50 | | 2.62 |
| 1977 | 11,515 | | 426 | | 933 | | 37.0 | | 3.57 | | 2.73 |
| 1978 | 10,790 | | 454 | | 990 | | 42.1 | | 4.04 | | 2.85 |
| 1979 | 10,848 | | 447 | | 945 | | 41.2 | | 3.96 | | 2.75 |
| 1980 | 10,636 | | 467 | | 1,007 | | 43.9 | | 4.21 | | 2.83 |
| 1981 | 10,503 | | 444 | | 887 | | 42.3 | | 4.06 | | 2.66 |
| 1982 | 10,489 | | 243 | | 909 | | 23.2 | | 2.26 | | 1.45 |
| 1983 | 10,518 | | 277 | | 865 | | 26.3 | | 2.57 | | 1.62 |
| 1984 | 10,360 | | 278 | | 912 | | 26.8 | | 2.61 | | 1.61 |
| 1985 | 10,121 | | 310 | | 753 | | 30.6 | | 2.97 | | 1.78 |
| 1986 | 9,788 | | 358 | | 770 | | 36.6 | | 3.53 | | 2.04 |
| 1987 | 9,588 | | 357 | | 787 | | 37.2 | | 3.59 | | 2.02 |
| 1988 | 9,617 | | 475 | | 714 | | 49.4 | | 4.71 | | 2.68 |
| 1989 | 9,667 | | 509 | | 739 | | 52.7 | | 5.00 | | 2.85 |
| 1990 | 9,824 | | 564 | | 650 | | 57.4 | | 5.43 | | 3.14 |
| 1991 | 9,497 | | | | 649 | | | | | | |
| 1992 | 9,389 | | 866 | | 620 | | 0.0 | | 0.00 | | 4.82 |
| 1993 | 9,049 | | 852 | | 508 | | 0.0 | | 0.00 | | 4.79 |
| 1994 | 8,978 | 712 | 852 | | 517 | 79.3 | 357.1 | 7.35 | 26.31 | 4.04 | 4.84 |
| 1995 | 8,563 | 1,097 | 1,111 | | 395 | 128.1 | 549.9 | 11.36 | 35.48 | 6.28 | 6.36 |
| 1996 | 8,176 | 1,143 | 1,120 | | 332 | 139.8 | 572.6 | 12.27 | 36.41 | 6.60 | 6.47 |
| 1997 | 7,922 | 1,146 | 1,113 | | 358 | 144.7 | 573.9 | 12.64 | 36.46 | 6.68 | 6.49 |
| 1998 | 7,885 | 1,117 | 1,106 | | 263 | 141.7 | 559.1 | 12.41 | 35.86 | 6.61 | 6.54 |
| 1999 | 7,615 | 1,061 | 1,031 | | 310 | 139.3 | 530.8 | 12.23 | 34.67 | 6.34 | 6.16 |
| 2000 | 7,352 | 1,117 | 1,098 | 1,117 | 249 | 151.9 | 558.5 | 13.19 | 35.84 | 6.76 | 6.65 |
| 2001 | 7,196 | 1,039 | 1,028 | 1,039 | 194 | 144.4 | 519.2 | 12.62 | 34.18 | 6.36 | 6.30 |
| 2002 | 7,046 | 1,062 | 1,045 | 1,062 | 195 | 150.7 | 530.5 | 13.10 | 34.66 | 6.61 | 6.50 |
| 2003 | 7,117 | 991 | 944 | 991 | 153 | 139.2 | 494.8 | 12.22 | 33.10 | 6.26 | 5.96 |
| 2004 | 6,964 | 1,042 | 920 | 1,042 | 179 | 149.6 | 520.0 | 13.02 | 34.21 | 6.67 | 5.89 |
| 2005 | 6,896 | 1,032 | 941 | 1,032 | 154 | 149.7 | 514.7 | 13.02 | 33.98 | 6.72 | 6.13 |
| 2006 | 7,030 | | | (1,060) | 34 | 150.8 | | 13.10 | | 7.03 | |
| 2007 | 7,150 | 1,082 | 409 | 1,082 | 46 | 151.3 | 539.1 | 13.14 | 35.03 | 7.30 | 2.76 |
| 2008 | 7,407 | 1,096 | 469 | 1,096 | 40 | 148.0 | 545.8 | 12.89 | 35.31 | 7.50 | 3.21 |
| 2009 | 7,395 | 1,104 | 500 | 1,104 | 46 | 149.3 | 549.5 | 12.99 | 35.46 | 7.65 | 3.46 |
| 2010 | 7,356 | 1,098 | 471 | 1,098 | 46 | 149.3 | 546.3 | 12.99 | 35.33 | 7.70 | 3.30 |
| 2011 | 7,128 | 1,056 | 426 | 1,056 | 60 | 148.1 | 525.1 | 12.90 | 34.43 | 7.49 | 3.02 |
| 2012 | 7,059 | 1,058 | 451 | 1,058 | 41 | 149.9 | 63.9 | 13.03 | 6.01 | 7.61 | 3.24 |
| 2013 | 6,959 | 1,036 | 502 | 1,036 | 52 | 148.9 | 72.1 | 12.96 | 6.73 | 7.57 | 3.67 |
| 2014 | 6,982 | 528 | 541 | (1,030) | 55 | 147.5 | 77.5 | 12.86 | 7.19 | 7.65 | 4.02 |
| 2015 | 6,603 | 676 | 622 | (1,020) | 41 | 154.5 | 94.2 | 13.38 | 8.61 | 7.68 | 4.68 |
| 2016 | 6,623 | 827 | 682 | (1,010) | 51 | 152.5 | 103.0 | 13.23 | 9.34 | 7.68 | 5.18 |
| 2017 | 6,542 | 699 | 675 | (1,000) | 40 | 152.9 | 103.2 | 13.26 | 9.35 | 7.62 | 5.15 |
| 2018 | 6,370 | 606 | 510 | (1,010) | 46 | 158.6 | 80.1 | 13.69 | 7.41 | 7.70 | 3.89 |
| 2019 | 6,278 | 529 | 444 | (1,030) | 44 | 164.1 | 70.7 | 14.09 | 6.61 | 7.79 | 3.36 |
| 2020 | 6,211 | 495 | 493 | (900) | 39 | 144.9 | 79.4 | 12.66 | 7.35 | 6.79 | 3.72 |
| 2021 | 6,473 | 895 | | 895 | 50 | 138.3 | | 12.15 | | 6.71 | |
| 2022 | 6,220 | 902 | | 902 | 48 | 145.0 | | 12.66 | | 6.53 | |
| 2023 | 6,055 | 1,082 | | 1,082 | 55 | 178.7 | | 15.16 | | 7.47 | |
| 2024 | 6,543 | 1,346 | | 1,346 | | 205.7 | | 17.06 | | 8.88 | |
| 2025 | | | | (1,600) | | | | | | | |
| year | live births |
abortions, reported
(official) |
abortions, occurrences, estimated (AWR) |
miscarriages |
abortion ratio | abortion % |
abortion rate |
|---|
| all in area | residents, in and out of area |
all in area | residents, in/out of area | all in area |
residents, in/out of area | all in area |
residents, in/out of area |
|---|
Notes:
- Official data may be incomplete.
- Parenthetical figures are estimates, some of which are
derived from reported data.
- Some miscarriage data includes only stillbirths, some data includes
known early miscarriages, thus this series is not a consistent time series.
- Abortion rates may be based on a mix of national or provincial
agency data and thus may not represent a consistent time series.
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