Title: MMWR Vol. 60 / No. SS-1
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Surveillance Summaries
Volume 60, No. SS-1
February 25, 2011
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Abortion Surveillance —
United States, 2007
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Since 1969, CDC has conducted abortion surveillance to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions in the United States. A total of 827,609 abortions were reported to CDC for 2007. Among the 45 reporting areas that provided data every year during 1998–2007, a total of 810,582 abortions (97.9% of the total) were reported for 2007; the abortion rate was 16.0 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years, and the abortion ratio was
231 abortions
per 1,000 live births. Compared with 2006, the total number and rate of reported abortions decreased 2%, and the abortion ratio decreased 3%. Reported abortion numbers, rates, and ratios were 6%, 7%, and 14% lower, respectively, in 2007 than in 1998. The decrease in the total number, rate, and ratio of reported abortions during 2006–2007 reversed the increase in reported abortion numbers and rates that occurred during 2005–2006; however, reported abortion numbers and rates for 2007
still were
higher than they had been previously in 2005. In 2006, as in previous years, reported deaths related to abortion were rare.
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Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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