MMWR Vol. 60 / No. SS-15

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Title: MMWR Vol. 60 / No. SS-15

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	Surveillance Summaries Volume 60, No. SS-15 November 25, 2011

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Abortion Surveillance — United States, 2008
A total of 825,564 abortions were reported to CDC for 2008. Of these, 808,528 abortions (97.9% of the total) were from the 45 reporting areas that provided data every year during 1999–2008. Among these same 45 reporting areas, the abortion rate for 2008 was 16.0 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years, and the abortion ratio was 234 abortions per 1,000 live births. Compared with 2007, the total number and rate of reported abortions for these 45 reporting areas essentially were unchanged, although the abortion ratio was 1% higher. Reported abortion numbers, rates, and ratios remained 3%, 4%, and 10% lower, respectively, in 2008 than they had been in 1999. In 2007, as in previous years, reported deaths related to abortion were rare.
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