Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, November 2022 / Vol. 71 / No. SS-10

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• Alternative Title:
  Abortion Surveillance - United States, 2020
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries
• Personal Author:
  Kortsmit, Katherine ; Nguyen, Antoinette T. ; Mandel, Michele G. ; Clark, Elizabeth ; Hollier, Lisa M. ; Rodenhizer, Jessica ; Whiteman, Maura K.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.)
• Description:
  Problem/Condition ; CDC conducts abortion surveillance to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions and number of abortion-related deaths in the United States. ; Period Covered ; 2020. ; Description of System ; Each year, CDC requests abortion data from the central health agencies for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and New York City. For 2020, a total of 49 reporting areas voluntarily provided aggregate abortion data to CDC. Of these, 48 reporting areas provided data each year during 2011-2020. Census and natality data were used to calculate abortion rates (number of abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years) and ratios (number of abortions per 1,000 live births), respectively. Abortion-related deaths from 2019 were assessed as part of CDC's Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System (PMSS). ; Results ; A total of 620,327 abortions for 2020 were reported to CDC from 49 reporting areas. Among 48 reporting areas with data each year during 2011-2020, in 2020, a total of 615,911 abortions were reported, the abortion rate was 11.2 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years, and the abortion ratio was 198 abortions per 1,000 live births. From 2019 to 2020, the total number of abortions decreased 2% (from 625,346 total abortions), the abortion rate decreased 2% (from 11.4 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years), and the abortion ratio increased 2% (from 195 abortions per 1,000 live births). From 2011 to 2020, the total number of reported abortions decreased 15% (from 727,554), the abortion rate decreased 18% (from 13.7 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years), and the abortion ratio decreased 9% (from 217 abortions per 1,000 live births). ; Interpretation ; Among the 48 areas that reported data continuously during 2011-2020, overall decreases were observed during 2011-2020 in the total number, rate, and ratio of reported abortions. From 2019 to 2020, decreases also were observed in the total number and rate of reported abortions; however, a 2% increase was observed in the total abortion ratio. ; Public Health Action ; Abortion surveillance can be used to help evaluate programs aimed at promoting equitable access to patient-centered quality contraceptive services in the United States to reduce unintended pregnancies.
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• Subjects:
  • Abortion, Legal
  • Adolescent
  • Female
  • Gestational Age
  • Humans
  • Population Surveillance
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy, Unplanned
• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, 2022; v. 71, no. 10
• Series:
  Surveillance Summaries: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss7110a1
• ISSN:
  1546-0738 (print) ; 1545-8636 (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  36417304
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9707346
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  27 pdf pages
• Volume:
  71
• Issue:
  10
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/123183/cdc_123183_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 611.26 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
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