Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, November 2023 / Vol. 72 / No. SS-9

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• Alternative Title:
  Abortion Surveillance - United States, 2021
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries
• Personal Author:
  Kortsmit, Katherine ; Nguyen, Antoinette T. ; Mandel, Michele G. ; Hollier, Lisa M. ; Ramer, Stephanie ; Rodenhizer, Jessica ; Whiteman, Maura K.
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (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 ; 2021. ; 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 2021, a total of 48 reporting areas voluntarily provided aggregate abortion data to CDC. Of these, 47 reporting areas provided data each year during 2012-2021. 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 2020 were assessed as part of CDC's Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System (PMSS). ; Results ; A total of 625,978 abortions for 2021 were reported to CDC from 48 reporting areas. Among 47 reporting areas with data each year during 2012-2021, in 2021, a total of 622,108 abortions were reported, the abortion rate was 11.6 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years, and the abortion ratio was 204 abortions per 1,000 live births. From 2020 to 2021, the total number of abortions increased 5% (from 592,939 total abortions), the abortion rate increased 5% (from 11.1 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years), and the abortion ratio increased 4% (from 197 abortions per 1,000 live births). From 2012 to 2021, the total number of reported abortions decreased 8% (from 673,634), the abortion rate decreased 11% (from 13.1 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years), and the abortion ratio decreased 1% (from 207 abortions per 1,000 live births). ; Interpretation ; Among the 47 areas that reported data continuously during 2012-2021, overall decreases were observed during 2012-2021 in the total number, rate, and ratio of reported abortions; however, from 2020 to 2021, increases were observed across all measures. ; 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, Induced
  • Abortion, Legal
  • Adolescent
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Population Surveillance
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy, Unplanned
• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, 2023; v. 72, no. 9
• Series:
  Surveillance Summaries: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss7209a1
• ISSN:
  1546-0738 (print) ; 1545-8636 (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  37992038
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10684357
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  32 pdf pages
• Volume:
  72
• Issue:
  9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/148642/cdc_148642_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 578.49 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
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