Reported abortions by state of residence, 2012-2024
| state | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acre | |||||||||||||
| Alagoas | |||||||||||||
| Amapa | |||||||||||||
| Amazonas | |||||||||||||
| Bahia | 41 | 64 | 64 | 43 | |||||||||
| Ceara | |||||||||||||
| Distrito Federal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Espirito Santo | |||||||||||||
| Goias | 17 | 13 | 13 | 27 | |||||||||
| Maranhao | |||||||||||||
| Mato Grosso | |||||||||||||
| Mato Grosso do Sul | |||||||||||||
| Minas Gerais | |||||||||||||
| Para | 78 | 85 | 85 | 51 | |||||||||
| Paraiba | |||||||||||||
| Parana | 158 | 148 | 35 | 23 | 5 | 73 | 87 | 102 | |||||
| Pernambuco | |||||||||||||
| Piaui | |||||||||||||
| Rio de Janeiro | |||||||||||||
| Rio Grande do Norte | |||||||||||||
| Rio Grande do Sul | 78 | 61 | 56 | 79 | 5 | 97 | 121 | 112 | |||||
| Rondonia | |||||||||||||
| Roraima | |||||||||||||
| Santa Catarina | 36 | 41 | 55 | 38 | 57 | 70 | 69 | 121 | 10 | 109 | 150 | 141 | |
| Sao Paulo | 335 | 247 | 247 | 269 | |||||||||
| Sergipe | |||||||||||||
| Tocantins | |||||||||||||
| unknown | 879 | 883 | 1,026 | 1,174 | 1,604 | 1,567 | 1,630 | 1,847 | 1,941 | 1,876 | 1,881 | 2,329 | 2,943 |
| BRAZIL | 1,625 | 1,543 | 1,582 | 1,707 | 1,661 | 1,637 | 1,699 | 1,968 | 1,941 | 1,896 | 2,160 | 2,687 | 3,298 |
| state | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acre | 14,675 | 14,943 | 15,717 | 15,608 | 16,148 | 16,623 | 16,864 | 15,723 | 14,149 | 14,783 | 13,955 | 14,147 |
| Alagoas | 52,200 | 52,121 | 50,905 | 51,339 | 49,949 | 51,280 | 53,042 | 49,313 | 47,265 | 48,351 | 45,432 | 46,174 |
| Amapa | 13,029 | 14,013 | 14,262 | 14,346 | 16,222 | 16,104 | 16,590 | 14,449 | 12,417 | 13,542 | 12,705 | 12,361 |
| Amazonas | 68,363 | 70,713 | 74,569 | 73,352 | 79,185 | 79,736 | 79,624 | 72,144 | 66,809 | 70,850 | 67,714 | 66,882 |
| Bahia | 205,610 | 199,783 | 202,072 | 205,602 | 203,656 | 207,086 | 207,657 | 196,951 | 187,578 | 184,430 | 173,686 | 170,532 |
| Ceara | 122,822 | 122,401 | 124,148 | 131,522 | 129,780 | 130,492 | 134,656 | 126,377 | 117,688 | 117,750 | 111,163 | 110,128 |
| Distrito Federal | 42,692 | 44,216 | 45,511 | 46,062 | 43,872 | 44,773 | 44,185 | 42,244 | 39,174 | 37,907 | 35,877 | 35,347 |
| Espirito Santo | 52,955 | 54,262 | 55,458 | 56,590 | 53,966 | 56,717 | 57,206 | 54,451 | 53,644 | 52,201 | 51,725 | 52,240 |
| Goias | 90,583 | 93,409 | 98,261 | 100,035 | 96,584 | 98,371 | 99,724 | 95,852 | 92,005 | 89,852 | 88,812 | 91,319 |
| Maranhao | 101,210 | 102,497 | 106,908 | 107,609 | 114,158 | 115,331 | 119,221 | 108,414 | 100,940 | 104,398 | 95,521 | 94,964 |
| Mato Grosso | 48,948 | 51,095 | 55,680 | 55,944 | 54,390 | 58,202 | 59,258 | 57,888 | 55,289 | 56,231 | 57,255 | 57,925 |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 41,325 | 41,655 | 43,460 | 43,784 | 42,903 | 45,147 | 44,678 | 43,458 | 41,763 | 41,813 | 40,266 | 40,139 |
| Minas Gerais | 260,242 | 257,783 | 267,057 | 267,996 | 256,197 | 262,891 | 264,744 | 256,436 | 247,391 | 242,246 | 235,444 | 234,363 |
| Para | 123,661 | 126,573 | 130,466 | 131,544 | 141,441 | 141,601 | 143,724 | 128,036 | 120,646 | 126,673 | 122,220 | 122,165 |
| Paraiba | 48,653 | 52,621 | 57,305 | 58,454 | 56,339 | 57,473 | 60,383 | 56,587 | 55,093 | 54,834 | 49,430 | 49,524 |
| Parana | 150,445 | 155,558 | 159,918 | 160,338 | 155,677 | 158,359 | 156,789 | 153,542 | 146,206 | 142,095 | 140,702 | 139,999 |
| Pernambuco | 136,931 | 134,322 | 135,579 | 137,900 | 132,717 | 137,307 | 139,914 | 130,345 | 124,656 | 123,572 | 116,059 | 115,324 |
| Piaui | 45,427 | 44,157 | 45,950 | 47,091 | 47,173 | 48,526 | 49,606 | 46,457 | 43,083 | 44,270 | 41,701 | 41,461 |
| Rio de Janeiro | 214,091 | 211,758 | 220,187 | 219,720 | 220,522 | 224,147 | 221,401 | 203,554 | 196,416 | 187,896 | 179,548 | 175,637 |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 46,836 | 46,383 | 47,525 | 48,575 | 46,403 | 46,831 | 48,465 | 45,488 | 43,035 | 43,059 | 39,918 | 39,384 |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 138,065 | 140,558 | 142,684 | 147,826 | 141,827 | 141,761 | 140,174 | 134,021 | 129,788 | 123,882 | 120,605 | 120,505 |
| Rondonia | 25,835 | 25,595 | 27,321 | 26,921 | 26,887 | 27,595 | 28,167 | 26,871 | 25,577 | 25,324 | 24,739 | 23,821 |
| Roraima | 8,733 | 9,193 | 9,514 | 9,227 | 12,050 | 12,318 | 13,920 | 12,927 | 11,310 | 11,568 | 11,538 | 11,760 |
| Santa Catarina | 88,587 | 89,816 | 92,808 | 96,822 | 95,678 | 98,677 | 99,919 | 98,180 | 97,959 | 96,221 | 98,181 | 96,602 |
| Sao Paulo | 614,697 | 609,533 | 624,283 | 632,859 | 603,180 | 612,948 | 608,457 | 580,715 | 550,186 | 523,269 | 512,611 | 503,746 |
| Sergipe | 32,428 | 32,964 | 33,164 | 33,978 | 32,427 | 33,917 | 34,262 | 31,980 | 30,619 | 30,364 | 28,000 | 28,486 |
| Tocantins | 23,373 | 23,278 | 24,252 | 24,300 | 24,490 | 25,462 | 25,967 | 24,053 | 23,193 | 23,259 | 22,206 | 22,959 |
| BRAZIL | 2,812,517 | 2,832,590 | 2,913,121 | 2,952,969 | 2,893,822 | 2,949,798 | 2,968,736 | 2,812,030 | 2,678,992 | 2,635,854 | 2,537,078 | 2,523,267 |
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