Historical abortion statistics, Odisha (India)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston's Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Odisha (India)

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 7 June 2026

Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):

Abortions, reported include all abortions obtained by residents.
Abortions, estimated (medication) are estimates of non-surgical medication-induced abortions.
Abortions, estimated (total) are totals for reported abortions and estimated medication-induced abortions.
Miscarriages generally includes spontaneous fetal losses/spontaneous abortions, fetal deaths, or stillbirths, regardless of gestation period.
Fetal deaths includes stillbirths.
Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).
Abortion rate is abortions per 1000 women ages 15-49.

Odisha was renamed from Orissa in 2011.

year	live births, reported	live births, estimated	abortions, reported	abortions, estimated (medication)	abortions, estimated (total)	miscarriages	fetal deaths	abortion ratio (reported)	abortion ratio (estimated)	abortion % (reported)	abortion % (estimated)	abortion rate (reported)	abortion rate (estimated)
1970
1971		(759,000)
1972		(771,000)
1973		(792,000)
1974		(779,000)
1975		(794,000)	2,490		2,490			3.1	3.1	0.31	0.31
1976		(837,000)	6,582		6,582			7.9	7.9	0.78	0.78
1977		(733,000)	8,561		8,561			11.7	11.7	1.15	1.15
1978		(821,000)	10,986		10,986			13.4	13.4	1.32	1.32
1979		(788,000)	11,018		11,018			14.0	14.0	1.38	1.38
1980		(818,000)	12,390		12,390			15.1	15.1	1.49	1.49
1981		(873,000)	19,599		19,599			22.5	22.5	2.20	2.20
1982		(897,000)	19,648		19,648			21.9	21.9	2.14	2.14
1983		(930,000)	22,581		22,581			24.3	24.3	2.37	2.37
1984		(911,000)	22,060		22,060			24.2	24.2	2.36	2.36
1985		(871,000)	22,824		22,824			26.2	26.2	2.55	2.55
1986		(939,000)	20,613		20,613			22.0	22.0	2.15	2.15
1987		(912,000)	24,654		24,654			27.0	27.0	2.63	2.63
1988		(956,000)	25,998		25,998			27.2	27.2	2.65	2.65
1989		(931,000)	24,581		24,581			26.4	26.4	2.57	2.57
1990		(933,000)	21,977		21,977			23.6	23.6	2.30	2.30
1991		(912,000)	21,583		21,583			23.7	23.7	2.31	2.31
1992		(904,000)	19,908		19,908			22.0	22.0	2.15	2.15
1993		(899,000)	19,510		19,510			21.7	21.7	2.12	2.12
1994		(940,000)	21,586		21,586			23.0	23.0	2.24	2.24
1995		(948,000)	21,269		21,269			22.4	22.4	2.19	2.19
1996		(935,000)	23,908		23,908			25.6	25.6	2.49	2.49
1997		(931,000)	24,624		24,624			26.4	26.4	2.58	2.58
1998		(915,000)	21,882		21,882			23.9	23.9	2.34	2.34
1999		(869,000)	25,318		25,318			29.1	29.1	2.83	2.83
2000		(888,000)	29,763		29,763			33.5	33.5	3.24	3.24
2001		(865,000)	32,966		32,966			38.1	38.1	3.67	3.67
2002		(865,000)	34,622		34,622			40.0	40.0	3.85	3.85
2003		(869,000)	35,307					40.6		3.90
2004		(869,000)	38,795					44.6		4.27
2005		(865,000)	42,671					49.3		4.70
2006		(860,000)	42,083					48.9		4.67
2007		(856,000)	59,945					70.0		6.54
2008		(863,000)	24,372					28.2		2.75
2009	551,559	(858,000)	27,547					32.1		3.11
2010	630,398	(849,000)	21,957				12,237	25.9		2.52
2011	719,823	(843,000)	17,473				18,519	20.7		2.03
2012	679,210	(844,000)	20,601				17,416	24.4		2.38
2013	700,657	(841,000)	22,239				18,119	26.4		2.58
2014	696,009	(842,000)	22,619				17,736	26.9		2.62
2015	671,548	(843,000)	22,257			(54,000)	16,224	26.4		2.57
2016	610,612	(825,000)	21,845			33,737	14,600	26.5		2.58
2017	608,034	(821,000)				39,106	13,734
2018	646,668	(822,000)	15,963			44,335	14,361	19.4		1.90
2019		(818,000)
2020		(809,000)	11,269					13.9		1.37
2021	623,877	(799,000)	12,677			(77,000)	13,934	15.9		1.56
2022		(762,000)	15,444					20.3		1.99
2023		(742,000)	16,215					21.9		2.14
2024		(736,000)	15,805					21.5		2.10
2025
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Notes:

Abortion data may be significantly incomplete.

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