Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive
Historical abortion statistics, Anhui (PR China)
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 16 July 2026
Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):
- Abortions, all to residents include all abortions obtained by prefecture residents.
- Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
- Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).
| year | live births | abortions | abortion ratio | abortion % |
|---|
| all to residents | all to residents | all to residents |
|---|
| 1956 | 1,081,900 | | | |
| 1957 | | | | |
| 1958 | | | | |
| 1959 | | | | |
| 1960 | | | | |
| 1961 | | | | |
| 1962 | | | | |
| 1963 | | | | |
| 1964 | | | | |
| 1965 | 1,373,100 | | | |
| 1966 | | | | |
| 1967 | | | | |
| 1968 | | | | |
| 1969 | | | | |
| 1970 | | | | |
| 1971 | | | | |
| 1972 | 1,476,900 | | | |
| 1973 | 1,413,800 | | | |
| 1974 | 1,231,800 | | | |
| 1975 | 1,075,100 | | | |
| 1976 | 1,027,300 | | | |
| 1977 | 988,500 | | | |
| 1978 | 965,700 | | | |
| 1979 | 1,046,600 | | | |
| 1980 | 973,700 | | | |
| 1981 | 854,000 | 512,000 | 599.5 | 37.48 |
| 1982 | | | | |
| 1983 | | | | |
| 1984 | | | | |
| 1985 | | | | |
| 1986 | | | | |
| 1987 | | | | |
| 1988 | 1,119,000 | 134,000 | 119.7 | 10.69 |
| 1989 | | | | |
| 1990 | 1,388,700 | 403,000 | 290.2 | 22.49 |
| 1991 | 1,220,800 | 549,000 | 449.7 | 31.02 |
| 1992 | 1,094,500 | 602,000 | 550.0 | 35.48 |
| 1993 | | | | |
| 1994 | 994,500 | 477,000 | 479.6 | 32.42 |
| 1995 | | | | |
| 1996 | 971,200 | 243,000 | 250.2 | 20.01 |
| 1997 | | | | |
| 1998 | 973,400 | | | |
| 1999 | | | | |
| 2000 | 816,500 | | | |
| 2001 | 763,500 | | | |
| 2002 | 688,100 | 187,080 | 271.9 | 21.38 |
| 2003 | 687,200 | 170,815 | 248.6 | 19.91 |
| 2004 | 723,700 | 160,709 | 222.1 | 18.17 |
| 2005 | 760,700 | 174,182 | 229.0 | 18.63 |
| 2006 | 769,900 | 168,682 | 219.1 | 17.97 |
| 2007 | 780,000 | 185,904 | 238.3 | 19.25 |
| 2008 | 800,600 | 281,614 | 351.8 | 26.02 |
| 2009 | 801,300 | 151,439 | 189.0 | 15.90 |
| 2010 | 756,500 | 176,359 | 233.1 | 18.91 |
| 2011 | 730,400 | 185,035 | 253.3 | 20.21 |
| 2012 | 777,100 | 186,516 | 240.0 | 19.36 |
| 2013 | 771,300 | 125,096 | 162.2 | 13.96 |
| 2014 | 771,200 | 200,291 | 259.7 | 20.62 |
| 2015 | 776,600 | 199,959 | 257.5 | 20.48 |
| 2016 | 785,500 | 187,797 | 239.1 | 19.29 |
| 2017 | 852,200 | 211,667 | 248.4 | 19.90 |
| 2018 | 754,000 | 261,124 | 346.3 | 25.72 |
| 2019 | 732,900 | 269,924 | 368.3 | 26.92 |
| 2020 | 576,900 | | | |
| 2021 | 492,100 | | | |
| 2022 | 438,700 | | | |
| 2023 | 394,800 | | | |
| 2024 | 377,800 | | | |
| 2025 | | | | |
| year | live births | abortions | abortion ratio | abortion % |
|---|
| all to residents | all to residents | all to residents |
|---|
Notes:
- Live births are estimated from reported populations and raw birth rates.
- Abortion data are generally estimated from reported abortion ratios and estimated live births and may be incomplete.
Sources:
- China Training Center, Reproductive Health and Family Care, 2011, "Total national family planning procedures performed (1971-2009)," CTC, on line [http://www.ctc-health.org.cn/file/2011shoushu.pdf].
- GSWS (PRC), on line [http://www.gsws.gov.cn/...3/.../20100316201139457.xls]
- Ministry of Health (PRC), on line [http://www.moh.gov.cn/publicfiles/business/htmlfiles/zwgkzt/ptjnj/year2010/2010t7/sheet007.htm]
- Ministry of Health (PRC), on line [http://www.moh.gov.cn/open/statistics/year2007/p196.htm]
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- Ministry of Health (PRC), on line [http://www.moh.gov.cn/open/statistics/year2004/p168.htm]
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- (incomplete)
© 2026 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 July 2026.
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