compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 10 September 2022

year	live births	abortions			stillbirths	abortion ratio		abortion %
		occurrences	residents only	nonresidents		occurrences	all to residents	occurrences	all to residents
1929	643,673
1930	648,811
1931	632,081
1932	613,972
1933	580,413
1934	597,642
1935	598,756
1936	605,292
1937	610,557
1938	621,204				24,729
1939	614,479				24,320
1940	590,120				22,779
1941	579,091				20,876
1942	651,503				22,383
1943	684,334				21,262
1944	751,478				21,306
1945	679,937				19,333
1946	820,719				22,915
1947	881,026				21,795
1948	775,306				18,399
1949	730,518				16,947
1950	697,097				16,084
1951	677,529				15,985
1952	673,735				15,636
1953	684,372				15,681
1954	673,651				16,200
1955	667,811				15,829
1956	700,335				16,405
1957	723,381				16,615
1958	740,715	13,570			16,288	18.3
1959	748,501	13,900			15,901	18.6
1960	785,005	14,000			15,819	17.8
1961	811,281	14,300			15,727	17.6
1962	838,736	16,800			15,464	20.0
1963	854,055	16,600			14,989	19.4
1964	875,972	18,300			14,546	20.9
1965	862,725	19,500			13,841	22.6
1966	849,823	21,400			13,243	25.2
1967	832,164	27,200			12,528	32.7
1968	819,272	23,641	22,332	1,309	11,848	28.9	27.3	2.80	2.65
1969	797,538	54,819	49,829	4,990	10,654	68.7	62.5	6.43	5.88
1970	784,486	86,565	75,962	10,603	10,345	110.3	96.8	9.94	8.83
1971	783,155	126,777	94,570	32,207	9,899	161.9	120.8	13.93	10.77
1972	725,440	159,884	108,565	51,319	8,799	220.4	149.7	18.06	13.02
1973	675,953	167,149	110,568	56,581	7,936	247.3	163.6	19.83	14.06
1974	639,885	162,940	109,445	53,495	7,175	254.6	171.0	20.30	14.61
1975	603,445	139,702	106,224	33,478	6,295	231.5	176.0	18.80	14.97
1976	584,270	129,673	101,912	27,761	5,709	221.9	174.4	18.16	14.85
1977	569,259	133,004	102,677	30,327	5,405	233.6	180.4	18.94	15.28
1978	596,418	141,558	111,851	29,707	5,108	237.3	187.5	19.18	15.79
1979	638,028	149,746	120,611	29,135	5,125	234.7	189.0	19.01	15.90
1980	656,234	160,903	128,927	31,976	4,773	245.2	196.5	19.69	16.42
1981	634,492	162,480	128,581	33,899	4,207	256.1	202.7	20.39	16.85
1982	625,931	163,045	128,553	34,492	3,939	260.5	205.4	20.67	17.04
1983	629,134	162,161	127,375	34,786	3,631	257.8	202.5	20.49	16.84
1984	636,818	169,993	136,388	33,605	3,643	266.9	214.2	21.07	17.64
1985	656,417	171,873	141,101	30,772	3,645	261.8	215.0	20.75	17.69
1986	661,018	172,286	147,619	24,667	3,549	260.6	223.3	20.68	18.26
1987	681,511	174,276	156,191	18,085	3,423	255.7	229.2	20.36	18.65
1988	693,577	183,798	168,298	15,500	3,382	265.0	242.7	20.95	19.53
1989	687,725	183,974	170,463	13,511	3,236	267.5	247.9	21.11	19.86
1990	706,140	186,912	173,900	13,012	3,256	264.7	246.3	20.93	19.76
1991	699,217	179,522	167,376	12,146	3,254	256.7	239.4	20.43	19.31
1992	689,656	172,069	160,501	11,568	2,944	249.5	232.7	19.97	18.88
1993	673,467	168,714	157,846	10,868	3,855	250.5	234.4	20.03	18.99
1994	664,726	166,876	156,539	10,337	3,813	251.0	235.5	20.07	19.06
1995	648,138	163,638	154,315	9,323	3,600	252.5	238.1	20.16	19.23
1996	649,485	177,495	167,916	9,579	3,539	273.3	258.5	21.46	20.54
1997	643,095	179,746	170,145	9,601	3,439	279.5	264.6	21.84	20.92
1998	635,901	187,402	177,871	9,531	3,417	294.7	279.7	22.76	21.86
1999	621,872	183,250	173,701	9,549	3,305	294.7	279.3	22.76	21.83
2000	604,441	185,375	175,542	9,833	3,203	306.7	290.4	23.47	22.51
2001	594,634	186,274	176,364	9,910	3,159	313.3	296.6	23.85	22.87
2002	596,122	185,385	175,932	9,453	3,372	311.0	295.1	23.72	22.79
2003	615,787	190,660	181,582	9,078	3,612	309.6	294.9	23.64	22.77
2004	639,721	194,498	185,713	8,785	3,686	304.0	290.3	23.31	22.50
2005	645,835	194,353	186,416	7,937	3,483	300.9	288.6	23.13	22.40
2006	669,601	201,173	193,737	7,436	3,604	300.4	289.3	23.10	22.44
2007	690,013	205,598	198,499	7,099	3,598	298.0	287.7	22.96	22.34
2008	708,711	202,158	195,296	6,862	3,617	285.2	275.6	22.19	21.60
2009	706,248	195,743	189,100	6,643	3,670	277.2	267.8	21.70	21.12
2010	723,165	196,109	189,574	6,535	3,690	271.2	262.1	21.33	20.77
2011	723,913	196,082	189,931	6,151	3,750	270.9	262.4	21.31	20.78
2012	729,674	190,972	185,122	5,850	3,510	261.7	253.7	20.74	20.24
2013	698,512	190,800	185,331	5,469	3,256	273.2	265.3	21.45	20.97
2014	695,233	190,092	184,571	5,521	3,224	273.4	265.5	21.47	20.98
2015	697,852	191,014	185,824	5,190	3,147	273.7	266.3	21.49	21.03
2016	696,271	190,406	185,596	4,810	3,112	273.5	266.6	21.47	21.05
2017	679,106	197,533	192,900	4,633	2,832	290.9	284.0	22.53	22.12
2018	657,076	205,295	200,608	4,687	2,658	312.4	305.3	23.81	23.39
2019	640,370	209,519	207,384	2,135	2,484	327.2	323.9	24.65	24.46
2020	613,936	210,860	209,917	943	2,358	343.5	341.9	25.57	25.48
2021	624,827	214,869	214,256	613	2,577	343.9	342.9	25.59	25.53
year	live births	abortions			stillbirths	abortion ratio		abortion %
		occurrences	residents only	nonresidents		occurrences	all to residents	occurrences	all to residents