Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Maryland (USA)

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 23 October 2025

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

Note: 2025 data are for January to June.

yearlive births abortions, reported
(CDC/state)
abortions
(AGI)
abortions, mergedfetal
deaths
abortion ratioabortion % abortion
rate,
residents
abortion %, mergedabortion rate, merged
total in stateresidents, in state only residents, in and out of statetotal in state residents, in state onlyresidents, in and out of state all in state all in stateresidents, in/out of stateall in state residents, in/out of stateall in state
1940        1,352        
1941                
1942                
1943                
1944                
1945                
1946                
1947                
1948                
1949                
1950        1,102        
1951                
1952                
1953                
1954                
1955                
1956                
1957                
1958                
1959                
196077,496        1,224        
1961                
1962                
1963                
1964                
196565,704                
196663,720                
196761,029 (400)     (400) 6.6 0.65  (0.65) 
196859,682 (1,467)(1,300)(1,300)   (1,467) 24.621.82.402.13 (2.40) 
196960,332 (3,832)(3,370)(3,370)   (3,832) 63.555.95.975.29 (5.97) 
197060,664 5,900 (6,250)8,370    5,900 931 97.3138.08.8612.129.74(8.86)6.87
197157,502 8,306 (3,780)11,256    8,306  144.4195.712.6216.3712.72(12.62)9.39
197251,059 9,093 8,900 8,900    9,093  178.1174.315.1214.849.7815.12 10.00
197347,349 9,871 (9,590)(9,590)11,070   11,070  233.8202.518.9516.8410.3218.95 11.92
197446,719 15,975 15,205 21,527 17,140   17,140  366.9460.826.8431.5422.7026.84 18.07
197545,807 18,865 17,643 24,404 21,820   21,820  476.3532.832.2734.7625.2232.27 22.55
197645,514 20,641 19,304 29,130 23,580  36,000 23,580  518.1791.034.1344.1636.5434.13 23.94
197748,341 22,241 21,375 31,002 23,700 22,780 40,060 23,700  490.3828.732.9045.3239.8932.90 23.60
197848,227 24,681 23,731 34,276 25,780 24,800 38,230 25,780  534.6792.734.8344.2237.4434.83 25.25
197950,043 25,526 24,257 34,315 28,020 26,620 37,350 28,020  559.9746.435.8942.7436.0835.89 27.07
198052,284 27,778 26,202 35,439 30,490 28,750 38,980 30,490 494 583.2745.536.8442.7137.2536.84 29.14
198154,137 27,855  496 33,970  43,330 33,970  627.5800.438.5644.4640.6938.56 31.90
198257,063 26,084 (24,520)(24,520)34,810 32,730 43,130 34,810  610.0755.837.8943.0540.0537.89 32.33
198357,857 25,732 (24,110)(24,110)   (31,970) 444.8416.730.7829.4122.17(35.59)(29.40)
198458,790 25,151 (23,805)(23,805)29,120  37,140 29,120  495.3631.733.1238.7233.6133.12 26.35
198560,019 24,434 (23,061)(23,061)29,480 27,830 37,940 29,480  491.2632.132.9438.7333.8132.94 26.27
198661,953 22,884 (21,600)(21,600)   (30,360) 369.4348.726.9725.8518.87(32.89)(26.52)
198764,692 23,104 (21,650)(21,650)31,240  39,720 31,240  482.9614.032.5638.0434.1632.56 26.87
198868,412 23,707 (23,420)(23,420)32,670  41,090 32,670  477.5600.632.3237.5234.8832.32 27.73
198967,550 22,523 (20,970)(20,970)   (32,780) 333.4310.425.0123.6917.66(32.67)(27.61)
199080,245 22,425 (20,900)(20,900)   (32,890)566 279.5260.521.8420.6617.49(29.07)(27.53)
199184,452 18,994 (18,100)(18,100)33,000  41,000 33,000  390.8485.528.1032.6834.1328.10 27.47
199276,173 19,860 (18,450)(18,450)31,260  39,490 31,260  410.4518.429.1034.1433.0729.10 26.18
199375,526 19,318 (17,950)(17,950)   (31,010) 255.8237.720.3719.2015.09(29.11)(26.06)
199471,553 17,627 (16,460)(16,460)   (30,770)632 246.3230.019.7718.7013.83(30.07)(25.85)
199572,396 16,204 (14,780)(14,780)30,520   30,520 622 421.6204.229.6616.9512.4129.66 25.63
199671,533 12,363 (11,670)(11,670)31,310  36,940 31,310 562 437.7516.430.4434.0530.9230.44 26.21
199770,215 9,869 (9,470)13,764    (31,220)651 140.6196.012.3216.3911.52(30.78)(26.14)
199871,972 10,458 1,340 15,052    (31,130)679 145.3209.112.6917.3012.61(30.19)(26.08)
199971,96711,1642,79015,55734,010 39,33034,010682472.6546.532.0935.3433.0232.0928.56
200074,31612,3373,11015,34734,560 38,67034,560658465.0520.331.7434.2332.4731.7429.02
200173,21813,5023,64016,397   (40,410)654184.4223.915.5718.3013.70(35.56)(33.77)
200273,32313,5954,25015,064   (43,680)659185.4205.415.6417.0412.52(37.33)(36.31)
200374,93011,4854,56012,419   (39,820)629153.3165.713.2914.2210.30(34.70)(33.03)
200474,62810,0964,31010,60438,020 36,46038,020592509.5488.633.7532.8230.1933.7531.48
200574,98010,7973,93010,87537,590 35,25037,590631501.3470.133.3931.9829.1533.3931.09
200677,4789,5303,08010,152  31,990(37,430)618123.0412.910.9529.2226.48(32.57)(30.98)
200779,4762,8102,8103,38834,380 28,72034,380584432.6361.430.2026.5423.8930.2028.59
200877,2894,0704,0704,67134,290 28,39034,290565443.7367.330.7326.8623.7230.7328.65
200975,0595,7505,7507,398  29,630(34,310)55476.6394.87.1228.3024.85(31.37)(28.77)
201073,8016,5206,5208,78634,310 30,89034,310539464.9418.631.7429.5125.8731.7428.73
201173,0863,1903,1905,15734,260(29,200)32,14034,260532468.8439.831.9230.5426.9831.9228.76
201272,739  993   (31,580)558     (30.27)(26.48)
201373,029  1,51029,360(24,600)27,08029,360553402.0370.828.6727.0522.7128.6724.63
201473,921  1,67728,140(23,800)26,43028,140567380.7357.527.5726.3422.2027.5723.63
201573,616  723   (29,040)530     (28.29)(24.43)
201673,136  67030,190(23,900)25,73030,190550412.8351.829.2226.0321.7729.2225.54
201771,641  1,89329,800(24,500)26,94029,800505416.0376.029.3827.3322.8229.3825.24
201871,080  2,382   (29,920)      (29.62)(25.34)
201970,178  2,35929,94024,18028,59029,940 426.6407.429.9028.9524.1929.9025.33
202068,554  2,60930,61024,60029,46030,610 446.5429.730.8730.0624.3730.8725.32
202168,262  2,645   (31,300)      (31.4)(25.8)
202268,782  2,552   (32,000)      (31.8)(26.5)
202365,594  16(39,640)(31,420)(34,040)(34,000) 518.3518.934.1434.1728.14(34.1)(28.1)
202465,781   (40,420)(34,550)(37,360)(35,000) 532.1567.934.7336.22   
2025    (20,100)           
yearlive births abortions, reported
(CDC/state)
abortions
(AGI)
abortions, mergedfetal
deaths
abortion ratioabortion % abortion
rate,
residents
abortion %, mergedabortion rate, merged
total in stateresidents, in state only residents, in and out of statetotal in state residents, in state onlyresidents, in and out of state all in state all in stateresidents, in/out of stateall in state residents, in/out of stateall in state

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