Historical abortion statistics, Mississippi (USA)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Mississippi (USA)

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 15 January 2023

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

Live births includes data from the Centers for Disease Control and from state health departments.
Abortions, reported includes data from the Centers for Disease Control and from state health departments.
Abortions includes estimates from Alan Guttmacher Institute surveys.
Abortions, merged combines official reported data and Guttmacher figures with the compiler's estimates (provisional).
Fetal deaths generally includes fetal deaths or stillbirths of at least 20 weeks` gestation.
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 15-44.
Abortion %, merged is abortions as percentage of pregnancies, using the abortions, merged figures (provisional).
Abortion rate, merged is abortion per 1000 women ages 15-44, using the abortions, merged figures (provisional).

Mississippi county level data also available: abortions and live births and abortion percentages with state map.

year	live births	abortions, reported (CDC/state)			abortions (AGI)			abortions, merged	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion %, merged	abortion rate, merged
year	live births	total in state	residents, in state only	residents, in and out of state	total in state	residents, in state only	residents, in and out of state	all in state	fetal deaths	all in state	residents, in/out of state	all in state	residents, in/out of state	abortion rate, residents	all in state
1930	47,982
1931	45,123
1932	46,481
1933	44,184
1934	47,905
1935	48,291
1936	49,261
1937	52,170
1938	53,729
1939	52,288
1940	52,526
1941	54,561
1942	56,521
1943	59,408
1944	56,586
1945	53,540
1946	61,430
1947	66,291
1948	65,291
1949	66,128
1950	64,427
1951	65,512
1952	64,509
1953	64,061
1954	64,748
1955	63,244
1956	62,178
1957	60,712
1958	59,189
1959	60,562
1960	59,210
1961	59,523
1962	58,921
1963	57,316
1964	56,650
1965	51,171
1966	48,230
1967	46,594
1968	45,719
1969	47,120
1970	48,141
1971	(48,566)	93						93		1.9		0.19			0.19	0.20
1972	45,449	61						61		1.3		0.13			0.13	0.13
1973	44,399	96			110			110		2.5		0.25			0.25	0.22
1974	45,242	140	133	897	380			380		8.4	19.8	0.83	1.94	1.78	0.83	0.75
1975	43,406	315	260	1,196	310			315		7.3	27.6	0.72	2.68	2.32	0.72	0.61
1976	42,678	1,510	1,393	3,290	1,670		4,200	1,670		39.1	98.4	3.77	8.96	7.93	3.77	3.15
1977	45,294	2,446	2,300	4,374	2,760	2,600	6,320	2,760		60.9	139.5	5.74	12.24	11.65	5.74	5.09
1978	44,150	3,280	3,033	5,546	4,010	3,710	8,080	4,010		90.8	183.0	8.33	15.47	14.56	8.33	7.23
1979	45,913	4,411	4,052	7,109	5,060	4,650	8,400	5,060		110.2	183.0	9.93	15.47	14.88	9.93	8.97
1980	47,538	5,543	5,136	8,250	6,080	5,640	9,160	6,080		127.9	192.7	11.34	16.16	16.01	11.34	10.62
1981	45,842	5,561		1,279	5,430		7,900	5,561		121.3	172.3	10.82	14.70	13.64	10.82	9.60
1982	45,597	5,145	(4,775)	(4,775)	5,500	5,110	8,020	5,500		120.6	175.9	10.76	14.96	13.70	10.76	9.40
1983	44,025	4,560	(4,309)	(4,309)				(5,500)		103.6	97.9	9.39	8.92	7.32	(11.11)	(9.34)
1984	42,695	4,585	(4,300)	(4,300)	5,490		7,600	5,490		128.6	178.0	11.39	15.11	12.83	11.39	9.27
1985	42,385	5,288	(4,954)	(4,954)	5,890	5,520	7,570	5,890		139.0	178.6	12.20	15.15	12.68	12.20	9.86
1986	41,536	4,521	(4,177)	(4,177)				(5,680)		108.8	100.6	9.82	9.14	6.95	(12.03)	(9.45)
1987	40,506	5,469	(4,873)	(4,873)	5,430		7,120	5,469		135.0	175.8	11.90	14.95	11.82	11.90	9.08
1988	41,115	5,170	(4,384)	(4,384)	5,120		6,480	5,170		125.7	157.6	11.17	13.61	10.79	11.17	8.61
1989	42,263	5,490	(4,562)	(4,562)				(6,170)		129.9	107.9	11.50	9.74	7.62	(12.74)	(10.31)
1990	43,563	6,842	(5,290)	(5,290)				(7,180)		157.1	121.4	13.57	10.83	8.76	(14.15)	(11.90)
1991	43,522	8,184	(6,140)	(6,140)	8,160		8,950	8,184		188.0	205.6	15.83	17.06	14.75	15.83	13.49
1992	43,487	7,555	(5,790)	(5,790)	7,550		8,830	7,555		173.7	203.0	14.80	16.88	14.57	14.80	12.47
1993	42,160	6,002	(4,830)	(4,830)				(6,220)		142.4	114.6	12.46	10.28	7.92	(12.86)	(10.20)
1994	43,382	3,979	(3,816)	(3,816)				(4,890)		91.7	88.0	8.40	8.09	6.21	(10.13)	(7.95)
1995	41,344	3,563	3,440	3,440	3,420			3,563		86.2	83.2	7.93	7.68	5.54	7.93	5.74
1996	40,987	4,206	3,981	3,981	4,490		9,020	4,490		109.5	220.1	9.87	18.04	14.44	9.87	7.19
1997	41,533	4,325	4,099	7,257				(4,290)		104.1	174.7	9.43	14.87	11.58	(9.36)	(6.84)
1998	42,939	3,955	3,789	7,250				(4,080)		92.1	168.8	8.43	14.45	11.53	(8.68)	(6.49)
1999	42,684	3,878	3,696	7,206	(3,800)		8,920	3,878		90.9	209.0	8.33	17.29	14.19	8.33	6.17
2000	44,075	3,758	3,578	7,228	3,780		9,060	3,780		85.8	205.6	7.90	17.05	14.27	7.90	5.96
2001	42,282	3,566	3,411	6,983				(3,580)		84.3	165.2	7.78	14.17	11.10	(7.81)	(5.69)
2002	41,518	3,605	3,455	6,882				(3,620)		86.8	165.8	7.99	14.22	11.03	(8.02)	(5.80)
2003	42,380	3,753	3,645	6,725				3,753	403	88.6	158.7	8.14	13.70	10.85	8.14	6.05
2004	42,827	3,500	3,396	6,426	(3,500)		8,140	3,500	401	81.7	190.1	7.55	15.97	13.14	7.55	5.65
2005	42,246	3,041	2,956	6,286	3,090		7,930	3,090	419	73.1	187.7	6.82	15.80	12.84	6.82	5.00
2006	46,046	2,949	2,874	6,827			8,800	(2,970)	432	64.0	191.1	6.02	16.04	14.42	(6.06)	(4.87)
2007	46,690	2,932	2,870	6,616	2,930		7,850	2,932	462	62.8	168.1	5.91	14.39	12.88	5.91	4.81
2008	44,947	2,772	2,697	6,640	2,770			2,772	452	61.7	147.7	5.81	12.87	10.91	5.81	4.56
2009	42,901	2,438	2,374	6,193				2,438	399	56.8	144.4	5.38	12.61	10.22	5.38	4.02
2010	40,036	2,297	2,251	5,861	2,300			2,297	414	57.4	146.4	5.43	12.77	9.70	5.43	3.80
2011	39,856	2,224	2,180	5,578	2,220			2,224	399	55.8	140.0	5.29	12.28	9.28	5.29	3.70
2012	38,340	2,176	2,112	5,485				(2,190)	367	56.8	143.1	5.37	12.52	9.14	(5.40)	(3.65)
2013	38,623	2,170	2,116	5,137	2,210			2,210	345	57.2	133.0	5.41	11.74	8.55	5.41	3.68
2014	38,736	2,303	2,219	5,104	2,290			2,303	391	59.5	131.8	5.61	11.64	8.52	5.61	3.84
2015	38,394	2,613	2,479	4,699				2,613	350	68.1	122.4	6.37	10.90	7.87	6.37	4.37
2016	37,928	2,569	2,408	4,708	2,510			2,569	399	67.7	124.1	6.34	11.04	7.92	6.34	4.32
2017	37,357	2,594	2,467	4,770	2,550	(2,425)	4,930	2,594	418	69.4	132.0	6.49	11.66	8.34	6.49	4.39
2018	37,000	3,005	2,688	4,945				3,005		81.2	133.6	7.51	11.79	8.46	7.51	5.14
2019	36,636	3,194	2,859	4,967	3,190			3,194		87.2	135.6	8.02	11.94	8.53	8.02	5.48
2020	35,473	3,559	3,199	5,071	3,560			3,559		100.4	143.0	9.12	12.51	8.76	9.12	6.15
2021	35,146	3,817		5,316				3,817		108.6	151.3	9.80	13.14	9.18	9.80	6.59
2022								(2,300)								(4.0)
year	live births	abortions, reported (CDC/state)			abortions (AGI)			abortions, merged	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion %, merged	abortion rate, merged
year	live births	total in state	residents, in state only	residents, in and out of state	total in state	residents, in state only	residents, in and out of state	all in state	fetal deaths	all in state	residents, in/out of state	all in state	residents, in/out of state	abortion rate, residents	all in state

Notes:

For most states, CDC/state data is incomplete.
Parenthetical figures are estimates, some of which are derived from reported data.
Abortion ratios, percentages, and rates may be based on a mix of CDC/state and AGI data and thus may not represent a consistent time series.

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