Historical abortion statistics, Tennessee (USA)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Tennessee (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).

Tennessee 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
1970	(72,182)
1971	(71,360)
1972	69,752
1973	68,484				5,320			5,320		77.7		7.21			7.21	5.86
1974	67,376	7,406	6,758	7,959	15,800			15,800		234.5	118.1	19.00	10.56	8.54	19.00	16.96
1975	65,752	11,081	9,283	10,030	17,590			17,590		267.5	152.5	21.11	13.24	10.52	21.11	18.44
1976	65,653	16,967	13,582	14,135	22,940		19,200	22,940		349.4	292.4	25.89	22.63	19.57	25.89	23.38
1977	70,019	16,463	13,257	13,870	30,440	24,630	25,730	30,440		434.7	367.5	30.30	26.87	25.51	30.30	30.18
1978	70,248	18,889	15,067	15,933	23,040	18,390	19,420	23,040		328.0	276.4	24.70	21.66	18.81	24.70	22.32
1979	72,261	23,400	18,752	19,848	25,430	20,370	21,610	25,430		351.9	299.1	26.03	23.02	20.42	26.03	24.03
1980	73,500	23,278	19,104	20,124	25,590	21,010	22,530	25,590		348.2	306.5	25.83	23.46	20.84	25.83	23.67
1981	71,696	21,911	17,758	17,782	24,240		21,470	24,240		338.1	299.5	25.27	23.04	19.65	25.27	22.19
1982	71,744	20,729	16,847	16,847	26,100	21,210	23,000	26,100		363.8	320.6	26.68	24.28	20.91	26.68	23.72
1983	67,739	20,726	16,893	16,930				(24,340)		306.0	249.9	23.43	20.00	15.31	(26.43)	(22.01)
1984	70,407	21,124	17,298	17,341	22,570		20,220	22,570		320.6	287.2	24.27	22.31	18.12	24.27	20.22
1985	70,547	21,069	17,432	17,432	22,350	18,500	20,090	22,350		316.8	284.8	24.06	22.17	17.81	24.06	19.81
1986	71,890	21,938	18,128	18,173				(22,200)		305.2	252.8	23.38	20.18	15.96	(23.59)	(19.50)
1987	71,343	21,622	17,660	17,694	22,050		19,640	22,050		309.1	275.3	23.61	21.59	17.06	23.61	19.15
1988	79,140	21,592	17,756	17,808	22,090		20,060	22,090		279.1	253.5	21.82	20.22	17.39	21.82	19.15
1989	76,780	21,050	17,126	17,126				(21,340)		274.2	223.1	21.52	18.24	14.82	(21.75)	(18.47)
1990	74,962	21,144	17,464	17,464				(20,590)		282.1	233.0	22.00	18.90	15.04	(21.55)	(17.73)
1991	73,104	19,779	16,501	16,501	19,840		19,700	19,840		271.4	269.5	21.35	21.23	16.80	21.35	16.92
1992	74,048	18,029	15,131	15,131	19,060		19,110	19,060		257.4	258.1	20.47	20.51	16.28	20.47	16.24
1993	73,613	17,250	14,534	14,534				(18,790)		234.3	197.4	18.98	16.49	12.31	(20.33)	(15.92)
1994	75,688	16,837	15,668	15,668				(18,510)		222.5	207.0	18.20	17.15	13.15	(19.65)	(15.54)
1995	73,173	18,023	16,582	16,582	18,240			18,240		249.3	226.6	19.95	18.47	13.78	19.95	15.16
1996	73,754	17,989	16,153	16,154	17,990		16,690	17,989		243.9	226.3	19.61	18.45	13.74	19.61	14.81
1997	74,478	18,283	16,557	16,793				(18,030)		245.5	225.5	19.71	18.40	13.73	(19.49)	(14.75)
1998	77,396	18,849	15,650	17,428				(18,060)		243.5	225.2	19.58	18.38	14.22	(18.92)	(14.73)
1999	77,803	16,924	15,704	15,708	(18,100)		16,810	(18,100)		232.6	216.1	18.87	17.77	13.72	(18.87)	(14.77)
2000	79,611	17,479	16,178	16,747	19,010		17,270	19,010		238.8	216.9	19.28	17.83	13.80	19.28	15.19
2001	78,340	17,405	15,855	16,354				(19,020)		222.2	208.8	18.18	17.27	13.09	(19.54)	(15.23)
2002	77,482	17,807	15,448	16,533				(19,560)		229.8	213.4	18.69	17.59	13.27	(20.16)	(15.70)
2003	78,890	17,610	15,309	16,431				(19,440)	373	223.2	208.3	18.25	17.24	13.19	(19.77)	(15.60)
2004	79,642	16,400	14,288	15,272	(18,200)		15,950	(18,200)	384	228.5	200.3	18.60	16.69	12.78	(18.60)	(14.59)
2005	81,707	16,178	13,560	14,400	18,140		15,520	18,140	393	222.0	189.9	18.17	15.96	12.37	18.17	14.46
2006	84,345	17,883	14,615	14,933			16,800	(18,350)	400	212.0	199.2	17.49	16.61	13.28	(17.87)	(14.51)
2007	85,894	18,171	14,789	15,461	18,380		15,590	18,380	414	214.0	181.5	17.63	15.36	12.26	17.63	14.45
2008	85,319	18,253	14,647	14,870	19,550			19,550	407	229.1	174.3	18.64	14.84	11.66	18.64	15.33
2009	81,930	17,474	13,691	14,509				(18,880)	376	213.3	177.1	17.58	15.04	11.38	(18.73)	(14.81)
2010	79,495	16,373	12,573	13,463	17,850			17,850	453	224.5	169.4	18.34	14.48	10.56	18.34	14.00
2011	79,588	16,115	12,368	13,192	16,720			16,720	593	210.1	165.8	17.36	14.22	10.35	17.36	13.11
2012	80,615	15,859	12,122	12,943				(16,690)	633	196.7	160.6	16.44	13.83	10.10	(17.15)	(13.02)
2013	79,940	14,216	10,971	11,895	15,180			15,180	569	189.9	148.8	15.96	12.95	9.25	15.96	11.80
2014	81,602	12,373	9,739	10,987	13,880			13,880	581	170.1	134.6	14.54	11.87	8.51	14.54	10.75
2015	81,685	11,411	9,088	10,361				(12,480)	593	139.7	126.8	12.26	11.26	8.00	(13.25)	(9.63)
2016	80,807	11,235	9,134	10,523	11,990			11,990	592	148.4	130.2	12.92	11.52	8.09	12.92	9.22
2017	81,016	10,810	8,636	9,865	12,140	(9,699)	11,060	12,140	553	149.8	136.5	13.03	12.01	8.44	13.03	9.27
2018	80,751	10,880	8,812	10,358				(11,060)		134.7	128.3	11.87	11.37	7.83	(12.05)	(8.36)
2019	80,450	9,719	7,883	10,422	9,970			9,970		123.9	129.5	11.03	11.47	7.82	11.03	7.48
2020	78,689	11,243		2,148	10,850			11,243		142.9		12.50			12.50	8.32
2021	81,675			195				(11,300)							(12.15)	(8.26)
2022								(8,500)								(6.2)
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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