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| Table 1. Induced Abortions, Live Births, and Abortion Ratios Washington State Residents, 1983 - 2007¹ | |||||||||
| Induced | Percent | Live | Percent | Abortion | Percent | ||||
| Year | Abortions | Change | Births | Change | Ratio2 | Change | |||
| 1983 | 26,560 | -3.1 | 68,794 | -1.3 | 386 | -1.9 | |||
| 1984 | 26,732 | 0.6 | 69,059 | 0.4 | 387 | 0.3 | |||
| 1985 | 25,835 | -3.4 | 70,357 | 1.9 | 367 | -5.1 | |||
| 1986 | 26,991 | 4.5 | 69,572 | -1.1 | 388 | 5.7 | |||
| 1987 | 29,067 | 7.7 | 70,409 | 1.2 | 413 | 6.4 | |||
| 1988 | 29,175 | 0.4 | 72,660 | 3.2 | 402 | -2.7 | |||
| 1989 | 30,452 | 4.4 | 75,595 | 4.0 | 403 | 0.3 | |||
| 1990 | 30,613 | 0.5 | 79,468 | 5.1 | 385 | -4.4 | |||
| 1991 | 30,390 | -0.7 | 79,962 | 0.6 | 380 | -1.3 | |||
| 1992* | 28,922 | -4.8 | 79,897 | -0.1 | 362 | -4.8 | |||
| 1993* | 28,804 | -0.4 | 78,771 | -1.4 | 366 | 1.0 | |||
| 1994* | 27,330 | -5.1 | 77,368 | -1.8 | 353 | -3.4 | |||
| 1995* | 26,650 | -2.5 | 77,240 | -0.2 | 345 | -2.3 | |||
| 1996 | 26,396 | -1.0 | 77,874 | 0.8 | 339 | -1.8 | |||
| 1997 | 27,055 | 2.5 | 78,141 | 0.3 | 346 | 2.1 | |||
| 1998 | 25,613 | -5.3 | 79,640 | 1.9 | 322 | -7.1 | |||
| 1999 | 25,965 | 1.4 | 79,577 | -0.1 | 326 | 1.5 | |||
| 2000 | 26,063 | 0.4 | 81,004 | 1.8 | 322 | -1.4 | |||
| 2001 | 25,998 | -0.2 | 79,542 | -1.8 | 327 | 1.6 | |||
| 2002 | 25,446 | -2.1 | 79,003 | -0.7 | 322 | -1.5 | |||
| 2003 | 25,106 | -1.3 | 80,482 | 1.9 | 312 | -3.1 | |||
| 2004 | 24,568 | -2.1 | 81,715 | 1.5 | 301 | -3.6 | |||
| 2005 | 24,162 | -1.7 | 82,625 | 1.1 | 292 | -2.7 | |||
| 2006 | 24,790 | 2.6 | 86,845 | 5.1 | 285 | -2.4 | |||
| 2007 | 24,735 | -0.2 | 88,921 | 2.4 | 278 | -2.6 | |||
| 1 Births for 1980-1994 and abortions for 1980-1982 are based on revised annual statistical datafiles and may not match numbers published in prior reports. These changes occur in all subsequent tables in this report using data for those years. | |||||||||
| 2 Number of induced abortions per 1,000 live births. | |||||||||
| * Abortions for 1992-1995 are estimates that include: 1,262; 1,234; 1,316; 1,346 (for the years 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995) respectively that were unreported by one or more facilities. | |||||||||
| These figures may be higher than those published using reported data for 1992-1995 and are slightly different from estimates published in previous reports due to changes in estimation procedures. | |||||||||
| Source: Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 11/2008. | |||||||||
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