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Population Group Abortion Rates and Lifetime Incidence of Abortion: United States, 2008–2014
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OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence of abortion among population groups and changes in rates between 2008 and 2014. METHODS: We used secondary data from the Abortion Patient Survey, the American Community Survey, and the National Survey of Family Growth to estimate abortion rates. We used information from the Abortion Patient Survey to estimate the lifetime incidence of abortion. RESULTS: Between 2008 and 2014, the abortion rate declined 25%, from 19.4 to 14.6 per 1000 women aged 15 to 44 years. The abortion rate for adolescents aged 15 to 19 years declined 46%, the largest of any group. Abortion rates declined for all racial and ethnic groups but were larger for non-White women than for non-Hispanic White women. Although the abortion rate decreased 26% for women with incomes less than 100% of the federal poverty level, this population had the highest abortion rate of all the groups examined: 36.6. If the 2014 age-specific abortion rates prevail, 24% of women aged 15 to 44 years in that year will have an abortion by age 45 years. CONCLUSIONS: The decline in abortion was not uniform across all population groups.
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“Given that abortion rates have declined since Kavanaugh et al. (2013) designed their instrument, we reworded the correct response to the question, “What percentage of women in the United States will have had an abortion by the age of 45?” from 33 to 25% (Jones & Jerman, 2017).”
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- Jones, R. K., & Jerman, J.
- Venue
- American Journal of Public Health
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- American Public Health Association
- Published
- 2022-09
- Volume
- 112
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 1284-1296
- ISSN
- 0090-0036 (ISSN-L)
- 1541-0048
- OpenAlex
- W2766920651
- Cited by
- 305
- References
- 17
- FWCI
- 22.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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