"Numbers and Rates of Pregnancies, Live Births, Induced Abortions, and Fetal Losses, and Number of Women, " "United States, 1970-1996" Year Total Live Births Induced Abortions Fetal Losses 1 Total Live Births Induced Abortions Fetal Losses 1 Number in thousands " Rate per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years 2" 1996 "6,240" "3,891" "1,366" 983 104.7 65.3 22.9 16.5 1995 "6,245" "3,900" "1,364" 982 105.1 65.6 22.9 16.5 1994 "6,373" "3,953" "1,431" 989 107.5 66.7 24.1 16.7 1993 "6,494" "4,000" "1,500" 993 109.8 67.6 25.4 16.8 1992 "6,596" "4,065" "1,529" "1,002" 111.8 68.9 25.9 17.0 1991 "6,674" "4,111" "1,557" "1,007" 113.0 69.6 26.3 17.0 1990 "6,778" "4,158" "1,609" "1,011" 115.6 70.9 27.4 17.2 1989 "6,527" "4,041" "1,567" 919 111.8 69.2 26.8 15.7 1988 "6,393" "3,910" "1,591" 893 110.0 67.3 27.4 15.4 1987 "6,183" "3,809" "1,559" 815 106.8 65.8 26.9 14.1 1986 "6,129" "3,757" "1,574" 798 106.7 65.4 27.4 13.9 1985 "6,144" "3,761" "1,589" 795 108.3 66.3 28.0 14.0 1984 "6,019" "3,669" "1,577" 773 107.4 65.5 28.1 13.8 1983 "5,977" "3,639" "1,575" 763 108.0 65.7 28.5 13.8 1982 "6,024" "3,681" "1,574" 769 110.1 67.3 28.8 14.1 1981 "5,958" "3,629" "1,577" 751 110.5 67.3 29.3 13.9 1980 "5,912" "3,612" "1,554" 746 111.9 68.4 29.4 14.1 1979 "5,714" "3,494" "1,498" 722 109.9 67.2 28.8 13.9 1978 "5,433" "3,333" "1,410" 690 106.7 65.5 27.7 13.5 1977 "5,331" "3,327" "1,317" 687 107.0 66.8 26.4 13.8 1976 "5,002" "3,168" "1,179" 655 102.7 65.0 24.2 13.4 1975 --- "3,144" --- --- --- 66.0 21.7 --- 1974 --- "3,160" --- --- --- 67.8 19.0 --- 1973 --- "3,137" --- --- --- 68.8 16.3 --- 1972 --- "3,258" --- --- --- 73.1 --- --- 1971 --- "3,556" --- --- --- 81.6 --- --- 1970 --- "3,731" --- --- --- 87.9 --- --- Note: Data on induced abortions are derived from published and unpublished reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and The Alan Guttmacher Institute. "Source: National Center for Health Statistics, ""Highlights of Trends in Pregnancies and Pregnancy rates by Outcome: Estimates for the United " "States, 1976-96,"" by S.J Ventura, W.D. Mosher, S.C. Curtin, J.C. Abma, and S. Henshaw. National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 47, No. 29, " "(Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 1999)." "National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics of the United States, 1993, Volume I, Natality (Hyattsville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and " "Human Services, 1999)."