This statistic depicts the abortion rate per 1,000 U.S. females aged 15 to 19 years from 1973 to 2017. According to the data, the abortion rate fell from 44 abortions per 1,000 U.S. females aged 15 to 19 in the years 1985 and 1988 to 7.6 abortions per 1,000 U.S. females aged 15 to 19 in the year 2017.
Abortion rate among U.S. females aged 15 to 19 years from 1973 to 2017
(per 1,000 women)
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Guttmacher Institute. (March 2, 2021). Abortion rate among U.S. females aged 15 to 19 years from 1973 to 2017 (per 1,000 women) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/757683/abortion-rates-among-us-teenagers-over-time/
Guttmacher Institute. "Abortion rate among U.S. females aged 15 to 19 years from 1973 to 2017 (per 1,000 women)." Chart. March 2, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/757683/abortion-rates-among-us-teenagers-over-time/
Guttmacher Institute. (2021). Abortion rate among U.S. females aged 15 to 19 years from 1973 to 2017 (per 1,000 women). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/757683/abortion-rates-among-us-teenagers-over-time/
Guttmacher Institute. "Abortion Rate among U.S. Females Aged 15 to 19 Years from 1973 to 2017 (per 1,000 Women)." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/757683/abortion-rates-among-us-teenagers-over-time/
Guttmacher Institute, Abortion rate among U.S. females aged 15 to 19 years from 1973 to 2017 (per 1,000 women) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/757683/abortion-rates-among-us-teenagers-over-time/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Abortion rate among U.S. females aged 15 to 19 years from 1973 to 2017 (per 1,000 women) [Graph], Guttmacher Institute, March 2, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/757683/abortion-rates-among-us-teenagers-over-time/
