Abortion Surveillance, United States, 2005
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5713a1.htm
Documents the number and characteristics of women who obtain legal induced abortions. Reports that 820,151 legal abortions were performed in 2005, the abortion ratio (number of abortions per 1,000 live births) was 233 and the abortion rate was 15 per 1,000 women aged 15-44. The highest percentage of reported abortions was for unmarried white women under the age of 25. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
