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Estimated Pregnancy Rates and Rates of Pregnancy Outcomes for the United States, 1990-2008

Categories: Abortion/Contraception,Births/Deaths,Statistics

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr60/nvsr60_07.pdf

Reports that in 2008 an estimated 6.5 million pregnancies resulted in 4.2 million births, 1.2 million induced abortions, and 1.1 million fetal losses.  The pregnancy rate was 9% below the 1990 peak.  From the National Center for Health Statistics