General Fertility and Abortion Rates

Sources:
Office of Financial Management
Department of Health

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GENERAL FERTILITY AND ABORTION RATES
Year	Females 15-44¹	Live Births¹ (Resident)	General Fertility Rate²	Average Lifetime Births per Woman	Induced Abortions³ (Resident)	Abortion Rate²
1988	1,103,462	71,025	64.37	1.98	29,175	26.44
1989	1,123,340	73,014	65.00	2.00	30,452	27.11
1990	1,151,605	76,350	66.30	2.05	30,613	26.58
1991	1,183,653	79,962	67.56	2.05	30,390	25.67
1992	1,197,928	79,897	66.70	2.07	28,922⁴	24.14
1993	1,215,051	78,771	64.83	2.04	28,804⁴	23.71
1994	1,227,406	77,368	63.03	2.01	27,330⁴	22.27
1995	1,243,506	77,240	62.11	2.00	26,650⁴	21.43
1996	1,257,029	77,874	61.95	1.99	26,396	21.00
1997	1,271,209	78,141	61.47	2.03	27,055	21.28
1998	1,279,437	79,640	62.25	2.04	25,613	20.02
1999	1,285,708	79,577	61.89	2.07	25,965	20.20
2000	1,292,645	81,004	62.67	1.94	26,063	20.16
2001	1,298,671	79,542	61.25	1.96	25,998	20.02
2002	1,300,188	79,003	60.76	1.92	25,446	19.57
2003	1,298,461	80,482	61.98	1.90	25,106	19.34
2004	1,301,595	81,715	62.78	1.94	24,568	18.88
2005	1,309,168	82,625	63.11	1.95	24,162	18.46

¹Population as of April 1. Live births are April to April figures through 1990. Calendar year births from 1991 forward. Excludes births occurring in Washington to parents who live out of state.
²Rates per 1,000 females age 15-44 years.
³Calendar year figures. Historical series revised.
⁴Revised to include unreported abortions by one or more facilities.