This document presents annual data on live births and abortions in Mexico from 1948 to 2015. It includes metrics like abortion ratios, percentages, rates, and estimates of abortions that occurred among Mexican residents obtained within Mexico or abroad. Notes provide context that some figures are estimates derived from reported data and metrics may not represent a consistent time series due to combining different data sources. Sources are cited for Mexican abortion data and characteristics of U.S. abortion patients.

1. Mexico regional level data also available here.
1948 1,090,867
1949 1,123,358
1950 1,174,947
1951 1,183,788
1952 1,195,209
1953 1,261,775
1954 1,339,837
1955 1,377,917
1956 1,427,722
1957 1,485,202
1958 1,447,578
1959 1,589,606
1960 1,608,174
1961 1,647,006
1962 1,705,481
1963 1,756,624
1964 1,849,408
1965 1,888,171
1966 1,954,340
1967 1,981,363
1968 2,058,251
1969 2,037,561
1970 2,132,630
1971 2,231,399
1972 2,346,002
1973 2,572,287
1974 2,522,580
1975 2,254,497
1976 2,366,305
1977 2,379,377
1978 2,346,862
1979 2,274,267
1980 2,446,238 3,13 3,13
1981 2,530,662 5,6 5,6
1982 2,392,849 2 2
1983 2,609,088
1984 2,511,894
1985 2,655,571
1986 2,577,045
abortions,
residents,
total
year live births
abortions,
reported
abortions
(AWR)
abortions,
residents, in
country only
abortions,
residents,
obtained
abroad

2. 1987 2,794,390
1988 2,622,031
1989 2,620,262
1990 2,735,312
1991 2,756,447
1992 2,797,397 -2 2
1993 2,839,686 -2,3 2,3
1994 2,922,369 -2,4 2,4
1995 2,750,444 463 463 -463 -1,9 2,363
1996 2,707,718 2,724 2,724 -2,724 -1,2 3,924
1997 2,698,425 2,938 2,938 -2,938 -2 4,938
1998 2,668,428 3,189 3,189 -3,189 -2,1 5,289
1999 2,769,089 3,486 3,486 -3,486 -1,4 4,886
2000 2,798,339 3,281 3,281 -3,281 2 3,283
2001 2,767,610 3,12 3,12 -3,12 -2,6 5,72
2002 2,209,308 3,223 3,223 -3,223 -2,6 5,823
2003 2,165,318 3,486 3,486 -3,486 1 3,487
2004 2,154,927 752 752 -752 -1 1,752
2005 2,141,083 735 735 -735 -1 1,735
2006 2,151,204 799 799 -799 799
2007 2,185,888 4,799 4,799 4,719 1,124 5,943
2008 2,243,145 13,404 13,404 13,002 976 13,978
2009 2,252,786 16,475 16,475 16,001 666 16,667
2010 2,643,908 16,945 16,945 16,281 481 16,762
2011 2,586,287 20,319 20,319 19,582 514 20,096
2012 2,498,880 20,485 20,485 -20,485 510 20,995
2013 (2,400,000) 20,765 20,765 -20,765 403 21,168
2014 (2,290,000) 20,559 20,559 -20,559 20,559
2015 (2,290,000) 18,942 18,942 -18,942 18,942
2016
2017
Notes:
Parenthetical figures are estimates, some of which are derived from reported data.
Abortion ratios, percentages, and rates may be based on a mix of data from different sources an
Sources:
GIRE, Oct. 2013, "Cifras ILE (October 2013)," GIRE, on line [https://www.gire.org.mx/index.php?option=com_content&i
abortions,
residents,
obtained
abroad
abortions,
residents,
total
year live births
abortions,
reported
abortions
(AWR)
abortions,
residents, in
country only

3. Henshaw, Stanley K., and Kevin O'Reilly, Jan./Feb. 1983, "Characteristics of Abortion Patients
Henshaw, Stanley K., Nancy J. Binkin, Ellen Blaine, and Jack C. Smith, 1985, "A portrait of Am

4. abortion
rate,
residents,
in/out of
country
all in
country
residents,
in/out of
country
all in
country
residents
1.28 0.13
2.21 0.22
0.84 0.08
abortions,
occurrences
by non-
residents
fetal deaths
abortion ratio abortion %

5. 21,976
19,033
20,196
20,908
0.71 0.07
0.81 0.08
19,914 0.82 0.08
19,151 0.86 0.17 0.09 0.02
18,025 1.45 1.01 0.14 0.10
17,435 1.83 1.09 0.18 0.11
17,7 1.98 1.20 0.20 0.12
16,916 1.76 1.26 0.18 0.13
16,487 1.17 1.17 0.12 0.12
15,27 2.07 1.13 0.21 0.11
14,965 2.64 1.46 0.26 0.15
14,508 1.61 1.61 0.16 0.16
14,09 0.81 0.35 0.08 0.03
13,633 0.81 0.34 0.08 0.03
12,812 0.37 0.37 0.04 0.04
80 12,325 2.7 2.2 0.27 0.22
402 11,929 6.2 6.0 0.62 0.59
474 11,459 7.4 7.3 0.73 0.73
664 11,188 6.3 6.4 0.63 0.64
737 11,096 7.8 7.9 0.77 0.78
10,442 8.4 8.2 0.83 0.81
9,911 8.8 8.7 0.87 0.86
9.0 9.0 0.89 0.89
8.3 8.3 0.82 0.82
abortion
rate,
residents,
in/out of
country
all in
country
residents,
in/out of
country
all in
country
residents
eported data.
a from different sources and thus may not represent a consistent time series.
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abortions,
occurrences
by non-
residents
fetal deaths
abortion ratio abortion %

6. ristics of Abortion Patients in the United States, 1979 and 1980," Family Planning Perspectives , 15(1):5-8
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7. abortion
rate,
occurences
(AWR)

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0.13
0.14
0.15
0.16
0.15
0.14
0.15
0.16
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.21
0.57
0.69
0.70
0.83
0.83
0.84
0.82
0.76
abortion
rate,
occurences
(AWR)

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