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Persons using assistive technology might not be able to fully access information in this file. For assistance, please send e-mail to: mmwrq@cdc.gov. Type 508 Accommodation and the title of the report in the subject line of e-mail. Abortion Surveillance -- United States, 1990Lisa M. Koonin, M.N., M.P.H. Jack C. Smith, M.S. Merrell Ramick Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Abstract Condition: Since 1980, the number of legal induced abortions reported to CDC has remained fairly stable, varying each year by less than or equal to 5%. Reporting Period Covered: This report summarizes and reviews data received by CDC for legal induced abortions obtained in 1990. Description of System: For each year, CDC compiles abortion data received from 52 reporting areas: 50 states, New York City, and the District of Columbia. Results: In 1990, 1,429,577 abortions were reported -- a 2.4% increase from 1989. The abortion ratio for 1990 was 345 legal induced abortions per 1,000 live births, and the abortion rate was 24 per 1,000 women ages 15-44 years. Most women undergoing abortions were young, white, and unmarried; most had had no previous live births and were having the procedure for the first time. Approximately half of all abortions were performed before the 8th week of gestation, and 87% were before the 13th week of gestation. Younger women were more likely to obtain abortions later in pregnancy than were older women. Interpretation: Since 1980, the national number (and rate) of abortions has remained relatively stable, with only small (less than or equal to 5%) year-to-year fluctuations. However, since 1984, the national abortion ratio has declined; in 1990, the abortion ratio was the lowest recorded since 1977. Increasing rates of childbearing may account for some of this decline. Actions Taken: The number and characteristics of women having abortions are needed from all states to furnish an accurate characterization of legal induced abortion in the United States and to assist efforts to identify and reduce preventable causes of morbidity and mortality associated with abortions. INTRODUCTION In 1969, CDC began abortion surveillance to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions and to assist efforts to identify and reduce preventable causes of morbidity and mortality associated with abortions. This report, as in previous years, is based on abortion data provided to the Division of Reproductive Health (DRH), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC. METHODS For 1990, DRH compiled data received from 52 reporting areas: 50 states, New York City, and the District of Columbia. The total number of legal induced abortions was available from all reporting areas, most of which provided information about the characteristics of women obtaining abortions. For 46 reporting areas, data were provided from the central health agency *; for the remaining six reporting areas, data were provided from hospitals and other medical facilities. Data were reported by the state in which the abortion occurred. Ages of women obtaining legal induced abortions were grouped by 5-year intervals. For the first time in this report, both ratios (the number of abortions per 1,000 live births) and rates (the number of abortions per 1,000 women) are presented by age group. Ratios were calculated by using the number of live births provided by each state's central health agency (except where noted), and rates were calculated by using the number of women recorded in unpublished tabulations provided by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Rates for women less than 15 years of age were based on those for women ages 10-14 years, and rates for women greater than or equal to 40 years of age were based on those for women ages 40-44 years. Race was categorized either into three groups (white {which includes Hispanics}, black, and all other races) or into two groups (white {which includes Hispanics} and black and other races). For the first time in this yearly report, data on ethnicity are included -- both the number and the abortion ratio for women of Hispanic origin are presented. Because of data collection methods for 1990 abortions, Hispanic origin was not reported separately by race. Race-specific estimates for the number of abortions and for abortion ratios were determined by assuming that Hispanic women were white, since 97% of Hispanic women who had a live birth in 1990 were white (1). In some states with relatively large Hispanic populations, the abortion ratio for white women may reflect to a considerable degree abortions among Hispanic women. Such data analyzed by race may be helpful for public health officials who are responsible for family planning and health education programs. Abortion statistics for 1990 and selected previous years were compared (Table_1). The percentage distributions are based on data from all areas reporting a given characteristic. In contrast to other tables in this report, the summary table excludes all unknown values unless otherwise noted. Abortion ratios and rates are presented by year (Table_2). State-specific characteristics of women obtaining abortions in 1990 are presented (Tables 3-12), and overall tabulations of selected character- istics are given (Tables 13-15). RESULTS In 1990, 1,429,577 legal abortions were reported to CDC -- a 2.4% increase over the number reported for 1989 (2) (Table_1). The national abortion rate increased from 23 abortions per 1,000 women ages 15-44 years in 1986 to 24 per 1,000 in 1987 and has since remained at that rate (Table_2 and Figure_1). The national abortion ratio rose slightly, from 354 abortions per 1,000 live births in 1986 to 356 per 1,000 in 1987, and has declined since then to 345 per 1,000 in 1990. In 1990, as in previous years, the most abortions were performed in California, New York City, and Texas; the fewest were performed in Wyoming, South Dakota, Idaho, and Alaska (2,3) (Table_3). For women whose state of residence was known, approximately 92% had the abortion performed in their own state of residence. The percentage of abortions obtained by out-of-state residents ranged from approximately 53% in the District of Columbia to less than 1% in Hawaii. Eleven reporting areas in 1990 did not have data available for abortions obtained by out-of-state residents. In 1990, 40 states, the District of Columbia, and New York City reported legal abortions by age. Women 20-24 years of age obtained approx- imately 33% of all abortions; women less than 15 years of age obtained about 1% (Table_4). Abortion ratios were highest for the youngest women (844 abortions per 1,000 live births for women less than 15 years of age and 515 per 1,000 live births for women 15-19 years of age) and the oldest women (501 per 1,000 live births for women greater than or equal to 40 years of age); the ratio was lowest for women 30-34 years of age (191 per 1,000 live births) (Figure_2). Among teenagers, the abortion ratio was highest for those less than 15 years of age and lowest for those 19 years of age (Table_5). Abortion rates were highest among women 20-24 years of age (43 abortions per 1,000 women 20-24 years of age) and lowest among women at the age extremes (one abortion per 1,000 women less than 15 years of age and three abortions per 1,000 women greater than or equal to 40 years of age) (Table_4). For most age groups, the abortion ratio rose from 1974 through the early 1980s and declined thereafter, particularly for the youngest and oldest women (i.e., women less than 15 years of age and greater than or equal to 40 years of age) (Figure_3). The abortion ratios for women less than 15 years of age and 15-19 years of age were higher than those for the other age groups. However, 1990 marked the third year in a row for a downward trend among the youngest women. In 1990, the ratio for women less than 15 years of age was the lowest recorded for the time period, and the ratio for women 15-19 years of age was the lowest recorded since 1974. The abortion ratio for women 20-34 years of age (the group with the highest fertility rate) has fluctuated little since 1974 (4). In 1990, approximately 51% of reported legal abortions were performed before 8 weeks of gestation, and about 87% were done before 13 weeks (Table_6). Approximately 4% of the abortions were performed at 16-20 weeks of gestation, and 1% were performed at greater than or equal to 21 weeks. Approximately 97% of legal abortions were performed by curettage, and less than 1% by intrauterine saline or prostaglandin instillation (Table_7). Hysterectomy and hysterotomy were rarely used; less than 0.02% of abortions were performed by these methods. In 1990, 30 states, the District of Columbia, and New York City reported legal abortions by race. As noted in previous reports, almost two thirds of women obtaining abortions were white (2,3) (Table_8). The abortion ratio for black women, however, was about twice that for white women (521 vs. 258 per 1,000 live births). The abortion ratio for women of other minority races was approximately 1.3 times higher (335 per 1,000 live births) than that for white women. In 1990, for the first time, 22 states and New York City reported legal abortions by Hispanic origin (Table_9). The percentage of Hispanic women obtaining abortions in these reporting areas ranged from less than 1% in several states to almost 40% in New Mexico. The abortion ratio for Hispanic women from these reporting areas was 258 per 1,000 live births. When abortion ratios for Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women from the same reporting areas were compared (data not shown), the ratio for Hispanic women was lower (258 per 1,000 live births vs. 267 per 1,000). This pattern was consistent among four of the five areas reporting the largest numbers of Hispanic women obtaining abortions (data not shown). In 1990, approximately 76% of women obtaining abortions were unmarried (Table_10). This percentage varied by state, from about 62% in Utah to almost 85% in Wisconsin. The abortion ratio was approximately 10 times higher for unmarried women than for married women: 879 vs. 89 abortions per 1,000 live births. Approximately 48% of the women obtaining legal abortions had had no previous live births, and about 89% had had two or fewer previous live births (Table_11). The abortion ratio was highest for women who had had no live births and lowest for women who had had one live birth. Approximately 56% of women obtaining abortions were having the procedure for the first time, and approximately 16% had had at least two previous abortions (Table_12). When the age distribution of women undergoing legal abortion was analyzed by race, few differences were found between white women and minority women (Table_13). However, the percentage of minority women less than 15 years of age who obtained an abortion, although small (1.3%), was more than twice that of white women in this age group. When the percentage of women obtaining a legal abortion was analyzed by race and marital status, a slightly higher proportion of unmarried minority women was noted (80.7% of women of black and other races vs. 76.2% of white women). Overall, most women obtained abortions during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. However, women less than 15 years of age were more likely than older women to obtain abortions later in pregnancy (Table_14). The percentage of women obtaining an early abortion (less than or equal to 8 weeks of gestation) increased with age, and the percentage obtaining a late abortion (greater than or equal to 16 weeks of gestation) decreased with age (Figure_4). Women of black and other races tended to obtain abortions later in pregnancy than did white women (Table_14). More than 99% of abortions at less than or equal to 12 weeks of gestation were performed by curettage (primarily suction procedures) (Table_15). For abortions performed later than 12 weeks of gestation, curettage was also the most common procedure, although it was usually reported as dilatation and evacuation (D&E) (not shown). Most intrauterine instillations involved the use of saline and were usually performed at 16 weeks of gestation or later. DISCUSSION From 1970 through 1982, the reported number of legal abortions in the United States increased every year (Figure_1); the largest percentage increase occurred during 1970-1972. From 1976 through 1982, this annual increase steadily declined, reaching a low of 0.2% for 1980-1981. Since 1980, the number of abortions has remained relatively stable, with only small (less than or equal to 5%) year-to-year fluctuations. The abortion ratio increased steadily from 1970 through 1980, decreased slightly from 1981 through 1983, increased to its highest level in 1984, and then began to decline (Figure_1). In 1990, the national abortion ratio was the lowest recorded since 1977. Increased birth rates for women of all ages may have contributed to this decline (1). The national abortion rate increased each year through 1980, when it reached 25 abortions per 1,000 women ages 15-44 years. Since that time, the rate has remained stable, fluctuating from 23 to 24 abortions per 1,000 women ages 15-44 years (Figure_1). In other countries, legal abortion rates range from a high of more than 100 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age (15-44 years) in the former Soviet Union to a low of 5 per 1,000 in the Netherlands (5). The induced abortion rate in the United States is higher than those reported by Australia, Canada, and Western European countries and lower than those reported by the former Soviet Union, China, Cuba, and Eastern European countries (5). Abortion rates for teenagers are higher in the United States than in most Western European countries and in some Eastern European countries (5). Abortion ratios vary widely by age. Although the abortion ratio was highest for teenagers, the percentage of legal abortions they obtained has steadily decreased since the mid-1980s -- from 26% of all legal induced abortions in 1984 to 24% in 1989 and to 22% in 1990 (2). Since 1980, the abortion ratio has declined for most age groups, particularly for the youngest and oldest women. Increasing rates of childbearing among teenagers and women greater than or equal to 35 years old may account for some of the decline in abortion ratios in these age groups (1). In 1990, the abortion ratio for black women continued to be about twice that for white women. Differences in abortion ratios by race may reflect differences in factors such as socioeconomic status, educational level, access to family planning and contraceptive services, and contra- ceptive use. In 1990, the abortion ratio for Hispanic women was lower than for non- Hispanic white women. At all ages, Hispanic women have higher fertility than do non-Hispanic women (1). In contrast to our findings, other studies based on earlier data suggest that abortion rates for Hispanic women were higher than for non-Hispanic women (6). Several other trends -- not necessarily related to each other -- were observed for women who obtained abortions from 1972 through 1990 (Table_1). During that time, the percentage of women obtaining an abortion in their state of residence increased from 56% to 92% and has remained stable at approximately 91%-92% since 1984. From 1972 through 1990, the percentage of women obtaining abortions who were unmarried increased steadily, from 70% to almost 80% in 1984; since then, the percentage has remained about 78%-81% (2). The number of women having abortions who had had one or no previous live births increased from 68% in 1972 to 73% in 1977 and has remained at 74%-78% since that time. The percent distribution of abortions by gestational age has been relatively stable since 1978, although some changes have occurred in the percentage of women obtaining legal abortions either early (less than or equal to 8 weeks) or late (greater than or equal to 16 weeks) in gestation (Table_1). Previous reports have found, as did this study, that age is inversely correlated with the timing of abortion (i.e., younger women were more likely to obtain abortions later in gestation than were older women) (2,7,8). The percentage of women having abortions who did so for the first time decreased from 75% in 1974 to 56% in 1990 (Table_12) (9). During this 15-year period, the percentage of women who had previously had one induced abortion increased from 10% in 1974 to 26% in 1988 and remained at that level in 1990. The percentage who had had two previous abortions increased from about 1% in 1974 to approximately 10% in 1985 and has remained at about 9%-10% since that time. The percentage who had had three or more abortions increased from 0.4% in 1974 to approximately 5% in 1985 and to 6% in 1990. These increases in the early to mid-1980s probably reflected the increasing number of women at risk of having had an abortion and the greater likelihood that women who have had one abortion are more likely to have another abortion when compared with women who have never had one (10,11). During the period 1972-1990, the percentage of abortions performed by curettage increased from 89% to 99% (Table_1). Surveillance during the same period showed a sharp decline in the percentage of abortions performed by intrauterine instillation (from 10% to 1%) and by hysterectomy and hysterotomy (from 0.6% to 0.02%). From 1974 through 1990, the percentage of second-trimester abortions performed by D&E increased from 31% to 93%; the percentage of second- trimester abortions performed by intrauterine instillation decreased from 57% to 5% (9). The increasing use of D&E may have resulted from the improved technology and the lower risk of complications associated with the procedure (12,13). The number of legal abortions reported to CDC in 1990 was probably lower than the number actually performed. Totals provided by central health agencies are often lower than those obtained by direct surveys of abortion providers (14). For example, the total number of abortions reported by CDC for 1988 was approximately 16% lower than that reported for the same year by the Alan Guttmacher Institute, a private organization that directly contacts abortion providers to obtain information on the number of abortions performed ** (15). Despite these limitations, ongoing national surveillance of legal induced abortion is important for several reasons. For example, abortion surveillance is used to identify characteristics of women at high risk of unintended pregnancy. Ongoing surveillance is essential to monitor trends in the number, ratio, and rate of abortions in the United States. Statistics on the number of pregnancies ending in abortion are needed to combine with birth statistics to provide an estimate of pregnancy rates (e.g., pregnancy rates among teenagers {16}) and to calculate other outcome rates (e.g., the rate of ectopic pregnancies per 1,000 pregnancies). In turn, abortion and pregnancy rates can be used to evaluate the effec- tiveness of family planning programs and other programs to prevent unintended pregnancy. Ongoing surveillance also allows an opportunity to assess changes in clinical practice patterns related to abortion (e.g., changes in types of procedure over time). Finally, abortion data are used as denominators to calculate abortion morbidity rates and mortality case-fatality rates. Induced abortions usually are linked to unintended pregnancies, which often occur despite the use of contraception (6,17,18). In the mid-1980s, about 1.2 million live births occurred as a result of unintended pregnancy (i.e., the pregnancy was either mistimed or unwanted at conception) (19). Improving contraceptive practice, as well as access to and education about safe, effective, and low-cost contraception and family planning services, may help minimize the need for abortion in the United States (20). At present, not all states have recognized the need for state-based abortion surveillance, and some states that have recognized the need have been unable to gather information. In the near future, a greater emphasis will likely be placed on preventing unintended pregnancy, particularly among teenagers. To meet this need, the number and characteristics of women obtaining abortions will be needed from all states to furnish an accurate characterization of legal induced abortion in this country. References
* Includes state health departments and the health departments of New York City and the District of Columbia. ** 1988 was the last year in which national abortion survey data were reported by the Alan Guttmacher Institute. Table_1 Note: To print large tables and graphs users may have to change their printer settings to landscape and use a small font size.
TABLE 1. Characteristics of women who obtained legal abortions -- United States, selected years, 1972-1990
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Characteristic 1972 1973 1976 1980 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
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Reported number of
legal abortions 586,760 615,831 988,267 1,297,606 1,328,570 1,328,112 1,353,671 1,371,285 1,396,658 1,429,577
Percent distribution *
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Residence
In-state 56.2 74.8 90.0 92.6 92.4 92.4 91.7 91.4 91.0 91.8
Out-of-state 43.8 25.2 10.0 7.4 7.6 7.6 8.3 8.6 9.0 8.2
Age (yrs)
<=19 32.6 32.7 32.1 29.2 26.3 25.3 25.8 25.3 24.2 22.4
20-24 32.5 32.0 33.3 35.5 34.7 34.0 33.4 32.8 32.6 33.2
>=25 34.9 35.3 34.6 35.3 39.0 40.7 40.8 41.9 43.2 44.4
Race
White 77.0 72.5 66.6 69.9 66.6 67.0 66.4 64.4 64.2 64.8
Black and other 23.0 27.5 33.4 30.1 33.4 33.0 33.6 35.6 35.8 35.2
Hispanic origin
Hispanic -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 9.8
Non-Hispanic -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 90.2
Marital status
Married 29.7 27.4 24.6 23.1 19.3 20.2 20.8 20.3 20.1 21.7
Unmarried 70.3 72.6 75.4 76.9 80.7 79.8 79.2 79.7 79.9 78.3
Number of live births +
0 49.4 48.6 47.7 58.4 56.3 55.1 53.6 52.4 52.2 49.2
1 18.2 18.8 20.7 19.4 21.6 22.1 22.8 23.4 23.6 24.4
2 13.3 14.2 15.4 13.7 14.5 14.9 15.5 16.0 15.9 16.9
3 8.7 8.7 8.3 5.3 5.1 5.3 5.5 5.6 5.7 6.1
>=4 10.4 9.7 7.9 3.2 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 3.4
Type of procedure
Curettage 88.6 88.4 92.8 95.5 97.5 97.0 97.2 98.6 98.8 98.8
Suction curettage 65.2 74.9 82.6 89.8 94.6 94.5 93.4 95.1 97.1 96.0
Sharp curettage 23.4 13.5 10.2 5.7 2.9 2.5 3.8 3.5 1.7 2.8
Intrauterine
instillation 10.4 10.4 6.0 3.1 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.8
Other & 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.4 0.8 1.6 1.5 0.3 0.3 0.4
Weeks of gestation
<=8 34.0 36.1 47.0 51.7 50.3 51.0 50.4 48.7 49.8 51.6
9-10 30.7 29.4 28.1 26.2 26.6 25.8 26.0 26.4 25.8 25.3
11-12 17.5 17.9 14.4 12.2 12.5 12.2 12.4 12.7 12.6 11.7
13-15 8.4 6.9 4.5 5.1 5.9 6.1 6.2 6.6 6.6 6.4
16-20 8.2 8.0 5.1 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.5 4.2 4.0
>=21 1.2 1.7 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.0
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* Excludes unknowns. Since the number of states that reported each characteristic varies from year to year, temporal comparisons should be made with
caution. Percent distributions are based on data from all areas reporting a given characteristic and exclude unknown values unless otherwise noted.
+ For years 1972-1976, data indicate number of living children.
& Includes hysterotomy and hysterectomy.
-- Not available.
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TABLE 2. Number, ratio, and rate of legal abortions and source of reporting -- United
States, 1970-1990
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Number of areas reporting
Total number --------------------------------
of legal Central Hospital/
Year abortions Ratio * Rate + health agency & facilities @
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1970 193,491 52 5 18 7
1971 485,816 137 11 19 7
1972 586,760 180 13 21 8
1973 615,831 196 14 26 26
1974 763,476 242 17 37 15
1975 854,853 272 18 39 13
1976 988,267 312 21 41 11
1977 1,079,430 325 22 46 6
1978 1,157,776 347 23 48 4
1979 1,251,921 358 24 47 5
1980 1,297,606 359 25 47 5
1981 1,300,760 358 24 46 6
1982 1,303,980 354 24 46 6
1983 1,268,987 349 23 46 6
1984 1,333,521 364 24 44 8
1985 1,328,570 354 24 44 8
1986 1,328,112 354 23 43 9
1987 1,353,671 356 24 45 7
1988 1,371,285 352 24 45 7
1989 1,396,658 346 24 45 7
1990 1,429,577 345 ** 24 46 6
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* Number of abortions per 1,000 live births.
+ Number of abortions per 1,000 women 15-44 years of age.
& Abortion data reported from central health agency.
@ Abortion data reported from hospitals and/or other medical facilities in state.
** Differs from the preliminary ratio (344) published in MMWR, vol. 41, no. 50, December 18,
1992.
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TABLE 3. Reported number, ratio, and rate of legal abortions and percentage of
abortions obtained by out-of-state residents, by state of occurrence -- United States,
1990
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Total number Percentage of legal
of legal abortions obtained by
State abortions * Ratio + Rate & out-of-state residents @
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Alabama 15,012 ** 237 16 --
Alaska 1,489 ** 125 11 --
Arizona 15,783 229 19 2.5
Arkansas 5,953 163 11 3.2
California 357,579 ++ 585 50 --
Colorado 12,679 237 16 8.2
Connecticut 18,776 375 && 24 --
Delaware 5,557 500 34 --
District of Columbia 19,969 -- @@ -- *** 52.9
Florida 66,071 332 24 --
Georgia 39,245 349 24 8.3
Hawaii 4,748 232 18 0.8
Idaho 1,390 85 6 9.0
Illinois 67,350 345 25 --
Indiana 14,351 167 11 3.6
Iowa 7,166 ** 182 12 --
Kansas 7,516 +++ 193 && 14 46.5
Kentucky 10,921 202 13 29.3
Louisiana 13,020 181 13 --
Maine 4,607 266 16 12.6
Maryland 22,425 279 && 19 6.8
Massachusetts 39,739 430 27 3.9
Michigan 36,183 236 16 4.2
Minnesota 17,156 252 17 10.7
Mississippi 6,842 157 11 22.7
Missouri 16,366 207 14 10.8
Montana 3,365 290 19 23.6
Nebraska 6,346 260 18 20.2
Nevada 7,226 331 26 11.2
New Hampshire 4,259 ** 243 16 --
New Jersey 41,358 337 23 3.0
New Mexico 5,288 194 15 3.9
New York 159,098 545 37 3.4
(City) 102,202 &&& 787 -- 2.9
(State) 56,896 351 -- 4.2
North Carolina 36,494 349 23 8.3
North Dakota 1,723 186 12 38.2
Ohio 32,165 193 13 9.7
Oklahoma 10,708 ** 225 && 15 --
Oregon 13,658 319 21 9.6
Pennsylvania 52,143 305 19 5.9
Rhode Island 7,782 512 && 33 21.7
South Carolina 13,285 227 16 6.1
South Dakota 946 86 6 19.4
Tennessee 21,144 282 18 17.4
Texas 92,580 293 23 3.9
Utah 4,786 132 12 15.2
Vermont 3,184 384 23 29.8
Virginia 32,992 334 21 6.0
Washington 31,443 397 27 4.9
West Virginia 2,500 111 6 11.7
Wisconsin 16,848 232 15 6.1
Wyoming 363 52 4 12.4
Total 1,429,577 345 @@@ 24 8.2
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* Abortion data from central health agency unless otherwise noted.
+ Abortions per 1,000 live births (live-birth data from central health agency unless otherwise
specified).
& Abortions per 1,000 women ages 15-44 years (number of women ages 15-44 from U.S.
Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, March 1990,
tape technical documentation, Washington, DC).
@ Based on number of abortions for which residence status of women was known.
** Reported from hospitals and/or other medical facilities in state.
++ CDC estimate.
&& Live births reported from CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, Advance Report of
Final Natality Statistics, 1990, vol. 41, no. 9, supplement, February 25, 1993.
@@ >1,000 Abortions per 1,000 live births.
*** >1,000 Abortions per 1,000 women ages 15-44 years.
+++ Includes 330 Kansas residents obtaining abortions in other states.
&&& Reported by New York City Health Department.
@@@ Differs from the preliminary ratio (344) published in MMWR, vol. 41, no. 50, December 18,
1992.
-- Not reported.
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TABLE 4. Reported legal abortions, by age and state of occurrence -- selected states, * United States, 1990
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Age group (yrs)
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<15 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39>=40 Unknown Total
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State No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
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Arizona 75 0.5 3,156 20.0 4,869 30.8 3,467 22.0 2,049 13.0 1,015 6.4 229 1.5 923 5.8 15,783 100.0
Arkansas 52 0.9 1,601 26.9 1,995 33.5 1,181 19.8 647 10.9 365 6.1 96 1.6 16 0.3 5,953 100.0
Colorado 62 0.5 3,013 23.8 3,867 30.5 2,646 20.9 1,809 14.3 945 7.5 237 1.9 100 0.8 12,679 100.0
Dist. of Col. 234 1.2 3,467 17.4 6,196 31.0 4,894 24.5 2,893 14.5 1,295 6.5 598 3.0 392 2.0 19,969 100.0
Georgia 461 1.2 8,537 21.8 12,837 32.7 8,731 22.2 5,195 13.2 2,529 6.4 683 1.7 272 0.7 39,245 100.0
Hawaii 42 0.9 937 19.7 1,447 30.5 1,088 22.9 684 14.4 413 8.7 133 2.8 4 0.1 4,748 100.0
Idaho 11 0.8 323 23.2 413 29.7 303 21.8 195 14.0 111 8.0 34 2.4 0 0.0 1,390 100.0
Indiana 114 0.8 3,299 23.0 5,070 35.3 3,037 21.2 1,667 11.6 853 5.9 224 1.6 87 0.6 14,351 100.0
Kansas 61 0.8 2,103 29.3 2,328 32.4 1,346 18.7 790 11.0 426 5.9 124 1.7 8 0.1 7,186 100.0
Kentucky + 197 1.8 3,218 29.5 3,545 32.5 1,964 18.0 1,150 10.5 614 5.6 177 1.6 56 0.5 10,921 100.0
Louisiana 150 1.2 2,934 22.5 4,287 32.9 2,716 20.9 1,670 12.8 938 7.2 281 2.2 44 0.3 13,020 100.0
Maine 23 0.5 1,091 23.7 1,563 33.9 981 21.3 568 12.3 275 6.0 83 1.8 23 0.5 4,607 100.0
Maryland 214 1.0 4,808 21.4 7,599 33.9 5,199 23.2 2,900 12.9 1,380 6.2 325 1.4 0 0.0 22,425 100.0
Massachusetts 216 0.5 7,401 18.6 13,137 33.1 9,611 24.2 5,517 13.9 2,899 7.3 760 1.9 198 0.5 39,739 100.0
Michigan 310 0.9 8,986 24.8 11,892 32.9 7,484 20.7 4,576 12.6 2,313 6.4 564 1.6 58 0.2 36,183 100.0
Minnesota 74 0.4 3,756 21.9 5,860 34.2 3,734 21.8 2,146 12.5 1,138 6.6 295 1.7 153 0.9 17,156 100.0
Mississippi 119 1.7 1,847 27.0 2,207 32.3 1,311 19.2 797 11.6 414 6.1 133 1.9 14 0.2 6,842 100.0
Missouri 152 0.9 3,528 21.6 5,498 33.6 3,594 22.0 2,213 13.5 1,121 6.8 257 1.6 3 0.0 16,366 100.0
Montana 21 0.6 914 27.2 981 29.2 666 19.8 458 13.6 245 7.3 78 2.3 2 0.1 3,365 100.0
Nebraska 41 0.6 1,772 27.9 2,102 33.1 1,199 18.9 738 11.6 377 5.9 112 1.8 5 0.1 6,346 100.0
Nevada 25 0.3 1,239 17.1 2,213 30.6 1,847 25.6 1,139 15.8 578 8.0 150 2.1 35 0.5 7,226 100.0
New Jersey 313 0.8 8,635 20.9 14,246 34.4 9,537 23.1 5,340 12.9 2,497 6.0 756 1.8 34 0.1 41,358 100.0
New Mexico 49 0.9 1,240 23.4 1,609 30.4 1,089 20.6 730 13.8 405 7.7 142 2.7 24 0.5 5,288 100.0
New York 1,102 0.7 29,729 18.7 50,399 31.7 38,070 23.9 23,132 14.5 11,561 7.3 3,282 2.1 1,823 1.1 159,098 100.0
(City) 766 0.7 16,787 16.4 31,173 30.5 25,934 25.4 16,122 15.8 7,906 7.7 2,202 2.2 1,312 1.3 102,202 100.0
(State) 336 0.6 12,942 22.7 19,226 33.8 12,136 21.3 7,010 12.3 3,655 6.4 1,080 1.9 511 0.9 56,896 100.0
N. Carolina 398 1.1 9,327 25.6 12,555 34.4 7,158 19.6 3,945 10.8 2,017 5.5 521 1.4 573 1.6 36,494 100.0
N. Dakota 3 0.2 472 27.4 578 33.5 338 19.6 171 9.9 119 6.9 42 2.4 0 0.0 1,723 100.0
Ohio 130 0.4 6,018 18.7 10,569 32.9 6,445 20.0 3,882 12.1 1,940 6.0 631 2.0 2,550 7.9 32,165 100.0
Oregon 75 0.5 3,192 23.4 4,407 32.3 2,830 20.7 1,765 12.9 973 7.1 288 2.1 128 0.9 13,658 100.0
Pennsylvania 484 0.9 12,052 23.1 17,556 33.7 10,824 20.8 6,822 13.1 3,503 6.7 902 1.7 0 0.0 52,143 100.0
Rhode Island 50 0.6 1,560 20.0 2,760 35.5 1,643 21.1 1,086 14.0 540 6.9 130 1.7 13 0.2 7,782 100.0
S. Carolina 120 0.9 3,222 24.3 4,565 34.4 2,862 21.5 1,619 12.2 725 5.5 171 1.3 1 0.0 13,285 100.0
S. Dakota 7 0.7 253 26.7 295 31.2 169 17.9 128 13.5 72 7.6 22 2.3 0 0.0 946 100.0
Tennessee 226 1.1 5,273 24.9 7,011 33.2 4,354 20.6 2,584 12.2 1,348 6.4 345 1.6 3 0.0 21,144 100.0
Texas 472 0.5 17,543 18.9 31,190 33.7 21,735 23.5 13,092 14.1 6,377 6.9 1,962 2.1 209 0.2 92,580 100.0
Utah 37 0.8 1,105 23.1 1,589 33.2 1,027 21.5 620 13.0 295 6.2 88 1.8 25 0.5 4,786 100.0
Vermont 14 0.4 785 24.7 1,025 32.2 669 21.0 373 11.7 243 7.6 74 2.3 1 0.0 3,184 100.0
Virginia 238 0.7 7,192 21.8 10,912 33.1 7,331 22.2 4,424 13.4 2,226 6.7 559 1.7 110 0.3 32,992 100.0
Washington 174 0.6 6,675 21.2 10,117 32.2 7,136 22.7 4,456 14.2 2,221 7.1 650 2.1 14 0.0 31,443 100.0
W. Virginia 21 0.8 696 27.8 831 33.2 476 19.0 260 10.4 169 6.8 44 1.8 3 0.1 2,500 100.0
Wisconsin 139 0.8 4,106 24.4 5,893 35.0 3,426 20.3 2,028 12.0 983 5.8 267 1.6 6 0.0 16,848 100.0
Wyoming 3 0.8 99 27.3 127 35.0 64 17.6 42 11.6 21 5.8 7 1.9 0 0.0 363 100.0
Total 6,709 0.8 187,104 21.4 288,140 32.9 194,182 22.2 116,300 13.3 58,479 6.7 16,456 1.9 7,910 0.9 875,280 100.0
Abortion ratio & 844 515 377 220 191 273 501 302
Abortion rate @ 1 30 43 26 15 8 3 18
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* All 40 states for which data are available, the District of Columbia, and New York City.
+ Redistributed based on known distribution for 6 months of data.
& Calculated as the number of legal abortions obtained by women in a given age group per 1,000 live births to women in the same age
group for these states. For each state, abortions obtained by women of unknown age are distributed according to the known age
distribution for that state. Excludes states reporting age unknown for >15% of women having abortions.
@ Calculated as the number of legal abortions obtained by women in a given age group per 1,000 women in the same age group for these
states. For each state, abortions obtained by women of unknown age are distributed according to the known age distribution for that
state. Excludes states reporting age unknown for >15% of women having abortions.
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TABLE 5. Reported legal abortions obtained by teenagers, by age and state of occurrence -- selected states, * United States,
1990
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Age (yrs)
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<15 15 16 17 18 19 Total
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State No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
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Arizona 75 2.3 204 6.3 355 11.0 524 16.2 969 30.0 1,104 34.2 3,231 100.0
Arkansas 52 3.1 93 5.6 173 10.5 242 14.6 583 35.3 510 30.9 1,653 100.0
Colorado 62 2.0 208 6.8 398 12.9 676 22.0 835 27.2 896 29.1 3,075 100.0
Georgia 461 5.1 643 7.1 1,078 12.0 1,654 18.4 2,376 26.4 2,786 31.0 8,998 100.0
Hawaii 42 4.3 91 9.3 137 14.0 196 20.0 238 24.3 275 28.1 979 100.0
Idaho 11 3.3 21 6.3 45 13.5 58 17.4 95 28.4 104 31.1 334 100.0
Indiana 114 3.3 231 6.8 333 9.8 447 13.1 1,041 30.5 1,247 36.5 3,413 100.0
Kansas 61 2.8 164 7.6 337 15.6 430 19.8 560 25.9 612 28.3 2,164 100.0
Kentucky + 197 5.8 231 6.8 469 13.7 662 19.4 843 24.7 1,013 29.7 3,415 100.0
Louisiana 150 4.9 192 6.2 334 10.8 369 12.0 1,001 32.5 1,038 33.7 3,084 100.0
Maine 23 2.1 67 6.0 141 12.7 236 21.2 271 24.3 376 33.8 1,114 100.0
Maryland 214 4.3 334 6.7 644 12.8 884 17.6 1,328 26.4 1,618 32.2 5,022 100.0
Massachusetts 216 2.8 376 4.9 704 9.2 1,172 15.4 2,311 30.3 2,838 37.3 7,617 100.0
Michigan 310 3.3 561 6.0 1,147 12.3 1,802 19.4 2,553 27.5 2,923 31.4 9,296 100.0
Minnesota 74 1.9 228 6.0 426 11.1 661 17.3 1,067 27.9 1,374 35.9 3,830 100.0
Mississippi 119 6.1 158 8.0 287 14.6 357 18.2 506 25.7 539 27.4 1,966 100.0
Missouri 152 4.1 263 7.1 384 10.4 466 12.7 1,089 29.6 1,326 36.0 3,680 100.0
Montana 21 2.2 54 5.8 126 13.5 191 20.4 267 28.6 276 29.5 935 100.0
Nebraska 41 2.3 112 6.2 208 11.5 347 19.1 531 29.3 574 31.7 1,813 100.0
Nevada 25 2.0 67 5.3 164 13.0 244 19.3 351 27.8 413 32.7 1,264 100.0
New Jersey 313 3.5 578 6.5 1,027 11.5 1,616 18.1 2,472 27.6 2,942 32.9 8,948 100.0
New Mexico 49 3.8 91 7.1 180 14.0 230 17.8 347 26.9 392 30.4 1,289 100.0
New York 1,102 3.6 1,902 6.2 3,728 12.1 5,678 18.4 8,294 26.9 10,127 32.8 30,831 100.0
(City) 766 4.4 1,230 7.0 2,212 12.6 3,231 18.4 4,463 25.4 5,651 32.2 17,553 100.0
(State) 336 2.5 672 5.1 1,516 11.4 2,447 18.4 3,831 28.9 4,476 33.7 13,278 100.0
N. Carolina 398 4.1 610 6.3 1,215 12.5 1,835 18.9 2,647 27.2 3,020 31.1 9,725 100.0
N. Dakota 3 0.6 18 3.8 38 8.0 63 13.3 176 37.1 177 37.3 475 100.0
Ohio 130 2.1 257 4.2 609 9.9 1,073 17.5 1,726 28.1 2,353 38.3 6,148 100.0
Oregon 75 2.3 207 6.3 423 12.9 655 20.0 894 27.4 1,013 31.0 3,267 100.0
Pennsylvania 484 3.9 822 6.6 1,516 12.1 2,152 17.2 3,562 28.4 4,000 31.9 12,536 100.0
Rhode Island 50 3.1 95 5.9 151 9.4 185 11.5 498 30.9 631 39.2 1,610 100.0
S. Carolina 120 3.6 187 5.6 350 10.5 646 19.3 955 28.6 1,084 32.4 3,342 100.0
S. Dakota 7 2.7 14 5.4 46 17.7 52 20.0 66 25.4 75 28.8 260 100.0
Tennessee 226 4.1 393 7.1 718 13.1 958 17.4 1,496 27.2 1,708 31.1 5,499 100.0
Texas 472 2.6 904 5.0 1,967 10.9 3,189 17.7 4,926 27.3 6,557 36.4 18,015 100.0
Utah 37 3.2 70 6.1 121 10.6 181 15.8 324 28.4 409 35.8 1,142 100.0
Vermont 14 1.8 51 6.4 93 11.6 156 19.5 208 26.0 277 34.7 799 100.0
Virginia 238 3.2 454 6.1 875 11.8 1,341 18.0 2,111 28.4 2,411 32.4 7,430 100.0
Washington 174 2.5 411 6.0 878 12.8 1,301 19.0 1,846 27.0 2,239 32.7 6,849 100.0
W. Virginia 21 2.9 51 7.1 83 11.6 114 15.9 210 29.3 238 33.2 717 100.0
Wyoming 3 2.9 6 5.9 12 11.8 13 12.7 34 33.3 34 33.3 102 100.0
Total 6,336 3.4 11,419 6.1 21,920 11.8 33,056 17.8 51,607 27.8 61,529 33.1 185,867 100.0
Abortion ratio & 821 622 563 502 523 465 514
Abortion rate @ 1 10 20 28 41 43 16
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* All 39 states for which data are available and New York City.
+ Redistributed based on known distribution for 6 months of data.
& Calculated as the number of legal abortions obtained by women of a given age per 1,000 live births to women of the same age for these
states.
@ Calculated as the number of legal abortions obtained by women of a given age per 1,000 women of the same age for these states.
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TABLE 6. Reported legal abortions, by weeks of gestation and state of occurrence -- selected states, * United States, 1990
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Weeks of gestation
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<=8 9-10 11-12 13-15 16-20 >=21 Unknown Total
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State No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
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Arkansas 3,340 56.1 1,437 24.1 577 9.7 260 4.4 83 1.4 19 0.3 237 4.0 5,953 100.0
Colorado 4,496 35.5 4,638 36.6 2,001 15.8 937 7.4 426 3.4 126 1.0 55 0.4 12,679 100.0
Dist. of Columbia 10,831 54.2 3,753 18.8 2,348 11.8 1,511 7.6 1,089 + 5.5 56 & 0.3 381 1.9 19,969 100.0
Georgia 14,464 36.9 10,785 27.5 6,444 16.4 3,160 8.1 1,766 4.5 746 1.9 1,880 4.8 39,245 100.0
Hawaii @ 2,109 44.4 1,138 24.0 577 12.2 373 7.9 390 8.2 54 1.1 107 2.3 4,748 100.0
Idaho 635 45.7 470 33.8 260 18.7 15 1.1 8 0.6 1 0.1 1 0.1 1,390 100.0
Indiana 10,308 71.8 2,795 19.5 760 5.3 97 0.7 21 0.1 0 0.0 370 2.6 14,351 100.0
Kansas @ 2,783 38.7 1,955 27.2 1,041 14.5 589 8.2 522 7.3 272 3.8 24 0.3 7,186 100.0
Kentucky ** 5,073 46.5 2,177 19.9 1,298 11.9 901 8.3 1,009 9.2 379 3.5 84 0.8 10,921 100.0
Louisiana 5,526 42.4 4,113 31.6 1,570 12.1 792 6.1 831 6.4 141 1.1 47 0.4 13,020 100.0
Maine @ 2,317 50.3 1,314 28.5 586 12.7 320 6.9 37 0.8 0 0.0 33 0.7 4,607 100.0
Maryland @ 11,676 52.1 5,838 26.0 2,874 12.8 1,223 5.5 736 3.3 19 0.1 59 0.3 22,425 100.0
Michigan 21,016 58.1 7,736 21.4 3,364 9.3 2,688 7.4 1,284 3.5 92 0.3 3 0.0 36,183 100.0
Minnesota 8,327 48.5 4,544 26.5 2,153 12.5 1,097 6.4 878 5.1 85 0.5 72 0.4 17,156 100.0
Mississippi 3,287 48.0 1,887 27.6 949 13.9 413 6.0 107 1.6 10 0.1 189 2.8 6,842 100.0
Missouri ++ 6,458 39.5 5,313 32.5 2,775 17.0 1,195 7.3 568 3.5 47 0.3 10 0.1 16,366 100.0
Montana @ 2,049 60.9 600 17.8 365 10.8 213 6.3 129 3.8 0 0.0 9 0.3 3,365 100.0
Nevada 4,537 62.8 1,374 19.0 667 9.2 390 5.4 214 3.0 1 0.0 43 0.6 7,226 100.0
New Jersey @ 21,367 51.7 8,357 20.2 3,469 8.4 4,366 10.6 3,041 7.4 758 1.8 0 0.0 41,358 100.0
New Mexico 2,613 49.4 1,012 19.1 454 8.6 331 6.3 273 5.2 31 0.6 574 10.9 5,288 100.0
New York 79,604 50.0 38,026 23.9 18,078 11.4 10,115 6.4 6,742 4.2 2,081 1.3 4,452 2.8 159,098 100.0
(City) 50,647 49.6 23,427 22.9 11,519 11.3 6,683 6.5 5,245 5.1 1,865 1.8 2,816 2.8 102,202 100.0
(State) 28,957 50.9 14,599 25.7 6,559 11.5 3,432 6.0 1,497 2.6 216 0.4 1,636 2.9 56,896 100.0
N. Carolina 17,939 49.2 8,840 24.2 4,783 13.1 2,633 7.2 883 2.4 73 0.2 1,343 3.7 36,494 100.0
N. Dakota @ 937 54.4 422 24.5 191 11.1 153 8.9 14 0.8 0 0.0 6 0.3 1,723 100.0
Oregon 6,050 44.3 4,378 32.1 1,508 11.0 742 5.4 528 3.9 221 1.6 231 1.7 13,658 100.0
Pennsylvania 25,568 49.0 14,147 27.1 6,890 13.2 3,250 6.2 1,793 3.4 420 0.8 75 0.1 52,143 100.0
Rhode Island @ 4,541 58.4 1,927 24.8 655 8.4 431 5.5 191 2.5 11 0.1 26 0.3 7,782 100.0
S. Carolina 7,514 56.6 3,671 27.6 1,606 12.1 272 2.0 71 0.5 32 0.2 119 0.9 13,285 100.0
S. Dakota 608 64.3 262 27.7 72 7.6 4 0.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 946 100.0
Tennessee @ 10,775 51.0 5,998 28.4 2,699 12.8 1,426 6.7 208 1.0 18 0.1 20 0.1 21,144 100.0
Texas @ 48,410 52.3 22,205 24.0 10,176 11.0 6,159 6.7 4,223 4.6 1,294 1.4 113 0.1 92,580 100.0
Utah 3,168 66.2 756 15.8 386 8.1 226 4.7 170 3.6 4 0.1 76 1.6 4,786 100.0
Vermont 1,698 53.3 961 30.2 375 11.8 126 4.0 17 0.5 6 0.2 1 0.0 3,184 100.0
Virginia @ 19,882 60.3 8,794 26.7 2,974 9.0 473 1.4 649 2.0 128 0.4 92 0.3 32,992 100.0
Washington @ 18,973 60.3 7,381 23.5 2,344 7.5 1,205 3.8 1,203 3.8 284 0.9 53 0.2 31,443 100.0
W. Virginia ++ 585 23.4 1,092 43.7 575 23.0 178 7.1 61 2.4 9 0.4 0 0.0 2,500 100.0
Wisconsin 8,225 48.8 4,411 26.2 2,087 12.4 1,256 7.5 684 4.1 185 1.1 0 0.0 16,848 100.0
Wyoming @ 176 48.5 152 41.9 34 9.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.3 0 0.0 363 100.0
Total 397,865 50.9 194,659 24.9 89,965 11.5 49,520 6.3 30,849 3.9 7,604 1.0 10,785 1.4 781,247 100.0
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* All 36 states for which data are available, the District of Columbia, and New York City; excludes two states where unknown gestational
age is >15%
+ Includes 16-19 weeks only.
& Includes >=20 weeks gestation.
@ Weeks of gestation are based on physician's estimate.
** Redistributed based on known distribution for 6 months of data.
++ Weeks of gestation are based on physician's estimate if date of last menstrual period is unknown.
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TABLE 7. Reported legal abortions, by type of procedure and state of occurrence -- selected states, * United States, 1990
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Procedure
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Intrauterine
Suction Sharp saline Prostaglandin Hysterotomy/
curettage curettage All curettage instillation instillation hysterectomy Other + Unknown Total
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State No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
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Arizona 14,945 94.7 14 0.1 14,959 94.8 5 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 819 5.2 15,783 100.0
Arkansas 5,737 & 96.4 71 1.2 5,808 97.6 2 0.0 15 0.3 3 0.1 38 0.6 87 1.5 5,953 100.0
Colorado 12,447 & 98.2 20 0.2 12,467 98.3 4 0.0 50 0.4 1 0.0 0 0.0 157 1.2 12,679 100.0
Dist. of Col. 19,610 98.2 24 0.1 19,634 98.3 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 25 0.1 308 1.5 19,969 100.0
Georgia 34,114 & 86.9 4,130 10.5 38,244 97.4 11 0.0 957 2.4 3 0.0 0 0.0 30 0.1 39,245 100.0
Hawaii 4,642 97.8 19 0.4 4,661 98.2 0 0.0 11 0.2 0 0.0 53 1.1 23 0.5 4,748 100.0
Idaho 1,387 & 99.8 1 0.1 1,388 99.9 2 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,390 100.0
Indiana 14,033 & 97.8 10 0.1 14,043 97.9 2 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 228 1.6 76 0.5 14,351 100.0
Kansas 7,180 99.9 4 0.1 7,184 100.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 7,186 100.0
Kentucky @ 10,717 & 98.1 16 0.1 10,733 98.3 4 0.0 13 0.1 2 0.0 18 0.2 151 1.4 10,921 100.0
Louisiana 12,820 & 98.5 71 0.5 12,891 99.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 128 1.0 13,020 100.0
Maine 4,390 & 95.3 207 4.5 4,597 99.8 4 0.1 2 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.1 0 0.0 4,607 100.0
Maryland 21,692 96.7 148 0.7 21,840 97.4 130 0.6 303 1.4 2 0.0 149 0.7 1 0.0 22,425 100.0
Massachusetts 38,133 96.0 493 1.2 38,626 97.2 24 0.1 591 1.5 0 0.0 498 1.3 0 0.0 39,739 100.0
Michigan 36,123 & 99.8 0 0.0 36,123 99.8 2 0.0 57 0.2 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 36,183 100.0
Minnesota 17,146 & 99.9 5 0.0 17,151 100.0 1 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 17,156 100.0
Mississippi 6,806 & 99.5 1 0.0 6,807 99.5 2 0.0 26 0.4 4 0.1 1 0.0 2 0.0 6,842 100.0
Missouri 16,248 & 99.3 10 0.1 16,258 99.3 0 0.0 29 0.2 0 0.0 45 0.3 34 0.2 16,366 100.0
Montana 3,364 & 100.0 0 0.0 3,364 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 3,365 100.0
Nebraska 6,254 98.5 2 0.0 6,256 98.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 23 0.4 13 0.2 56 0.9 6,348 ** 100.0
Nevada 7,168 & 99.2 11 0.2 7,179 99.3 1 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 44 0.6 7,226 100.0
New Jersey 34,585 83.6 6,302 15.2 40,887 98.9 372 0.9 47 0.1 25 0.1 27 0.1 0 0.0 41,358 100.0
New Mexico 4,903 92.7 36 0.7 4,939 93.4 298 5.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 50 0.9 5,288 100.0
New York 142,917 89.8 1,339 0.8 144,256 90.7 1,375 0.9 251 0.2 7 0.0 331 0.2 12,878 8.1 159,098 100.0
(City) 92,931 & 90.9 1,070 1.0 94,001 92.0 1,058 1.0 55 0.1 5 0.0 41 0.0 7,042 6.9 102,202 100.0
(State) 49,986 & 87.9 269 0.5 50,255 88.3 317 0.6 196 0.3 2 0.0 290 0.5 5,836 ++ 10.3 56,896 100.0
N. Carolina 35,319 96.8 99 0.3 35,418 97.1 223 0.6 239 0.7 9 0.0 238 0.7 367 1.0 36,494 100.0
N. Dakota 1,719 & 99.8 1 0.1 1,720 99.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 1 0.1 1 0.1 1,723 100.0
Ohio 29,768 70.9 9,878 && 23.5 39,646 94.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 0.0 1,335 3.2 1,018 2.4 42,006 ** 100.0
Oregon 13,497 & 98.8 12 0.1 13,509 98.9 1 0.0 3 0.0 5 0.0 24 0.2 116 0.8 13,658 100.0
Pennsylvania 51,859 & 99.5 26 0.0 51,885 99.5 15 0.0 28 0.1 4 0.0 211 0.4 0 0.0 52,143 100.0
Rhode Island 7,736 & 99.4 3 0.0 7,739 99.4 4 0.1 9 0.1 0 0.0 7 0.1 23 0.3 7,782 100.0
S. Carolina 13,207 & 99.4 2 0.0 13,209 99.4 15 0.1 35 0.3 6 0.0 17 0.1 3 0.0 13,285 100.0
S. Dakota 946 & 100.0 0 0.0 946 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 946 100.0
Tennessee 21,089 & 99.7 1 0.0 21,090 99.7 4 @@ 0.0 47 0.2 2 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 21,144 100.0
Texas 91,880 & 99.2 0 0.0 91,880 99.2 275 0.3 -- -- 19 0.0 139 0.2 267 0.3 92,580 100.0
Utah 4,369 & 91.3 391 8.2 4,760 99.5 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 6 0.1 17 0.4 4,786 100.0
Vermont 3,164 & 99.4 2 0.1 3,166 99.4 0 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 16 0.5 0 0.0 3,184 100.0
Virginia 31,805 & 96.4 27 0.1 31,832 96.5 38 0.1 68 0.2 3 0.0 50 0.2 1,001 3.0 32,992 100.0
Washington 31,319 & 99.6 8 0.0 31,327 99.6 8 0.0 97 0.3 4 0.0 5 0.0 2 0.0 31,443 100.0
W. Virginia 1,292 & 51.7 0 0.0 1,292 51.7 0 0.0 1,202 48.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 0.2 2,500 100.0
Wyoming 357 & 98.3 0 0.0 357 98.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 1.7 363 100.0
Total 816,687 94.1 23,384 2.7 840,071 96.8 2,825 0.3 4,087 0.5 135 0.0 3,486 0.4 17,671 2.0 868,275 100.0
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* All 39 states for which data are available, the District of Columbia, and New York City.
+ Includes instillation procedures not reported as a specific category and procedures reported as "other."
& Includes dilatation and evacuation procedures.
@ Redistributed based on known distribution for 6 months of data.
** Does not add to total abortions reported because of some reported combination procedures.
++ Approximately 4,000 of the unknown procedures were a combination of procedures for which the primary procedure could not be determined.
&& Reported as dilatation and curettage procedures.
@@ Includes prostaglandin combined with saline procedure.
-- Not reported.
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TABLE 8. Reported legal abortions, by race and state of occurrence -- selected states, *
United States, 1990
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Race
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White + Black Other Unknown Total
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State No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
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Arizona 12,718 80.6 777 4.9 753 4.8 1,535 9.7 15,783 100.0
Arkansas 4,165 70.0 1,666 28.0 65 1.1 57 1.0 5,953 100.0
Dist. of Columbia 4,545 22.8 12,247 61.3 2,861 14.3 316 1.6 19,969 100.0
Georgia 20,548 52.4 17,209 43.9 1,488 3.8 0 0.0 39,245 100.0
Idaho 1,335 96.0 5 0.4 43 3.1 7 0.5 1,390 100.0
Indiana 10,605 73.9 3,143 21.9 220 1.5 383 2.7 14,351 100.0
Kansas 5,950 82.8 1,020 14.2 113 1.6 103 1.4 7,186 100.0
Kentucky & 8,763 80.2 1,823 16.7 218 2.0 117 1.1 10,921 100.0
Louisiana 7,260 55.8 5,530 @ 42.5 -- -- 230 1.8 13,020 100.0
Maine 4,434 96.2 57 1.2 116 2.5 0 0.0 4,607 100.0
Maryland 10,741 47.9 10,442 46.6 900 4.0 342 1.5 22,425 100.0
Minnesota 14,833 86.5 1,114 6.5 807 4.7 402 2.3 17,156 100.0
Mississippi 3,335 48.7 3,439 50.3 45 0.7 23 0.3 6,842 100.0
Missouri 10,350 63.2 5,682 34.7 298 1.8 36 0.2 16,366 100.0
Nevada 6,500 90.0 538 7.4 170 2.4 18 0.2 7,226 100.0
New Jersey 22,852 55.3 16,700 40.4 1,596 3.9 210 0.5 41,358 100.0
New Mexico 4,725 89.4 122 2.3 441 8.3 0 0.0 5,288 100.0
New York 85,733 53.9 62,559 39.3 4,235 2.7 6,571 4.1 159,098 100.0
(City) 43,984 43.0 51,359 50.3 3,639 3.6 3,220 3.2 102,202 100.0
(State) 41,749 73.4 11,200 19.7 596 1.0 3,351 5.9 56,896 100.0
N. Carolina 20,984 57.5 13,328 36.5 1,078 3.0 1,104 3.0 36,494 100.0
N. Dakota 1,582 91.8 23 1.3 117 6.8 1 0.1 1,723 100.0
Oregon 11,986 87.8 571 4.2 557 4.1 544 4.0 13,658 100.0
Rhode Island 6,430 82.6 913 11.7 343 4.4 96 1.2 7,782 100.0
S. Carolina 7,501 56.5 5,597 42.1 181 1.4 6 0.0 13,285 100.0
S. Dakota 865 91.4 12 1.3 69 7.3 0 0.0 946 100.0
Tennessee 13,784 65.2 6,865 32.5 205 1.0 290 1.4 21,144 100.0
Texas 70,689 76.4 18,427 19.9 3,218 3.5 246 0.3 92,580 100.0
Utah 4,384 91.6 100 2.1 260 5.4 42 0.9 4,786 100.0
Vermont 3,131 98.3 13 0.4 28 0.9 12 0.4 3,184 100.0
Virginia 20,436 61.9 11,424 34.6 952 2.9 180 0.5 32,992 100.0
W. Virginia 2,180 87.2 299 12.0 17 0.7 4 0.2 2,500 100.0
Wisconsin 13,209 78.4 3,187 18.9 418 2.5 34 0.2 16,848 100.0
Total 416,553 63.5 204,832 31.2 21,812 3.3 12,909 2.0 656,106 100.0
Abortion ratio ** 258 521 ++ 335 && 309
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* All 30 states for which data are available, the District of Columbia, and New York City;
excludes six states where unknown race is >15%.
+ White race includes those of Hispanic ethnicity.
& Redistributed based on known distribution for 6 months of data.
@ Includes black and other races.
** Calculated as the number of legal abortions obtained by women of a given race per 1,000
live births to women of the same race for these states. For each state, abortions obtained
by women of unknown race were distributed according to known race distribution for that
state. Excludes states reporting race unknown for >15% of women having abortions.
++ Ratio for black race excludes Kentucky because live births for blacks and others were
grouped together.
&& Ratio for other race excludes Louisiana because abortions for blacks and others were
grouped together.
-- Not reported.
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TABLE 9. Reported legal abortions, by Hispanic origin and state of occurrence --
selected states, * United States, 1990
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Hispanic Total
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State No. % No. %
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Arizona 2,848 18.0 15,783 100.0
Arkansas 19 0.3 5,953 100.0
Georgia 394 1.0 39,245 100.0
Idaho 51 3.7 1,390 100.0
Kansas 170 2.4 7,186 100.0
Minnesota 154 0.9 17,156 100.0
Mississippi 11 0.2 6,842 100.0
Missouri 159 1.0 16,366 100.0
Nevada 273 3.8 7,226 100.0
New Jersey 5,780 14.0 41,358 100.0
New Mexico 2,111 39.9 5,288 100.0
New York 25,293 15.9 159,098 100.0
(City) 23,288 22.8 102,202 100.0
(State) 2,005 3.5 56,896 100.0
North Dakota 13 0.8 1,723 100.0
Oregon 431 3.2 13,658 100.0
Rhode Island 55 0.7 7,782 100.0
South Carolina 104 0.8 13,285 100.0
Tennessee 107 0.5 21,144 100.0
Texas 23,364 25.2 92,580 100.0
Utah 316 6.6 4,786 100.0
Vermont 22 0.7 3,184 100.0
Virginia 830 2.5 32,992 100.0
Wisconsin 529 3.1 16,848 100.0
Total 63,034 11.9 530,873 100.0
Abortion ratio + 258 320
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* All 22 states for which data are available and New York City.
+ Calculated as the number of legal abortions obtained by women of Hispanic origin per 1,000
live births to women of Hispanic origin for these states.
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TABLE 10. Reported legal abortions, by marital status and state of occurrence --
selected states, * United States, 1990
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Marital status
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Married + Unmarried & Unknown Total
------------ ------------ ----------- --------------
State No. % No. % No. % No. %
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Arkansas 1,227 20.6 4,540 76.3 186 3.1 5,953 100.0
Colorado 2,498 19.7 9,971 78.6 210 1.7 12,679 100.0
Georgia 8,071 20.6 30,836 78.6 338 0.9 39,245 100.0
Hawaii 1,195 25.2 3,501 73.7 52 1.1 4,748 100.0
Idaho 329 23.7 1,057 76.0 4 0.3 1,390 100.0
Indiana 2,792 19.5 11,226 78.2 333 2.3 14,351 100.0
Kansas 1,373 19.1 5,813 80.9 0 0.0 7,186 100.0
Kentucky @ 1,942 17.8 8,770 80.3 209 1.9 10,921 100.0
Maine 939 20.4 3,449 74.9 219 4.8 4,607 100.0
Maryland 4,756 21.2 16,698 74.5 971 4.3 22,425 100.0
Massachusetts 8,488 21.4 26,992 67.9 4,259 10.7 39,739 100.0
Michigan 6,452 17.8 29,406 81.3 325 0.9 36,183 100.0
Minnesota 3,225 18.8 13,232 77.1 699 4.1 17,156 100.0
Mississippi 1,322 19.3 5,489 80.2 31 0.5 6,842 100.0
Missouri 3,542 21.6 12,609 77.0 215 1.3 16,366 100.0
Montana 631 18.8 2,477 73.6 257 7.6 3,365 100.0
Nevada 1,868 25.9 5,256 72.7 102 1.4 7,226 100.0
New Jersey 8,681 21.0 32,536 78.7 141 0.3 41,358 100.0
New Mexico 1,058 20.0 4,161 78.7 69 1.3 5,288 100.0
New York (City) 22,532 22.0 77,019 75.4 2,651 2.6 102,202 100.0
N. Carolina 8,537 23.4 26,880 73.7 1,077 3.0 36,494 100.0
N. Dakota 340 19.7 1,382 80.2 1 0.1 1,723 100.0
Ohio 5,515 17.1 24,057 74.8 2,593 8.1 32,165 100.0
Oregon 3,332 24.4 10,132 74.2 194 1.4 13,658 100.0
Rhode Island 1,800 23.1 5,911 76.0 71 0.9 7,782 100.0
S. Carolina 2,817 21.2 10,433 78.5 35 0.3 13,285 100.0
S. Dakota 190 20.1 756 79.9 0 0.0 946 100.0
Tennessee 4,398 20.8 16,626 78.6 120 0.6 21,144 100.0
Texas 22,284 24.1 69,417 75.0 879 0.9 92,580 100.0
Utah 1,811 37.8 2,975 62.2 0 0.0 4,786 100.0
Vermont 696 21.9 2,251 70.7 237 7.4 3,184 100.0
Virginia 6,094 18.5 25,874 78.4 1,024 3.1 32,992 100.0
W. Virginia 530 21.2 1,967 78.7 3 0.1 2,500 100.0
Wisconsin 2,523 15.0 14,232 84.5 93 0.6 16,848 100.0
Wyoming 91 25.1 272 74.9 0 0.0 363 100.0
Total 143,879 21.2 518,203 76.2 17,598 2.6 679,680 100.0
Abortion ratio ** 89 879 298
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* All 34 states for which data are available and New York City; excludes three states where
unknown marital status is >15%.
+ Married includes married and separated, unless otherwise specified.
& Unmarried includes never married, divorced, and widowed, unless otherwise specified.
@ Redistributed based on known distribution for 6 months of data.
** Calculated as the number of legal abortions obtained by women of a given marital status
per 1,000 live births to women of the same marital status for these states. For each state,
abortions obtained by women of unknown marital status are distributed according to known
marital status distribution for that state. Excludes states reporting marital status unknown
for >15% of women having abortions. Also excludes Michigan and Nevada because they
do not have denominator data.
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TABLE 11. Reported legal abortions, by number of previous live births and state of occurrence -- selected states,* United
States, 1990
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Number of previous live births
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0 1 2 3 >=4 Unknown Total
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ --------------
State No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
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Arizona 7,095 45.0 3,679 23.3 2,579 16.3 1,116 7.1 600 3.8 714 4.5 15,783 100.0
Arkansas 2,846 47.8 1,627 27.3 996 16.7 325 5.5 122 2.0 37 0.6 5,953 100.0
Colorado 7,233 57.0 2,567 20.2 1,904 15.0 665 5.2 251 2.0 59 0.5 12,679 100.0
Georgia 19,979 50.9 9,996 25.5 6,125 15.6 2,000 5.1 836 2.1 309 0.8 39,245 100.0
Hawaii 2,265 47.7 1,031 21.7 861 18.1 294 6.2 156 3.3 141 3.0 4,748 100.0
Idaho 686 49.4 310 22.3 238 17.1 103 7.4 48 3.5 5 0.4 1,390 100.0
Indiana 6,924 48.2 3,539 24.7 2,536 17.7 794 5.5 354 2.5 204 1.4 14,351 100.0
Kansas 4,102 57.1 1,516 21.1 1,066 14.8 354 4.9 137 1.9 11 0.2 7,186 100.0
Kentucky + 5,934 54.3 2,554 23.4 1,507 13.8 484 4.4 242 2.2 200 1.8 10,921 100.0
Maine 2,584 56.1 952 20.7 665 14.4 207 4.5 75 1.6 124 2.7 4,607 100.0
Maryland 10,426 46.5 5,978 26.7 3,819 17.0 1,212 5.4 621 2.8 369 1.6 22,425 100.0
Michigan 17,615 48.7 8,908 24.6 6,283 17.4 2,260 6.2 1,109 3.1 8 0.0 36,183 100.0
Minnesota 9,841 57.4 3,366 19.6 2,532 14.8 906 5.3 509 3.0 2 0.0 17,156 100.0
Mississippi 3,204 46.8 1,843 26.9 1,177 17.2 427 6.2 188 2.7 3 0.0 6,842 100.0
Missouri 7,472 45.7 4,287 26.2 2,950 18.0 1,125 6.9 346 2.1 186 1.1 16,366 100.0
Montana 1,908 56.7 615 18.3 521 15.5 222 6.6 99 2.9 0 0.0 3,365 100.0
Nebraska 3,527 55.6 1,258 19.8 998 15.7 400 6.3 163 2.6 0 0.0 6,346 100.0
Nevada 3,190 44.1 1,876 26.0 1,382 19.1 455 6.3 265 3.7 58 0.8 7,226 100.0
New Jersey 18,149 43.9 10,949 26.5 8,059 19.5 2,856 6.9 1,345 3.3 0 0.0 41,358 100.0
New Mexico 2,588 48.9 1,262 23.9 850 16.1 344 6.5 148 2.8 96 1.8 5,288 100.0
New York 68,731 43.2 37,617 23.6 28,036 17.6 11,282 7.1 6,476 4.1 6,956 4.4 159,098 100.0
(City) 36,254 35.5 26,137 25.6 19,549 19.1 8,129 8.0 5,177 5.1 6,956 6.8 102,202 100.0
(State) 32,477 57.1 11,480 20.2 8,487 14.9 3,153 5.5 1,299 2.3 0 0.0 56,896 100.0
N. Carolina 17,882 49.0 8,352 22.9 4,791 13.1 1,511 4.1 3,958 10.8 0 0.0 36,494 100.0
N. Dakota 1,004 58.3 286 16.6 265 15.4 115 6.7 53 3.1 0 0.0 1,723 100.0
Oregon 6,615 48.4 3,004 22.0 2,337 17.1 811 5.9 372 2.7 519 3.8 13,658 100.0
Pennsylvania 26,725 51.3 12,679 24.3 8,492 16.3 2,923 5.6 1,276 2.4 48 0.1 52,143 100.0
Rhode Island 4,327 55.6 1,665 21.4 1,145 14.7 436 5.6 202 2.6 7 0.1 7,782 100.0
S. Carolina 6,687 50.3 3,578 26.9 2,064 15.5 701 5.3 251 1.9 4 0.0 13,285 100.0
S. Dakota 522 55.2 165 17.4 160 16.9 76 8.0 23 2.4 0 0.0 946 100.0
Tennessee 10,635 50.3 5,671 26.8 3,343 15.8 1,048 5.0 431 2.0 16 0.1 21,144 100.0
Texas 45,298 48.9 22,755 24.6 15,976 17.3 5,630 6.1 2,863 3.1 58 0.1 92,580 100.0
Utah 2,322 48.5 1,052 22.0 851 17.8 358 7.5 183 3.8 20 0.4 4,786 100.0
Vermont 1,931 60.6 568 17.8 470 14.8 141 4.4 71 2.2 3 0.1 3,184 100.0
Virginia 17,529 53.1 7,843 23.8 5,093 15.4 1,639 5.0 783 2.4 105 0.3 32,992 100.0
Washington 15,712 50.0 7,245 23.0 5,434 17.3 1,960 6.2 836 2.7 256 0.8 31,443 100.0
W. Virginia 1,323 52.9 657 26.3 332 13.3 136 5.4 45 1.8 7 0.3 2,500 100.0
Wyoming 185 51.0 77 21.2 70 19.3 19 5.2 10 2.8 2 0.6 363 100.0
Total 364,996 48.4 181,327 24.1 125,907 16.7 45,335 6.0 25,447 3.4 10,527 1.4 753,539 100.0
Abortion
ratio & 358 230 317 302 271 303
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* All 36 states for which data are available and New York City; excludes two states where number of unknown previous live births is >15%.
+ Redistributed based on known distribution for 6 months of data.
& Calculated as the number of legal abortions obtained by women with a given number of previous live births per 1,000 live births to
women with the same number of previous live births for these states. For each state, abortions obtained by women whose number of
previous live births is unknown are distributed according to known number of previous live births for that state. Excludes states
reporting number of previous live births unknown for >15% of women having abortions.
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TABLE 12. Reported legal abortions, by number of previous induced legal abortions and state of occurrence -- selected
states, * United States, 1990
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Number of previous induced abortions
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0 1 2 >=3 Unknown Total
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ --------------
State No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
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Arizona 9,967 63.2 4,047 25.6 1,226 7.8 543 3.4 0 0.0 15,783 100.0
Arkansas 4,122 69.2 1,386 23.3 302 5.1 100 1.7 43 0.7 5,953 100.0
Colorado 7,739 61.0 3,255 25.7 1,076 8.5 534 4.2 75 0.6 12,679 100.0
Dist. of Columbia 9,108 45.6 6,213 31.1 2,674 13.4 1,595 8.0 379 1.9 19,969 100.0
Georgia 23,668 60.3 10,177 25.9 3,367 8.6 1,458 3.7 575 1.5 39,245 100.0
Hawaii 2,340 49.3 1,243 26.2 597 12.6 442 9.3 126 2.7 4,748 100.0
Idaho 1,030 74.1 256 18.4 73 5.3 26 1.9 5 0.4 1,390 100.0
indiana 9,209 64.2 3,435 23.9 990 6.9 417 2.9 300 2.1 14,351 100.0
Kansas 4,703 65.4 1,769 24.6 505 7.0 193 2.7 16 0.2 7,186 100.0
Kentucky + 7,167 65.6 2,408 22.0 579 5.3 229 2.1 538 4.9 10,921 100.0
Maine 3,031 65.8 1,055 22.9 305 6.6 141 3.1 75 1.6 4,607 100.0
Maryland 10,076 44.9 7,513 33.5 3,036 13.5 1,579 7.0 221 1.0 22,425 100.0
Michigan 20,250 56.0 9,756 27.0 3,847 10.6 2,168 6.0 162 0.4 36,183 100.0
Minnesota 10,973 64.0 4,144 24.2 1,323 7.7 714 4.2 2 0.0 17,156 100.0
Mississippi 4,524 66.1 1,572 23.0 538 7.9 205 3.0 3 0.0 6,842 100.0
Missouri 10,094 61.7 4,313 26.4 1,333 8.1 570 3.5 56 0.3 16,366 100.0
Montana 2,373 70.5 712 21.2 179 5.3 101 3.0 0 0.0 3,365 100.0
Nebraska 4,297 67.7 1,406 22.2 401 6.3 196 3.1 46 0.7 6,346 100.0
Nevada 3,331 46.1 2,132 29.5 984 13.6 739 10.2 40 0.6 7,226 100.0
New Jersey 19,697 47.6 12,358 29.9 5,638 13.6 3,665 8.9 0 0.0 41,358 100.0
New Mexico 3,265 61.7 1,214 23.0 440 8.3 369 7.0 0 0.0 5,288 100.0
New York 72,972 45.9 42,051 26.4 21,681 13.6 15,321 9.6 7,073 4.4 159,098 100.0
(City) 40,061 39.2 29,211 28.6 16,847 16.5 12,834 12.6 3,249 3.2 102,202 100.0
(State) 32,911 57.8 12,840 22.6 4,834 8.5 2,487 4.4 3,824 6.7 56,896 100.0
N. Carolina 21,990 60.3 8,854 24.3 2,460 6.7 949 2.6 2,241 6.1 36,494 100.0
N. Dakota 1,235 71.7 365 21.2 100 5.8 23 1.3 0 0.0 1,723 100.0
Oregon 7,509 55.0 3,718 27.2 1,336 9.8 827 6.1 268 2.0 13,658 100.0
Pennsylvania 31,723 60.8 13,748 26.4 4,391 8.4 2,216 4.2 65 0.1 52,143 100.0
Rhode Island 4,764 61.2 1,980 25.4 691 8.9 332 4.3 15 0.2 7,782 100.0
S. Carolina 8,625 64.9 3,396 25.6 908 6.8 353 2.7 3 0.0 13,285 100.0
S. Dakota 788 83.3 134 14.2 20 2.1 4 0.4 0 0.0 946 100.0
Tennessee 13,823 65.4 5,070 24.0 1,542 7.3 691 3.3 18 0.1 21,144 100.0
Texas 57,009 61.6 24,690 26.7 7,474 8.1 3,252 3.5 155 0.2 92,580 100.0
Utah 3,077 64.3 1,155 24.1 337 7.0 199 4.2 18 0.4 4,786 100.0
Vermont 1,983 62.3 773 24.3 284 8.9 139 4.4 5 0.2 3,184 100.0
Virginia 19,376 58.7 8,738 26.5 2,717 8.2 2,099 6.4 62 0.2 32,992 100.0
Washington 16,802 53.4 8,602 27.4 3,488 11.1 2,288 7.3 263 0.8 31,443 100.0
W. Virginia 1,763 70.5 527 21.1 150 6.0 60 2.4 0 0.0 2,500 100.0
Wyoming 251 69.1 72 19.8 28 7.7 10 2.8 2 0.6 363 100.0
Total 434,654 56.2 204,237 26.4 77,020 10.0 44,747 5.8 12,850 1.7 773,508 100.0
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* All 36 states for which data are available, the District of Columbia, and New York City; excludes two states where number of unknown
previous induced abortions is >15%.
+ Redistributed based on known distribution for 6 months of data.
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TABLE 13. Number and percentage of reported legal abortions, by race, age group,
and marital status -- United States, 1990
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Race
---------------------------------
White + Black/other Total
Age group/ -------------- -------------- --------------
marital status * No. % No. % No. %
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Age group (yrs)
<15 2,215 0.6 2,597 1.3 4,812 0.8
15-19 88,731 22.3 41,597 20.1 130,328 21.5
20-24 132,427 33.2 68,922 33.3 201,349 33.2
25-29 87,044 21.8 49,242 23.8 136,286 22.5
30-34 52,741 13.2 28,171 13.6 80,912 13.4
35-39 27,571 6.9 12,919 6.3 40,490 6.7
>=40 8,022 2.0 3,229 1.6 11,251 1.9
Total & 398,751 100.0 206,677 100.0 605,428 100.0
Marital status
Married 80,883 23.8 36,770 19.3 117,653 22.2
Unmarried 259,627 76.2 153,523 80.7 413,150 77.8
Total @ 340,510 100.0 190,293 100.0 530,803 100.0
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* Excludes unknowns.
+ Includes Hispanics.
& Reported by 30 states and New York City.
@ Reported by 28 states and New York City.
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TABLE 14. Number and percentage of reported legal abortions, by weeks of gestation, age group, and race -- United States, 1990
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Weeks of gestation
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<=8 9-10 11-12 13-15 16-20 >=21 Total
Age group/ ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- --------------
race * No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
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Age group
(yrs)
<15 2,090 36.5 1,423 24.9 932 16.3 605 10.6 512 8.9 160 2.8 5,722 100.0
15-19 68,751 43.3 42,220 26.6 22,498 14.2 13,708 8.6 9,199 5.8 2,522 1.6 158,898 100.0
20-24 121,171 50.0 63,124 26.1 29,793 12.3 16,317 6.7 9,513 3.9 2,329 1.0 242,247 100.0
25-29 89,642 55.0 40,681 25.0 17,248 10.6 8,907 5.5 5,194 3.2 1,198 0.7 162,870 100.0
30-34 57,220 58.5 23,504 24.0 9,282 9.5 4,484 4.6 2,658 2.7 678 0.7 97,826 100.0
35-39 29,748 60.4 11,495 23.3 4,234 8.6 1,974 4.0 1,447 2.9 346 0.7 49,244 100.0
>=40 8,380 61.6 3,114 22.9 1,077 7.9 538 4.0 407 3.0 92 0.7 13,608 100.0
Total + 377,002 51.6 185,561 25.4 85,064 11.6 46,533 6.4 28,930 4.0 7,325 1.0 730,415 100.0
Race
White 206,679 54.0 96,095 25.1 41,463 10.8 21,720 5.7 13,238 3.5 3,766 1.0 382,961 100.0
Black/other 93,584 46.1 52,655 26.0 27,745 13.7 16,020 7.9 10,328 5.1 2,550 1.3 202,882 100.0
Total & 300,263 51.3 148,750 25.4 69,208 11.8 37,740 6.4 23,566 4.0 6,316 1.1 585,843 100.0
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* Excludes unknowns.
+ Reported by 35 states and New York City.
& Reported by 29 states and New York City.
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TABLE 15. Number and percentage of reported legal abortions, by weeks of gestation and procedure -- United States, 1990
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Weeks of gestation
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<=8 9-10 11-12 13-15 16-20 >=21 Total
Type of -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ----------------
procedure * No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
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Curettage
(suction or
sharp) + 370,588 99.8 182,383 99.6 83,280 99.4 44,731 98.2 24,799 87.7 5,953 83.4 711,734 99.0
Intrauterine
saline
instillation 65 0.0 & 67 0.0 & 62 0.1 332 0.7 1,562 5.5 445 6.2 2,533 0.4
Intrauterine
prostaglandin
instillation 300 0.1 540 0.3 330 0.4 269 0.6 1,181 4.2 617 8.6 3,237 0.5
Hysterotomy/
hysterectomy 49 0.0 & 9 0.0 & 8 0.0 & 7 0.0 & 17 0.1 7 0.1 97 0.0 &
Other 330 0.1 69 0.0 & 95 0.1 223 0.5 714 2.5 117 1.6 1,548 0.2
Total @ 371,332 100.0 183,068 100.0 83,775 100.0 45,562 100.0 28,273 100.0 7,139 100.0 719,149 100.0
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* Excludes unknowns.
+ Includes dilatation and evacuation.
& <=0.05%.
@ Reported by 35 states and New York City.
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