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| TABLE 7. Reported legal abortions obtained
at <=8 weeks of gestation, by known weeks of gestation and state of occurrence --
selected states,* United States, 1995 (1994 Statistics
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Statistic Index
State Index
Abortions, by age
Abortions, details of abortion less than 8 weeks gestation
Abortions, by weeks of gestation
Abortions, details of adolescent abortions
Abortions, by type of procedure
Abortions, by race
Abortions, by marital status
Abortions, by number of previous live births
Abortions, by number of previous induced legal abortions
Abortions, by Hispanic origin
Reported number, ratio, and rate of abortions and percentage
of abortions obtained by out-of-state residents
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Weeks of Total obtained at
gestation <=8 weeks of
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<=6 7 8
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State No. % No. % No. % No. %
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Alabama 2,638 18.6 2,486 17.5 2,125 14.9 7,249 51.0
Arizona& 880 7.4 2,549 21.4 2,826 23.7 6,255 52.4
Arkansas 903 15.7 1,134 19.7 932 16.2 2,969 51.6
Colorado 479 5.1 530 5.6 1,723 18.4 2,732 29.1
Georgia& 2,588 7.4 5,850 16.6 7,703 21.9 16,141 45.9
Hawaii& 386 7.0 939 17.0 1,411 25.5 2,736 49.4
Idaho 92 9.5 131 13.5 264 27.2 487 50.2
Indiana 3,547 28.6 2,347 19.0 2,234 18.0 8,128 65.6
Kansas& 2,149 20.0 2,115 19.6 1,550 14.4 5,814 54.0
Kentucky 1,232 16.6 1,139 15.3 1,168 15.7 3,539 47.6
Louisiana 764 6.6 1,217 10.6 2,652 23.1 4,633 40.3
Maine& 156 5.5 464 16.5 664 23.6 1,284 45.5
Maryland& 3,499 21.6 1,787 11.0 3,672 22.7 8,958 55.3
Michigan 7,862 25.3 5,711 18.4 5,419 17.4 18,992 61.1
Minnesota& 1,812 12.9 3,506 25.0 3,063 21.9 8,381 59.8
Mississippi 61 1.7 553 15.5 730 20.5 1,344 37.7
Missouri@ 826 7.4 1,771 15.8 2,363 21.1 4,960 44.3
Montana& 925 34.6 357 13.4 406 15.2 1,688 63.1
Nevada 576 8.3 1,872 27.0 1,674 24.1 4,122 59.4
New Jersey 6,176 18.7 4,093 12.4 6,860 20.8 17,129 52.0
New Mexico 1,019 21.2 977 20.3 550 11.4 2,546 52.9
New York 23,278 16.7 24,471 17.5 25,528 18.3 73,277 52.5
City 17,658 18.5 16,347 17.2 18,210 19.1 52,215 54.8
State 5,620 12.6 8,124 18.3 7,318 16.5 21,062 47.4
North Carolina 5,586 16.7 5,315 15.9 5,121 15.3 16,022 47.9
North Dakota& 84 6.3 394 29.5 259 19.4 737 55.2
Oregon& 1,609 11.4 3,046 21.6 3,549 25.2 8,204 58.3
Pennsylvania 4,345 11.1 5,157 13.2 9,787 25.1 19,289 49.4
Rhode Island 636 11.1 1,261 22.1 1,303 22.8 3,200 56.1
South Carolina 2,146 21.5 1,819 18.2 1,987 19.9 5,952 59.6
South Dakota 17 1.6 228 21.3 367 34.3 612 57.2
Tennessee& 2,166 12.0 3,058 17.0 4,278 23.7 9,502 52.7
Texas& 15,800 18.1 14,807 17.0 18,528 21.2 49,135 56.3
Utah 1,235 33.3 602 16.2 544 14.7 2,381 64.3
Vermont 300 13.8 553 25.5 419 19.3 1,272 58.6
Virginia& 2,795 11.0 3,496 13.8 8,946 35.4 15,237 60.2
Washington& 2,507 10.0 4,795 19.1 5,422 21.6 12,724 50.7
West Virginia** 19 0.7 42 1.6 560 21.0 621 23.3
Wyoming** 11 6.0 25 13.7 52 28.6 88 48.4
Total 101,104 15.3 110,597 16.8 136,639 20.7 348,340 52.8
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* Data from 37 states and New York City; excludes two areas where unknown gestational age was 15% and two
states that were included in Table 6 but did not provide single weeks of gestation for abortions obtained
at <= 8 weeks.
+ Percentages may not add to total percentage obtained at <= 8 weeks because of rounding.
& Weeks of gestation were based on physicians' estimate.
@ Weeks of gestation were based on physicians' estimates only if date of last menstrual period was unknown
or unreliable.
** Weeks of gestation were based on physicians' estimates only if date of last menstrual period was unknown.
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Source: www.cdc.gov
Last Updated: 11/03/06
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