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TABLE 7.  Reported legal abortions obtained by adolescents, by known age and state of occurrence -- selected states,* United States, 1993 (1995 Statistics Here)  (1994 Statistics Here) 
                                                                                                                 
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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                                                                         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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Alabama                  212          6.2      259    7.6      436    12.8       502   14.8      913     26.9    1,073   31.6       3,395   100.0                                                                                                                   
Arizona                   82          3.1      166    6.2      356    13.3       475   17.8      795     29.7      802   30.0       2,676   100.0                                                                                                                   
Arkansas                  53          4.1       76    5.9      147    11.5       211   16.5      393    30.8       398   31.1      1,278    100.0                                                                                                                   
Colorado                  84          3.6      183    7.9      328    14.2       488   21.1      595     25.8      631   27.3       2,309   100.0                                                                                                                   
Connecticut              146          4.1      251    7.0      504    14.0       770   21.4      912     25.3    1,017   28.3       3,600   100.0                                                                                                                   
Georgia                  452          5.9      623    8.2    1,021    13.4     1,232   16.2    2,010     26.4    2,278    29.9      7,616   100.0                                                                                                                   
Hawaii                    44          3.4       82    6.4      178    13.9       274   21.4      331    25.8       373   29.1      1,282    100.0                                                                                                                   
Idaho                     12          4.0       26   8.6        47    15.6        33   11.0       93    30.9        90   29.9         301   100.0                                                                                                                   
Indiana                  103          4.3      175    7.3      273    11.5       330   13.8      699     29.3      803   33.7       2,383   100.0                                                                                                                   
Kansas                   133          4.8      233    8.3      389    13.9       545   19.5      738     26.4      760   27.2       2,798   100.0                                                                                                                   
Kentucky                  93          4.1      183    8.1      362    16.1       483   21.5      553     24.6      576   25.6       2,250   100.0                                                                                                                   
Louisiana                157          5.9      238    9.0      333    12.6       361   13.7      789     29.8      766   29.0       2,644   100.0                                                                                                                   
Maine                     23          3.3       54    7.8       76    11.0       143   20.7      180     26.0      216   31.2         692   100.0                                                                                                                   
Maryland                 221          5.8      319    8.3      530    13.8       731   19.1      915     23.9    1,113   29.1       3,829   100.0                                                                                                                   
Massachusetts            215          3.5      337    5.5      576     9.5       857   14.1    1,863     30.6    2,239   36.8       6,087   100.0                                                                                                                   
Michigan                 292          3.9      588    7.8      955    12.6     1,267   16.8    2,117    28.0     2,337   30.9      7,556    100.0                                                                                                                   
Minnesota                101          3.8      169    6.3      320    11.9       413   15.3      777     28.9      913   33.9       2,693   100.0                                                                                                                   
Mississippi              103          6.8      105    6.9      177    11.7       234   15.4      429     28.3      469   30.9       1,517   100.0                                                                                                                   
Missouri                 149          6.0      200    8.1      325    13.1       328   13.2      717     28.9      765   30.8       2,484   100.0                                                                                                                   
Montana                   21          3.1       50    7.4       87    12.9       140   20.8      191     28.3      185   27.4         674   100.0                                                                                                                   
Nebraska                  36          2.9       65    5.3      139    11.3       187   15.2       384    31.3       416   33.9      1,227    100.0                                                                                                                   
Nevada                    49          4.3       73    6.5      153    13.6       237   21.0       302    26.7       315   27.9      1,129    100.0                                                                                                                   
New Jersey               294          4.2      483    7.0      913    13.2     1,309   18.9    1,793     25.9     2,134   30.8      6,926    100.0                                                                                                                   
New Mexico                37          3.2       70    6.1      171    14.9       202   17.6       348     30.3       321   27.9      1,149    100.0                                                                                                                   
New York               1,140          3.9    2,081    7.1    4,032    13.8     5,739   19.6    7,671      26.2    8,646    29.5     29,309   100.0                                                                                                                   
  City                   866          4.4    1,485    7.6    2,772    14.2     3,706   19.0    4,961      25.5    5,673    29.1     19,463   100.0                                                                                                                   
  State                  274          2.8      596    6.1    1,260    12.8     2,033   20.6    2,710      27.5    2,973    30.2      9,846   100.0                                                                                                                   
North Carolina           301          3.7      607    7.6    1,124    14.0     1,454   18.1    2,140      26.7    2,404    29.9      8,030   100.0                                                                                                                   
North Dakota               5          1.4       18    4.9       39    10.7        59   16.2      122      33.5      121   33.2         364   100.0                                                                                                                   
Ohio                     254          3.7      422    6.2      832    12.2     1,085   16.0    1,732     25.5     2,469   36.3       6,794    100.0                                                                                                                   
Oregon                    94          3.2      178    6.2      402    13.9       576   19.9      778     26.9       866   29.9       2,894   100.0                                                                                                                   
Pennsylvania             499          4.9      738    7.3    1,258    12.4     1,990   19.6    2,674     26.4     2,985   29.4      10,144   100.0                                                                                                                   
Rhode Island              38          3.1       63    5.1      130    10.5       155   12.6      385     31.2       463   37.5       1,234   100.0                                                                                                                   
South Carolina           137          5.6      174    7.2      254    10.5       437   18.0      671     27.7       752   31.0       2,425   100.0                                                                                                                   
South Dakota               9          3.2       20    7.1       49    17.5        53   18.9       68     24.3        81   28.9         280   100.0                                                                                                                   
Tennessee                190          5.1      271    7.2      455    12.1       600   16.0    1,072     28.5     1,169   31.1       3,757   100.0                                                                                                                   
Texas                    449          2.8      887    5.5    1,788    11.1     2,772   17.2    4,414     27.4     5,794   36.0      16,104   100.0                                                                                                                   
Utah                      34          4.2       50    6.1       97    11.9       138   16.9      222     27.2       274   33.6         815   100.0                                                                                                                   
Vermont                   12          2.2       42    7.7       78    14.3       102   18.7      140     25.6       172   31.5         546   100.0                                                                                                                   
Virginia                 222          4.0      356    6.5      699    12.7       988   17.9    1,668     30.2     1,585   28.7       5,518   100.0                                                                                                                   
Washington               164          2.9      413    7.2      823    14.4     1,142   20.0    1,535     26.8     1,642   28.7       5,719   100.0                                                                                                                   
West Virginia            22          3.3        46    7.0       92    14.0       100   15.2      180     27.4       218   33.1         658   100.0                                                                                                                   
Wisconsin&               123          4.3      183    6.4      341    12.0       490   17.2      799     28.1       911   32.0       2,847   100.0                                                                                                                   
Wyoming                    2          2.7        4    5.3       11    14.7        13   17.3        22    29.3        23   30.7          75   100.0                                                                                                                   
Total                  6,807          4.1   11,561   7.0    21,300    12.8   29,645   17.9    45,130    27.2   51,565   31.1     166,008   100.0                                                                                                                   
Abortion ratio @        745                    536             478               415              449               413                446                                                                                                                           
Abortion rate **          3                      9              17                24               36                40                 18                                                                                                                           
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*  Data from 42 states and New York City.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
+  Percentages may not add to 100.0 due to rounding.                                                                                                                                                                                                          
&  Includes residents only.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
@  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. For each state, data for women of unknown age were distributed according to the known age distribution for that state.                                                                                                                             
** 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. For each                                                                                                                    
   state, data for women of unknown age were distributed according to the known age distribution for that state.                                                                                                                                              
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Source: www.cdc.gov

Last Updated: 11/03/06

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