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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No. of live births
0 1 2 3 >=4 Unknown Total +
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State No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
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Alabama 7,268 50.1 3,944 27.2 2,207 15.2 771 5.3 272 1.9 32 0.2 14,494 100.0
Arizona 6,432 47.1 3,252 23.8 2,417 17.7 1,004 7.4 378 2.8 165 1.2 13,648 100.0
Arkansas 2,619 46.9 1,558 27.9 946 16.9 336 6.0 116 2.1 7 0.1 5,582 100.0
Colorado 5,793 57.3 2,022 20.0 1,484 14.7 498 4.9 248 2.5 70 0.7 10,115 100.0
Georgia 18,474 48.8 10,187 26.9 6,137 16.2 2,025 5.4 883 2.3 113 0.3 37,819 100.0
Hawaii 2,987 51.2 1,304 22.3 960 16.5 346 5.9 177 3.0 61 1.0 5,835 100.0
Idaho 624 46.4 305 22.7 243 18.1 116 8.6 56 4.2 2 0.1 1,346 100.0
Indiana 5,143 45.4 3,064 27.0 2,077 18.3 724 6.4 287 2.5 35 0.3 11,330 100.0
Kansas & 5,794 52.8 2,427 22.1 1,764 16.1 623 5.7 222 2.0 147 1.3 10,977 100.0
Kentucky 4,000 47.3 2,153 25.5 1,260 14.9 366 4.3 181 2.1 493 5.8 8,453 100.0
Maine 1,691 51.2 797 24.1 542 16.4 160 4.8 60 1.8 51 1.5 3,301 100.0
Maryland 8,653 44.8 5,589 28.9 3,366 17.4 1,158 6.0 552 2.9 0 0.0 19,318 100.0
Michigan 15,610 43.7 9,550 26.7 6,813 19.1 2,491 7.0 1,190 3.3 83 0.2 35,737 100.0
Minnesota 7,228 50.4 2,946 20.5 2,208 15.4 837 5.8 502 3.5 629 4.4 14,350 100.0
Mississippi 2,738 45.6 1,697 28.3 981 16.3 366 6.1 207 3.4 13 0.2 6,002 100.0
Missouri 5,559 44.3 3,322 26.5 2,309 18.4 889 7.1 461 3.7 0 0.0 12,540 100.0
Montana 1,479 55.9 498 18.8 430 16.3 162 6.1 76 2.9 0 0.0 2,645 100.0
Nebraska 2,843 51.8 1,173 21.4 890 16.2 409 7.5 171 3.1 0 0.0 5,486 100.0
Nevada 3,116 44.8 1,871 26.9 1,275 18.3 468 6.7 199 2.9 26 0.4 6,955 100.0
New Jersey 13,253 36.3 10,042 27.5 8,008 21.9 3,210 8.8 1,647 4.5 348 1.0 36,508 100.0
New Mexico 2,613 48.6 1,352 25.1 883 16.4 348 6.5 165 3.1 20 0.4 5,381 100.0
New York 57,435 36.4 41,837 26.5 31,442 19.9 12,856 8.1 7,470 4.7 6,851 4.3 157,891 100.0
City 36,509 33.1 32,594 29.5 24,145 21.9 10,049 9.1 6,138 5.6 1,000 0.9 110,435 100.0
State 20,926 44.1 9,243 19.5 7,297 15.4 2,807 5.9 1,332 2.8 5,851 12.3 47,456 100.0
North Carolina 17,538 50.2 8,621 24.7 4,825 13.8 1,455 4.2 637 1.8 1,830 5.2 34,906 100.0
North Dakota 805 57.3 271 19.3 204 14.5 82 5.8 44 3.1 0 0.0 1,406 100.0
Ohio 20,526 49.3 10,656 25.6 6,954 16.7 2,460 5.9 1,072 2.6 5 0.0 41,673 100.0
Oregon 6,212 47.9 2,889 22.3 2,083 16.1 730 5.6 341 2.6 706 5.4 12,961 100.0
Pennsylvania 22,635 47.2 12,335 25.7 8,313 17.3 3,186 6.6 1,417 3.0 40 0.1 47,926 100.0
Rhode Island& 3,380 50.9 1,522 22.9 1,166 17.5 401 6.0 169 2.5 6 0.1 6,644 100.0
South Carolina 5,672 48.9 3,188 27.5 1,893 16.3 615 5.3 243 2.1 0 0.0 11,611 100.0
South Dakota& 555 51.6 219 20.4 191 17.8 67 6.2 43 4.0 0 0.0 1,075 100.0
Tennessee 8,196 47.5 4,857 28.2 2,855 16.6 875 5.1 387 2.2 80 0.5 17,250 100.0
Texas 45,353 50.0 22,157 24.4 14,874 16.4 5,652 6.2 2,684 3.0 60 0.1 90,780 100.0
Utah 1,868 47.4 899 22.8 709 18.0 277 7.0 164 4.2 28 0.7 3,945 100.0
Vermont 1,512 58.6 509 19.7 383 14.8 129 5.0 44 1.7 3 0.1 2,580 100.0
Virginia 14,346 50.7 7,008 24.8 4,542 16.1 1,463 5.2 625 2.2 301 1.1 28,285 100.0
Washington 13,406 48.6 6,608 24.0 4,783 17.4 1,818 6.6 845 3.1 98 0.4 27,558 100.0
West Virginia 1,266 48.3 699 26.7 464 17.7 131 5.0 57 2.2 2 0.1 2,619 100.0
Wyoming 126 49.8 57 22.5 46 18.2 21 8.3 3 1.2 0 0.0 253 100.0
Total 344,748 45.5 193,385 25.5 132,927 17.6 49,525 6.5 24,295 3.2 12,305 1.6 757,185 100.0
Abortion ratio @ 324 231 322 315 234 289
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* Data from 38 states and New York City; excludes one state where number of unknown previous live births was >15%.
+ Percentages may not add to 100.0 due to rounding.
& Indicates number of living children.
@ 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, women whose number of previous live births was unknown were distributed according
to the known number of previous live births for that state.
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Source: www.cdc.gov
Last Updated: 11/23/98
