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 previous live births
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0 1 2 3 >=4 Unknown Total +
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State No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
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Alabama 7,317 49.4 4,079 27.5 2,320 15.6 727 4.9 255 1.7 127 0.9 14,825 100.0
Arizona 6,669 47.9 3,310 23.8 2,422 17.4 996 7.2 344 2.5 189 1.4 13,930 100.0
Colorado 5,519 57.6 1,892 19.7 1,330 13.9 481 5.0 250 2.6 112 1.2 9,584 100.0
Georgia 17,592 48.4 9,845 27.1 6,013 16.5 1,982 5.4 853 2.3 89 0.2 36,374 100.0
Hawaii 3,046 52.7 1,242 21.5 924 16.0 364 6.3 184 3.2 23 0.4 5,783 100.0
Idaho 505 48.2 219 20.9 211 20.2 72 6.9 38 3.6 2 0.2 1,047 100.0
Indiana 5,801 46.4 3,330 26.6 2,188 17.5 799 6.4 305 2.4 76 0.6 12,499 100.0
Kansas& 5,362 51.2 2,425 23.2 1,686 16.1 658 6.3 242 2.3 96 0.9 10,469 100.0
Kentucky 4,212 51.7 2,079 25.5 1,278 15.7 375 4.6 169 2.1 32 0.4 8,145 100.0
Maryland 8,016 45.5 4,904 27.8 3,104 17.6 1,096 6.2 507 2.9 0 0.0 17,627 100.0
Michigan 14,621 44.2 8,662 26.2 6,040 18.3 2,373 7.2 1,244 3.8 121 0.4 33,061 100.0
Minnesota 7,010 50.0 2,838 20.2 2,168 15.5 868 6.2 525 3.7 618 4.4 14,027 100.0
Mississippi 1,727 43.4 1,200 30.2 691 17.4 257 6.5 100 2.5 4 0.1 3,979 100.0
Missouri 5,386 45.3 2,961 24.9 2,236 18.8 854 7.2 442 3.7 0 0.0 11,879 100.0
Montana 1,546 56.0 536 19.4 441 16.0 181 6.6 56 2.0 1 0.0 2,761 100.0
Nebraska 2,725 51.2 1,165 21.9 855 16.1 418 7.9 161 3.0 0 0.0 5,324 100.0
Nevada 2,795 41.5 1,741 25.8 1,217 18.1 456 6.8 222 3.3 305 4.5 6,736 100.0
New Jersey 11,480 34.5 9,705 29.2 7,127 21.4 2,757 8.3 1,376 4.1 841 2.5 33,286 100.0
New Mexico 2,396 48.6 1,221 24.8 836 17.0 310 6.3 155 3.1 11 0.2 4,929 100.0
New York 53,922 36.0 37,954 25.4 28,284 18.9 12,097 8.1 7,377 4.9 9,964 6.7 149,598 100.0
City 34,019 32.7 29,156 28.1 21,652 20.8 9,470 9.1 6,085 5.9 3,518 3.4 103,900 100.0
State 19,903 43.6 8,798 19.3 6,632 14.5 2,627 5.7 1,292 2.8 6,446 14.1 45,698 100.0
North Carolina 17,283 49.3 8,656 24.7 4,914 14.0 1,566 4.5 678 1.9 1,991 5.7 35,088 100.0
North Dakota 720 55.3 263 20.2 192 14.8 77 5.9 49 3.8 0 0.0 1,301 100.0
Ohio 17,728 47.0 9,985 26.5 6,576 17.4 2,415 6.4 1025 2.7 13 0.0 37,742 100.0
Oregon 6,408 47.8 2,813 21.0 2,074 15.5 790 5.9 396 3.0 931 6.9 13,412 100.0
Pennsylvania 19,032 45.7 10,902 26.2 7,488 18.0 2,779 6.7 1,427 3.4 17 0.0 41,645 100.0
Rhode Island 2,977 48.9 1,465 24.0 1,081 17.7 360 5.9 159 2.6 50 0.8 6,092 100.0
South Carolina 5,398 49.4 2,911 26.7 1,827 16.7 563 5.2 221 2.0 2 0.0 10,922 100.0
South Dakota & 532 53.9 201 20.4 146 14.8 75 7.6 33 3.3 0 0.0 987 100.0
Tennessee 8,108 48.2 4,699 27.9 2,774 16.5 873 5.2 366 2.2 17 0.1 16,837 100.0
Texas 44,217 49.6 21,816 24.5 14,796 16.6 5,479 6.1 2,737 3.1 140 0.2 89,185 100.0
Utah 1,665 46.1 852 23.6 664 18.4 274 7.6 138 3.8 16 0.4 3,609 100.0
Vermont 1,371 59.1 405 17.4 368 15.9 134 5.8 43 1.9 0 0.0 2,321 100.0
Virginia 13,622 51.7 6,507 24.7 4,059 15.4 1,362 5.2 543 2.1 276 1.0 26,369 100.0
Washington 12,736 49.1 6,096 23.5 4,539 17.5 1,702 6.6 794 3.1 98 0.4 25,965 100.0
West Virginia 1,110 53.2 525 25.2 323 15.5 87 4.2 36 1.7 4 0.2 2,085 100.0
Wyoming 78 44.8 41 23.6 36 20.7 12 6.9 6 3.4 1 0.6 174 100.0
Total 320,632 45.2 179,445 25.3 123,228 17.4 46,669 6.6 23,456 3.3 16,167 2.3 709,597 100.0
Abortion ratio @ 309 223 309 308 233 278
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* Data from 36 states and New York City; excludes three states 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
