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TABLE 5. Reported legal abortions obtained by adolescents, by known age and state of occurrence -- selected states,* United States, 1995   (1994 Statistics Here)  (1993 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 +                                                                                                                      
                         ---------        ----------         -----------    --------------     -------------    -----------       ----------------                                                                                                                
State                      No.     %        No.    %           No.    %         No.     %         No.    %          No.    %           No.         %                                                                                                                  
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Alabama                    190    5.9       284   8.8          422  13.0        489   15.1        883   27.3        968  29.9        3,236    100.0                                                                                                                  
Arizona                     83    3.6       154   6.6          301  12.9        435   18.7        651   28.0        704  30.2        2,328    100.0                                                                                                                  
Arkansas                    72    5.1       111   7.9          196  13.9        231   16.4        424   30.0        377  26.7        1,411    100.0                                                                                                                  
Colorado                    57    2.6       154   7.1          363  16.8        485   22.4        552   25.5        553  25.6        2,164    100.0                                                                                                                  
Connecticut                 83    3.3       196   7.8          351  13.9        538   21.3        635   25.1        723  28.6        2,526    100.0                                                                                                                  
Georgia                    439    6.1       678   9.5          960  13.4      1,216   17.0     1,870    26.1     1,993  27.9        7,156    100.0                                                                                                                  
Hawaii                      56    4.6        83   6.9          151  12.5        253   20.9        296   24.5        371  30.7        1,210    100.0                                                                                                                  
Idaho                        8    3.2        19   7.5           30  11.9         39   15.5         81   32.1         75  29.8          252    100.0                                                                                                                  
Indiana                    113    4.2       222   8.3          333  12.5        393   14.7        780   29.2        830  31.1        2,671    100.0                                                                                                                  
Kansas                     161    5.9       245   8.9          355  12.9        544   19.8        735   26.8        702  25.6        2,742    100.0                                                                                                                  
Kentucky                    84    4.5       164   8.9          243  13.1        303   16.4        514   27.8        541  29.3        1,849    100.0                                                                                                                  
Louisiana                  141    5.7       216   8.7          321  13.0        366   14.8        690   27.9        740  29.9        2,474    100.0                                                                                                                  
Maine                       19    2.8        51   7.5           99  14.6        142   20.9        163   24.0        206  30.3          680    100.0                                                                                                                  
Maryland                   164    4.8       283   8.3          428  12.6        646   19.0        910   26.8        969  28.5        3,400    100.0                                                                                                                  
Massachusetts             142    3.1       299   6.6          489  10.8        780   17.2     1,301    28.8     1,513  33.4        4,524    100.0                                                                                                                  
Michigan                   241    3.6       501   7.5          877  13.2      1,179   17.8     1,884    28.4     1,956  29.5        6,638    100.0                                                                                                                  
Minnesota                   76    3.0       178   7.0          299  11.7        458   17.9        718   28.1        825  32.3        2,554    100.0                                                                                                                  
Mississippi                 62    7.6        66   8.1          110  13.4        121   14.8        199   24.3        260  31.8          818    100.0                                                                                                                  
Missouri                   128    5.6       210   9.1          263  11.5        329   14.3        693   30.2        673  29.3        2,296    100.0                                                                                                                  
Montana                     20    2.9        47   6.9           98  14.3        146   21.4        162   23.7        210  30.7          683    100.0                                                                                                                  
Nebraska                    30    2.8        70   6.5          140  13.1        187   17.5        301   28.1        342  32.0        1,070    100.0                                                                                                                  
Nevada                      42    3.5        90   7.4          177  14.6        267   22.1        316   26.1        318  26.3        1,210    100.0                                                                                                                  
New Jersey                 191    3.3       393   6.9          711  12.4      1,079   18.8     1,592    27.8     1,759  30.7        5,725    100.0                                                                                                                  
New Mexico                  46    4.2        72   6.6          133  12.2        210   19.2        316   28.9        315  28.8        1,092    100.0                                                                                                                  
New York                   983    3.7     1,881   7.0        3,600  13.4     5,310    19.8     7,107   26.5      7,912  29.5      26,793     100.0                                                                                                                  
  City                     669    3.9     1,264   7.4        2,332  13.6     3,403    19.8     4,459   26.0      5,023  29.3      17,150     100.0                                                                                                                  
  State                    314    3.3       617   6.4        1,268  13.1     1,907    19.8     2,648   27.5      2,889  30.0       9,643     100.0                                                                                                                  
North Carolina            348    4.6       581   7.7        1,034  13.6     1,501    19.8     1,918   25.3      2,207  29.1       7,589     100.0                                                                                                                  
North Dakota                 5    1.5        18   5.2           41  11.9         61   17.7        106   30.8        113  32.8          344    100.0                                                                                                                  
Ohio                       195    2.9       481   7.1          866  12.7      1,235   18.2     1,777    26.1     2,245  33.0        6,799    100.0                                                                                                                  
Oregon                     100    3.2       234   7.5          422  13.6        619   20.0        857   27.6        868  28.0        3,100    100.0                                                                                                                  
Pennsylvania               375    4.9       609   7.9          909  11.8      1,136   14.8     2,256    29.4     2,387  31.1        7,672    100.0                                                                                                                  
Rhode Island                33    3.0        72   6.5          107   9.7        170   15.3        343   31.0        383  34.6        1,108    100.0                                                                                                                  
South Carolina            101    4.5       169   7.6          261  11.8        457   20.6        628   28.3        604  27.2        2,220    100.0                                                                                                                  
South Dakota                 7    2.3        21   7.0           41  13.8         68   22.8         90   30.2         71  23.8          298    100.0                                                                                                                  
Tennessee                  193    5.0       326   8.5          465  12.1        541   14.0     1,129    29.3     1,201  31.2        3,855    100.0                                                                                                                  
Texas                      406    2.5       958   6.0        1,891  11.8     3,071    19.2     4,331   27.0      5,371  33.5      16,028     100.0                                                                                                                  
Utah                        15    2.1        47   6.7           83  11.8        102   14.4        202   28.6        257  36.4          706    100.0                                                                                                                  
Vermont                     20    3.8        31   5.9           91  17.2        120   22.7        119   22.5        148  28.0          529    100.0                                                                                                                  
Virginia                   185    3.7       351   7.0          647  12.9        955   19.0     1,441    28.7     1,441  28.7        5,020    100.0                                                                                                                  
Washington                 174    3.4       401   7.7          765  14.8      1,075   20.8     1,333    25.8     1,427  27.6        5,175    100.0                                                                                                                  
West Virginia               26    3.9        47   7.0           95  14.1        132   19.6        177   26.2        198  29.3          675    100.0                                                                                                                  
Wisconsin&                  89    3.8       169   7.2          334  14.2        399   16.9        629   26.7        740  31.4        2,360    100.0                                                                                                                  
Wyoming                      0    0.0         4   10.8           6  16.2          6   16.2         12   32.4          9  24.3           37    100.0                                                                                                                  
Total                    5,903    3.9    11,186   7.4       19,508  12.9    27,794   18.4     41,121   27.2    45,505  30.1      151,017    100.0                                                                                                                  
Ratio@                     667              500                433              382               405               369                404                                                                                                                           
Rate**                       2                8                 15               21                31                34                 16                                                                                                                           
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*  Data from 42 states and New York City.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
+  Percentages may not add to 100. 0 because of 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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