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TABLE 8.  Reported legal abortions obtained by adolescents, by known age and state of occurrence -- selected states,* United States, 1994 (1995 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 +                                                                                                                  
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State                         No.         %      No.        %      No.        %      No.       %      No.        %      No.       %        No.        %                                                                                                               
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Alabama                       210       6.1      267      7.8      401    11.7       522   15.2      933     27.3    1,090   31.8       3,423   100.0                                                                                                               
Arizona                        91       3.3      178      6.4      354    12.8       512   18.5      782     28.3      845   30.6       2,762   100.0                                                                                                               
Arkansas                       74       5.1      102      7.0      166    11.5       238   16.4      425     29.4      443   30.6       1,448   100.0                                                                                                               
Colorado                       91       4.1      176      7.9      345    15.5       455   20.5      553     24.9      602   27.1       2,222   100.0                                                                                                               
Connecticut                    92       3.0      237      7.7      423    13.7       701   22.6      773     25.0      870   28.1       3,096   100.0                                                                                                               
Georgia                       479       6.6      620      8.6      951    13.2     1,247   17.3    1,824    25.3     2,086   28.9      7,207    100.0                                                                                                               
Hawaii                         43       3.2      109      8.1      187    13.9       279   20.8      349     26.0      377   28.1       1,344   100.0                                                                                                               
Idaho                           4       1.5       23      8.8       32    12.3        42   16.2        83    31.9        76   29.2         260   100.0                                                                                                               
Indiana                       130       4.8      232      8.5      290    10.7       369   13.6      781     28.8      912   33.6       2,714   100.0                                                                                                               
Kansas                        110       4.2      221      8.4      400    15.1       516   19.5      691     26.1      706   26.7       2,644   100.0                                                                                                               
Kentucky                      108       5.0      184      8.6      303    14.2       413   19.3      548     25.6      583   27.3       2,139   100.0                                                                                                               
Louisiana                     169       6.3      207      7.8      326    12.2       394   14.8      779     29.2      794   29.7       2,669   100.0                                                                                                               
Maine                          21       3.3       29      4.5       97    15.1       118   18.3      180     28.0      199   30.9         644   100.0                                                                                                               
Maryland                      194       5.4      333      9.3      460    12.8       668   18.6      905     25.2    1,029   28.7       3,589   100.0                                                                                                               
Massachusetts                 177       3.3      313      5.8      556    10.4       835   15.6    1,572     29.3    1,904   35.5       5,357   100.0                                                                                                               
Michigan                      271       3.8      511      7.2      881    12.4     1,257   17.7    2,013    28.3     2,177   30.6      7,110    100.0                                                                                                               
Minnesota                     103       3.9      158      6.0      317    12.1       416   15.9      757     29.0      862   33.0       2,613   100.0                                                                                                               
Mississippi                    60       6.9       63      7.3      106    12.2       120   13.8      236     27.2      282   32.5         867   100.0                                                                                                               
Missouri                      142       5.7      180      7.2      320    12.9       361   14.5      663     26.7      817   32.9       2,483   100.0                                                                                                               
Montana                        24       3.4       42      6.0       91    12.9       153   21.7      209     29.6      186   26.4         705   100.0                                                                                                               
Nebraska                       34       2.9       74      6.3      118    10.0       216   18.3      389     33.0      347   29.5       1,178   100.0                                                                                                               
Nevada                         55       4.9       91      8.1      156    13.9       217   19.3      295     26.3      309   27.5       1,123   100.0                                                                                                               
New Jersey                    249       4.0      444      7.2      749    12.1     1,190   19.2    1,665    26.8     1,910   30.8      6,207    100.0                                                                                                               
New Mexico                     34       3.3       80      7.8      152    14.8       197   19.2      292     28.5      271   26.4       1,026   100.0                                                                                                               
New York                    1,096       3.8    1,999     7.0     3,887    13.6    5,804   20.3     7,388    25.9    8,358   29.3      28,532   100.0                                                                                                               
  City                        821       4.4    1,356     7.3     2,575    13.8    3,784   20.3     4,694    25.2    5,395   29.0      18,625   100.0                                                                                                               
  State                       275       2.8      643      6.5    1,312    13.2     2,020   20.4    2,694    27.2     2,963   29.9      9,907    100.0                                                                                                               
North Carolina                359       4.5      617      7.7    1,109    13.8     1,607   20.0    2,083    25.9     2,278   28.3      8,053    100.0                                                                                                               
North Dakota                    5       1.5       19      5.9       36    11.1        57   17.6      109     33.7       97   30.0         323   100.0                                                                                                               
Ohio                          254       3.6      489      7.0      853    12.2     1,212   17.4    1,775    25.5     2,384   34.2      6,967    100.0                                                                                                               
Oregon                         71       2.4      236      8.0      409    13.9       609   20.7      777     26.5      834   28.4       2,936   100.0                                                                                                               
Pennsylvania                  432       5.2      731      8.8    1,058    12.7     1,259   15.1    2,336    28.0     2,522   30.2      8,338    100.0                                                                                                               
Rhode Island                   42       3.7       80      7.0      123    10.7       146   12.7      358     31.2      399   34.8       1,148   100.0                                                                                                               
South Carolina                106       4.5      198      8.4      278    11.8       494   21.0      589     25.0      692   29.4       2,357   100.0                                                                                                               
South Dakota                    5       1.9       29     11.2       33    12.7        54   20.8        70    26.9        69   26.5         260   100.0                                                                                                               
Tennessee                     189       5.2      293      8.0      446    12.2       605   16.5    1,016     27.7    1,120   30.5       3,669   100.0                                                                                                               
Texas                         434       2.7      977      6.1    1,849    11.6     2,891   18.2    4,294    27.0     5,460   34.3     15,905   100.0                                                                                                               
Utah                           24       3.3       47      6.5      107    14.9       118   16.4      208     28.9      215   29.9         719   100.0                                                                                                               
Vermont                        11       2.1       41      7.8       64    12.1       104   19.7      153     29.0      155   29.4         528   100.0                                                                                                               
Virginia                      234       4.4      375      7.0      670    12.5       933   17.4    1,527     28.5    1,617   30.2       5,356   100.0                                                                                                               
Washington                    192       3.6      424      7.9      785    14.6     1,105   20.6    1,410    26.3     1,448   27.0      5,364    100.0                                                                                                               
West Virginia                  29       5.1       46      8.0       87    15.2       123   21.4      139     24.2      150   26.1         574   100.0                                                                                                               
Wisconsin &                   103       4.0      166      6.4      341    13.2       431   16.7      707     27.3      840   32.5       2,588   100.0                                                                                                               
Wyoming                         5      11.9        6     14.3        4      9.5        6   14.3        10    23.8        11   26.2          42   100.0                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Total                       6,556       4.1   11,647     7.3    20,320    12.8   28,994   18.3    42,646    26.9   48,326   30.5     158,489   100.0                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Abortion ratio @              700                523               446               392              426               383                420                                                                                                                       
Abortion rate **                2                  9                16                22               34                36                 17                                                                                                                       
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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.                                                                                                              
   or 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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