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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Marital status
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Married + Unmarried & Unknown Total @
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State No. % No. % No. % No. %
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Alabama 2,475 17.1 11,906 82.1 113 0.8 14,494 100.0
Arkansas 1,043 18.7 4,147 74.3 392 7.0 5,582 100.0
Colorado 2,071 20.5 7,973 78.8 71 0.7 10,115 100.0
Georgia 7,046 18.6 30,282 80.1 491 1.3 37,819 100.0
Hawaii 1,426 24.4 4,398 75.4 11 0.2 5,835 100.0
Idaho 339 25.2 1,003 74.5 4 0.3 1,346 100.0
Indiana 1,919 16.9 9,248 81.6 163 1.4 11,330 100.0
Kansas 2,206 20.1 8,672 79.0 99 0.9 10,977 100.0
Kentucky 1,376 16.3 6,942 82.1 135 1.6 8,453 100.0
Maine 679 20.6 2,463 74.6 159 4.8 3,301 100.0
Maryland 4,083 21.1 14,808 76.7 427 2.2 19,318 100.0
Massachusetts 7,821 22.1 23,298 66.0 4,193 11.9 35,312 100.0
Michigan 5,676 15.9 29,819 83.4 242 0.7 35,737 100.0
Minnesota 2,166 15.1 11,938 83.2 246 1.7 14,350 100.0
Mississippi 856 14.3 5,118 85.3 28 0.5 6,002 100.0
Missouri 2,679 21.4 9,705 77.4 156 1.2 12,540 100.0
Montana 516 19.5 2,045 77.3 84 3.2 2,645 100.0
Nevada 1,640 23.6 5,209 74.9 106 1.5 6,955 100.0
New Jersey 6,514 17.8 29,705 81.4 289 0.8 36,508 100.0
New Mexico 922 17.1 4,424 82.2 35 0.7 5,381 100.0
New York City 24,354 22.1 82,900 75.1 3,181 2.9 110,435 100.0
North Carolina 7,071 20.3 24,314 69.7 3,521 10.1 34,906 100.0
North Dakota 257 18.3 1,149 81.7 0 0.0 1,406 100.0
Ohio 7,064 17.0 31,657 76.0 2,952 7.1 41,673 100.0
Oregon 2,814 21.7 9,109 70.3 1,038 8.0 12,961 100.0
Pennsylvania 8,499 17.7 39,399 82.2 28 0.1 47,926 100.0
Rhode Island 1,512 22.8 5,061 76.2 71 1.1 6,644 100.0
South Carolina 2,312 19.9 9,299 80.1 0 0.0 11,611 100.0
South Dakota 203 18.9 872 81.1 0 0.0 1,075 100.0
Tennessee 3,508 20.3 13,646 79.1 96 0.6 17,250 100.0
Texas 19,530 21.5 63,289 69.7 7,961 8.8 90,780 100.0
Utah 1,609 40.8 2,336 59.2 0 0.0 3,945 100.0
Vermont 526 20.4 1,865 72.3 189 7.3 2,580 100.0
Virginia 4,622 16.3 22,994 81.3 669 2.4 28,285 100.0
West Virginia 504 19.2 2,115 80.8 0 0.0 2,619 100.0
Wisconsin ** 2,064++14.7 11,804++ 84.3 136 1.0 14,004 100.0
Wyoming 54 21.3 199 78.7 0 0.0 253 100.0
Total 139,956 19.6 545,111 76.5 27,286 3.8 712,353 100.0
Abortion ratio && 84 789 291
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* Data from 36 states and New York City; excludes three states where unknown marital status was >15%.
+ Includes married and separated.
& Includes never married, divorced, and widowed women.
@ Percentages may not add to 100.0 due to rounding.
** Includes residents only.
++ Includes women who were reported as being separated.
&& Calculated as the number of legal abortions obtained by women of a given marital status per 1,000
live births to women of the same marital status for these states. For each state, data regarding
women of unknown marital status were distributed according to the known marital status distribution
for that state.
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Source: www.cdc.gov
Last Updated: 11/03/06
