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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Race
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White + Black Other Unknown Total &
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State No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
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Alabama 7,826 52.8 6,523 44.0 253 1.7 223 1.5 14,825 100.0
Arizona 11,012 79.1 727 5.2 844 6.1 1,347 9.7 13,930 100.0
Arkansas 3,763 63.9 1,927 32.7 114 1.9 81 1.4 5,885 100.0
Dist. of Columbia @ 1,483 19.1 6,039 77.8 221 2.8 18 0.2 7,761 100.0
Georgia 16,732 46.0 18,285 50.3 720 2.0 637 1.8 36,374 100.0
Hawaii 1,732 29.9 189 3.3 3,477 60.1 385 6.7 5,783 100.0
Idaho 1,004 95.9 7 0.7 34 3.2 2 0.2 1,047 100.0
Indiana 8,234 65.9 2,576 20.6 165 1.3 1,524 12.2 12,499 100.0
Kansas 8,222 78.5 1,700 16.2 224 2.1 322 3.1 10,468 100.0
Kentucky 6,273 77.0 1,556 19.1 274 3.4 42 0.5 8,145 100.0
Louisiana 5,508 45.3 4,895 ** 40.3 -- -- 1,751 14.4 12,154 100.0
Maine 2,912 94.3 34 1.1 97 3.1 46 1.5 3,089 100.0
Maryland 7,480 42.4 8,858 50.3 1,121 6.4 168 1.0 17,627 100.0
Minnesota 11,499 82.0 1,318 9.4 1,036 7.4 174 1.2 14,027 100.0
Mississippi 1,414 35.5 2,517 63.3 41 1.0 7 0.2 3,979 100.0
Missouri 7,521 63.3 3,985 33.5 336 2.8 37 0.3 11,879 100.0
Montana 2,330 84.4 12 0.4 153 5.5 266 9.6 2,761 100.0
Nevada 5,506 81.7 604 9.0 297 4.4 329 4.9 6,736 100.0
New Jersey 11,860 35.6 15,091 45.3 4,608 13.8 1,727 5.2 33,286 100.0
New Mexico 4,272 86.7 141 2.9 516 10.5 0 0.0 4,929 100.0
New York 71,510 50.5 65,458 46.2 4,693 3.3 0 0.0 141,661 100.0
City 41,172 39.6 56,721 54.6 4,017 3.9 1,990 1.9 103,900 100.0
State 30,338 66.4 8,737 19.1 676 1.5 5,947 13.0 45,698 100.0
North Carolina 18,906 53.9 14,162 40.4 1,512 4.3 508 1.4 35,088 100.0
North Dakota 1,175 90.3 16 1.2 108 8.3 2 0.2 1,301 100.0
Ohio 22,871 60.6 11,271 29.9 1,213 3.2 2,387 6.3 37,742 100.0
Oregon 11,470 85.6 638 4.8 864 6.5 420 3.1 13,392 100.0
Pennsylvania 24,852 59.7 15,498 37.2 1,266 3.0 29 0.1 41,645 100.0
Rhode Island 4,864 79.8 833 13.7 331 5.4 64 1.1 6,092 100.0
South Carolina 5,933 54.3 4,757 43.6 228 2.1 4 0.0 10,922 100.0
South Dakota 877 88.9 14 1.4 49 5.0 47 4.8 987 100.0
Tennessee 10,631 63.1 5,854 34.8 307 1.8 45 0.3 16,837 100.0
Texas 63,735 71.5 18,134 20.3 3,952 4.4 3,364 3.8 89,185 100.0
Utah 3,083 85.4 65 1.8 350 9.7 111 3.1 3,609 100.0
Vermont 2,237 96.4 23 1.0 53 2.3 8 0.3 2,321 100.0
Virginia 15,462 58.6 9,676 36.7 1,107 4.2 124 0.5 26,369 100.0
West Virginia 1,718 82.4 338 16.2 27 1.3 2 0.1 2,085 100.0
Wisconsin @ 9,534 74.5 2,602 20.3 535++ 4.2 119++ 0.9 12,790 100.0
Total 395,441 58.4 226,323 33.4 31,126 4.6 24,257 3.6 677,147 100.0
Abortion ratio && 217 538 @@ 325 @@ 276
Abortion rate *** 13 40 +++ 24 +++ 18
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* Data from 35 states, the District of Columbia, and New York City; excludes three states where unknown race was >15%.
+ Includes women of Hispanic ethnicity.
& Percentages may not add to 100.0 due to rounding.
@ Includes residents only.
** Reported as black and "other" races.
++ Women of some "other" races included with "unknown."
&& Calculated as the number of legal abortions obtained by women of a given race per 1,000 live births to women
of the same race for these states. For each state, data for women of unknown race were distributed according to
the known racial distribution for that state.
@@ Ratios for black and "other" races exclude Louisiana because abortions for blacks and others were grouped together.
*** Calculated as the number of legal abortions obtained by women of a given race per 1,000 women 15-44 years of age
of the same race for these states. For each state, data for women of unknown race were distributed according
to the known racial distribution for that state.
+++ Rates for black and "other" races exclude Louisiana because abortions for blacks and others were grouped together.
-- Not reported.
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Source: www.cdc.gov
Last Updated: 11/03/06
