Table 20: Induced Abortion Summary Information by Woman's Age
New York State 1997
		Woman's Age
		Total1	10-14	15-17	18-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45+	N.S.
Total Abortions		145,334	1,013	10,968	15,679	42,612	34,666	23,388	12,798	3,632	248	330
Race
	White	63,590	385	4,794	7,311	19,116	14,721	9,798	5,510	1,716	118	121
	Black	58,364	440	4,360	5,962	17,070	14,394	9,668	5,011	1,234	79	146
	Other	5,243	11	239	406	1,307	1,341	1,001	672	222	20	24
Ethnicity
	Hispanic	32,283	246	2,492	3,813	10,259	7,797	4,727	2,231	595	34	89
Gestation
	<9 Weeks	74,773	334	3,963	6,477	20,975	19,367	13,617	7,580	2,150	137	173
	9-10 Weeks	30,154	192	2,576	3,608	9,218	6,922	4,382	2,455	666	57	78
	11-12 Weeks	14,758	140	1,554	2,096	4,617	3,052	1,997	976	279	15	32
	13-15 Weeks	8,478	104	1,101	1,322	2,711	1,618	972	497	132	12	9
	16-19 Weeks	5,688	106	749	908	1,726	1,038	649	363	126	10	13
	20+ Weeks	2,506	64	367	385	716	425	310	181	51	1	6
Previous Abortions
	None	55,240	861	7,851	8,865	16,410	10,095	6,318	3,488	1,121	88	143
	1	39,609	117	2,105	4,199	12,547	9,608	6,416	3,489	972	68	88
	2	23,445	10	518	1,473	6,869	6,776	4,601	2,449	666	40	43
	3	11,197	2	96	455	3,067	3,381	2,434	1,361	355	27	19
	4	5,233	1	18	100	1,224	1,679	1,294	722	182	5	8
	5+	4,923	0	19	42	863	1,711	1,338	742	191	7	10
Institution
	Hospital	14,220	109	974	1,450	3,635	3,145	2,585	1,644	580	46	52
	Non Hospital	131,114	904	9,994	14,229	38,977	31,521	20,803	11,154	3,052	202	278
Financial Coverage
	Medicaid	57,277	582	5,624	7,382	19,021	13,079	7,368	3,346	721	47	107
	HMO	4,177	33	399	411	1,063	961	699	444	159	7	1
	Other Ins	23,822	148	1,428	1,544	4,533	6,272	5,406	3,271	1,086	83	51
	Self Pay	53,595	219	3,058	5,667	16,116	12,790	8,860	5,134	1,498	101	152
	More Than One	133	1	10	12	49	32	16	8	4	0	1
Operative Procedure
	D & C	5,359	37	426	604	1,601	1,208	820	491	137	18	17
	Suction & Cur	122,965	687	8,387	12,657	36,003	30,184	20,402	11,057	3,098	207	283
	D & E	18,507	301	2,422	2,712	5,488	3,469	2,320	1,338	399	30	28
	Saline Injection	658	6	63	96	207	105	89	70	19	1	2
	Prostaglandin	152	3	8	10	31	23	32	33	12	0	0
	Medical	701	2	21	43	182	183	141	96	26	4	3
	Other	574	1	12	42	176	164	88	71	19	0	1
When there is more than one operative procedure, each operative procedure is counted separately. Thus the total of all operative procedures will be greater than the total of Induced Abortions
For Induced Abortions occurring in New York City, only primary operative procedure is reported.
New York City combines saline and prostaglandin injection and this combination is reported in the saline injection procedure
1 Total includes records with information Not Stated

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