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Table 20: Induced Abortion Summary Information by Woman's Age
New York State 1998

  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 134,687 886 9,687 14,005 39,482 31,966 21,704 12,522 3,761 279 395
Race
  White 62,614 343 4,609 6,918 18,800 14,437 9,675 5,683 1,832 141 176
  Black 55,763 456 4,085 5,547 16,263 13,546 9,192 5,087 1,349 84 154
  Other 6,297 16 241 519 1,538 1,661 1,202 789 269 26 36
Ethnicity
  Hispanic 33,103 216 2,460 3,556 10,534 7,962 5,082 2,459 669 40 125
Gestation
  <9 Weeks 71,697 287 3,724 6,038 19,992 18,474 13,028 7,533 2,236 164 221
  9-10 Weeks 26,736 184 2,168 3,126 8,228 6,124 3,845 2,246 694 56 65
  11-12 Weeks 13,196 134 1,365 1,846 4,223 2,698 1,664 930 272 20 44
  13-15 Weeks 7,706 97 961 1,152 2,525 1,459 876 476 138 9 13
  16-19 Weeks 4,680 80 599 708 1,459 811 551 335 116 7 14
  20+ Weeks 2,187 41 316 335 586 393 295 161 49 5 6
Previous Abortions
  None 51,813 748 7,170 8,154 15,490 9,622 5,884 3,418 1,081 100 146
  1 36,376 97 1,761 3,577 11,672 9,028 5,853 3,226 981 68 113
  2 21,763 6 340 1,270 6,331 6,123 4,347 2,497 739 50 60
  3 10,483 2 62 349 2,736 3,105 2,363 1,427 393 25 21
  4 4,806 1 7 86 1,075 1,566 1,132 708 205 11 15
  5+ 4,504 1 7 48 772 1,470 1,310 677 196 9 14
Institution
  Hospital 14,811 98 1,001 1,411 3,916 3,265 2,600 1,795 615 48 62
  Non Hospital 119,876 788 8,686 12,594 35,566 28,701 19,104 10,727 3,146 231 333
Financial Coverage
  Medicaid 50,457 494 4,948 6,293 17,030 11,247 6,376 3,174 722 47 126
  HMO 4,170 31 389 440 1,053 970 681 440 153 10 3
  Other Ins 21,067 130 1,162 1,319 3,979 5,577 4,739 2,945 1,092 80 44
  Self Pay 52,426 191 2,734 5,285 15,526 12,720 8,784 5,276 1,595 125 190
  More Than One 123 2 10 13 49 27 13 8 1 0 0
Operative Procedure
  D & C 5,862 38 447 631 1,776 1,275 887 594 170 16 28
  Suction & Cur 112,701 609 7,428 11,171 32,925 27,452 18,639 10,668 3,242 243 324
  D & E 16,358 224 1,952 2,336 4,979 3,136 2,009 1,273 395 26 28
  Saline Injection 654 10 62 98 197 100 104 65 17 1 0
  Prostaglandin 156 1 12 12 25 33 40 29 4 0 0
  Medical 1,105 4 20 85 281 311 236 135 32 0 1
  Other 231 1 9 23 52 60 45 29 12 0 0

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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