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Table 19: Induced Abortion Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity
New York State 2000



		Total¹		White		Black		Other		Hispanic²

		Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent


Total Abortions		125,146	100.0	56,828	100.0	52,674	100.0	5,754	100.0	32,424	100.0

Woman's Age
	<15	793	0.6	310	0.5	401	0.8	14	0.2	207	0.6
	15-17	9,079	7.3	4,142	7.3	3,973	7.6	285	5.0	2,357	7.3
	18-19	13,299	10.6	6,439	11.4	5,393	10.3	431	7.5	3,557	11.0
	20-24	37,684	30.2	17,690	31.2	15,654	29.8	1,459	25.4	10,568	32.7
	25-29	28,602	22.9	12,690	22.4	12,290	23.4	1,438	25.0	7,813	24.1
	30-34	19,872	15.9	8,580	15.1	8,570	16.3	1,109	19.3	4,774	14.8
	35-39	11,789	9.4	5,110	9.0	4,875	9.3	723	12.6	2,423	7.5
	40-44	3,553	2.8	1,659	2.9	1,337	2.5	256	4.5	624	1.9
	45+	247	0.2	109	0.2	89	0.2	28	0.5	39	0.1

Gestation
	<9 Weeks	66,263	57.6	31,858	59.0	28,012	55.5	3,565	64.8	18,007	58.4
	9-10 Weeks	23,434	20.4	11,151	20.7	10,127	20.1	975	17.7	6,281	20.4
	11-12 Weeks	11,942	10.4	5,359	9.9	5,616	11.1	376	6.8	3,105	10.1
	13-15 Weeks	7,005	6.1	2,979	5.5	3,514	7.0	249	4.5	1,885	6.1
	16-19 Weeks	4,384	3.8	1,774	3.3	2,206	4.4	207	3.8	1,098	3.6
	20+ Weeks	2,035	1.8	832	1.5	980	1.9	128	2.3	482	1.6

Previous Abortions
	None	55,009	46.8	28,084	50.9	20,511	39.8	2,878	51.2	14,271	45.3
	1	29,494	25.1	13,769	25.0	13,431	26.1	1,419	25.3	7,974	25.3
	2	17,330	14.7	7,067	12.8	9,103	17.7	710	12.6	4,692	14.9
	3	8,173	7.0	3,274	5.9	4,375	8.5	334	5.9	2,372	7.5
	4	3,835	3.3	1,494	2.7	2,117	4.1	133	2.4	1,088	3.5
	5+	3,717	3.2	1,489	2.7	2,010	3.9	142	2.5	1,101	3.5

Institution
	Hospital	14,408	11.5	6,479	11.4	6,019	11.4	830	14.4	3,969	12.2
	Not in Hospital	110,738	88.5	50,349	88.6	46,655	88.6	4,924	85.6	28,455	87.8

Financial Coverage
	Medicaid	44,874	38.3	19,154	35.2	23,076	45.1	1,045	18.7	14,699	46.8
	HMO	4,718	4.0	2,848	5.2	1,074	2.1	85	1.5	186	0.6
	Other Ins	21,078	18.0	8,415	15.5	10,276	20.1	1,046	18.7	4,088	13.0
	Self Pay	46,360	39.6	23,985	44.0	16,630	32.5	3,406	61.0	12,421	39.6
	More Than One	138	0.1	59	0.1	57	0.1	3	0.1	9	0.0

Operative Procedure
	D & C	10,070	8.2	4,211	7.5	3,166	6.1	410	7.2	2,566	8.0
	Suction & Cur	100,206	81.1	46,616	83.0	42,270	81.2	4,744	83.2	26,624	82.9
	D & E	14,298	11.6	6,458	11.5	6,356	12.2	480	8.4	3,127	9.7
	Saline Injection	434	0.4	57	0.1	345	0.7	20	0.4	53	0.2
	Prostaglandin	106	0.1	58	0.1	6	0.0	3	0.1	8	0.0
	Medical	1,148	0.9	679	1.2	333	0.6	90	1.6	136	0.4
	Other	405	0.3	253	0.5	86	0.2	29	0.5	39	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 Induced Abortions = White + Black + Other + Not Stated
² Hispanic Induced Abortions is a separate count equal to Hispanic White + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Not Stated

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