Vital Statistics - 2001 Annual Report
| Table 23: Induced Abortions and Abortion Ratios* by Resident County and Race/Ethnicity | |||||||||||
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| New York State - 2001 | |||||||||||
| Race / Ethnicity | |||||||||||
| County | Total Number | Total Ratio(1) | White Number | White Ratio | Black Number | Black | Other Number | Other Ratio | N.S. Number | Hispanic Number(2) | Hispanic Ratio |
| New York State | 122,271 | 482.3 | 56,266 | 311.5 | 51,213 | 988.3 | 6,133 | 306.6 | 8,659 | 31,624 | 579.9 |
| New York City | 86,466 | 724.1 | 36,003 | 536.3 | 42,970 | 1153.0 | 5,196 | 351.0 | 2,297 | 28,233 | 706.5 |
| Bronx | 20,625 | 898.3 | 10,508 | 888.4 | 9,175 | 894.2 | 477 | 575.4 | 465 | 10,091 | 814.8 |
| Kings | 30,951 | 773.2 | 8,995 | 428.7 | 20,361 | 1341.0 | 1,047 | 273.3 | 548 | 6,414 | 683.4 |
| New York | 12,446 | 622.8 | 6,883 | 517.8 | 4,400 | 1044.6 | 747 | 307.2 | 416 | 5,018 | 741.2 |
| Queens | 19,847 | 644.0 | 8,225 | 495.9 | 8,002 | 1170.6 | 2,819 | 385.0 | 801 | 6,164 | 596.2 |
| Richmond | 2,597 | 462.3 | 1,392 | 313.3 | 1,032 | 1329.9 | 106 | 271.1 | 67 | 546 | 505.1 |
| Rest of State | 35,805 | 267.0 | 20,263 | 178.5 | 8,243 | 566.4 | 937 | 180.2 | 6,362 | 3,391 | 232.7 |
| Albany | 1,215 | 376.9 | 618 | 255.0 | 518 | 832.8 | 34 | 216.6 | 45 | 85 | 559.2 |
| Allegany | 75 | 142.6 | 63 | 124.0 | 4 | 1000.0 | 2 | 250.0 | 6 | 1 | 166.7 |
| Broome | 840 | 391.6 | 660 | 346.8 | 130 | 866.7 | 40 | 439.6 | 10 | 37 | 1121.2 |
| Cattaraugus | 172 | 173.2 | 133 | 147.5 | 4 | 571.4 | 9 | 187.5 | 26 | 6 | 1000.0 |
| Cayuga | 165 | 186.0 | 143 | 169.4 | 15 | 535.7 | 5 | 357.1 | 2 | 3 | 300.0 |
| Chautauqua | 340 | 215.5 | 290 | 193.3 | 15 | 454.5 | 7 | 269.2 | 28 | 29 | 295.9 |
| Chemung | 271 | 248.4 | 237 | 237.0 | 29 | 426.5 | 3 | 136.4 | 2 | 4 | 235.3 |
| Chenango | 119 | 203.8 | 117 | 202.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 250.0 | 1 | 2 | 200.0 |
| Clinton | 180 | 249.3 | 164 | 230.3 | 7 | 1166.7 | 5 | 1666.7 | 4 | 7 | 777.8 |
| Columbia | 191 | 321.0 | 157 | 292.4 | 26 | 666.7 | 3 | 176.5 | 5 | 11 | 354.8 |
| Cortland | 141 | 255.0 | 116 | 213.2 | 4 | 1000.0 | 5 | 1000.0 | 16 | 4 | 235.3 |
| Delaware | 111 | 270.1 | 102 | 257.6 | 6 | 500.0 | 1 | 333.3 | 2 | 3 | 250.0 |
| Dutchess | 997 | 309.7 | 626 | 234.7 | 265 | 683.0 | 38 | 265.7 | 68 | 120 | 369.2 |
| Erie | 4,687 | 433.5 | 1,504 | 177.9 | 1,586 | 786.7 | 86 | 262.2 | 1,511 | 199 | 369.2 |
| Essex | 59 | 163.4 | 58 | 164.3 | 1 | 333.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 500.0 |
| Franklin | 67 | 150.9 | 60 | 146.3 | 1 | 333.3 | 4 | 129.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Fulton | 138 | 221.2 | 134 | 219.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 7 | 500.0 |
| Genesee | 159 | 227.1 | 140 | 213.7 | 8 | 381.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | 125.0 |
| Greene | 132 | 319.6 | 122 | 319.4 | 7 | 350.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 5 | 357.1 |
| Hamilton | 5 | 94.3 | 5 | 96.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1000.0 |
| Herkimer | 136 | 202.4 | 83 | 124.8 | 5 | 5000.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 48 | 5 | 263.2 |
| Jefferson | 173 | 99.9 | 138 | 89.3 | 27 | 207.7 | 3 | 55.6 | 5 | 4 | 48.8 |
| Lewis | 23 | 67.1 | 11 | 32.6 | 1 | 250.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Livingston | 112 | 174.5 | 100 | 159.7 | 1 | 142.9 | 4 | 500.0 | 7 | 2 | 153.8 |
| Madison | 132 | 172.8 | 88 | 119.4 | 4 | 400.0 | 3 | 176.5 | 37 | 1 | 125.0 |
| Monroe | 2,768 | 309.1 | 1,390 | 209.9 | 1,018 | 516.2 | 77 | 221.3 | 283 | 176 | 237.5 |
| Montgomery | 124 | 201.0 | 111 | 195.8 | 3 | 230.8 | 1 | 71.4 | 9 | 17 | 200.0 |
| Nassau | 4,227 | 260.0 | 1,261 | 95.8 | 1,106 | 521.2 | 138 | 147.9 | 1,722 | 542 | 185.7 |
| Niagara | 835 | 336.3 | 298 | 140.7 | 117 | 448.3 | 25 | 242.7 | 395 | 15 | 312.5 |
| Oneida | 717 | 285.9 | 173 | 77.3 | 21 | 103.4 | 6 | 96.8 | 517 | 11 | 94.8 |
| Onondaga | 1,518 | 262.9 | 872 | 191.7 | 553 | 602.4 | 55 | 183.3 | 38 | 86 | 419.5 |
| Ontario | 223 | 195.4 | 197 | 181.2 | 12 | 352.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 2 | 42.6 |
| Orange | 1,603 | 324.8 | 1,096 | 249.4 | 317 | 784.7 | 76 | 844.4 | 114 | 213 | 255.7 |
| Orleans | 103 | 221.5 | 79 | 180.4 | 3 | 157.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 5 | 277.8 |
| Oswego | 200 | 140.6 | 193 | 138.5 | 5 | 454.5 | 1 | 58.8 | 1 | 3 | 142.9 |
| Otsego | 151 | 288.7 | 132 | 264.5 | 10 | 1250.0 | 3 | 187.5 | 6 | 5 | 714.3 |
| Putnam | 95 | 79.2 | 85 | 74.4 | 4 | 250.0 | 1 | 40.0 | 5 | 18 | 214.3 |
| Rensselaer | 507 | 296.0 | 381 | 261.5 | 98 | 586.8 | 15 | 202.7 | 13 | 26 | 509.8 |
| Rockland | 589 | 128.0 | 285 | 76.4 | 226 | 422.4 | 18 | 74.1 | 60 | 97 | 158.0 |
| St Lawrence | 156 | 125.8 | 142 | 119.8 | 3 | 750.0 | 5 | 185.2 | 6 | 3 | 300.0 |
| Saratoga | 415 | 171.8 | 393 | 169.8 | 8 | 250.0 | 4 | 69.0 | 10 | 24 | 533.3 |
| Schenectady | 646 | 379.8 | 467 | 333.1 | 132 | 717.4 | 15 | 194.8 | 32 | 85 | 1545.5 |
| Schoharie | 68 | 227.4 | 62 | 212.3 | 3 | 3000.0 | 3 | 600.0 | 0 | 2 | 200.0 |
| Schuyler | 46 | 211.0 | 42 | 197.2 | 1 | 1000.0 | 1 | 333.3 | 2 | 2 | 1000.0 |
| Seneca | 82 | 220.4 | 76 | 211.7 | 2 | 285.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Steuben | 202 | 171.9 | 183 | 162.7 | 4 | 181.8 | 5 | 185.2 | 10 | 5 | 416.7 |
| Suffolk | 4,815 | 241.2 | 3,289 | 188.1 | 831 | 480.1 | 89 | 127.1 | 606 | 462 | 130.0 |
| Sullivan | 333 | 393.2 | 256 | 336.8 | 61 | 884.1 | 7 | 388.9 | 9 | 29 | 266.1 |
| Tioga | 123 | 208.8 | 114 | 197.6 | 5 | 5000.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 333.3 |
| Tompkins | 359 | 414.5 | 279 | 389.7 | 28 | 538.5 | 45 | 494.5 | 7 | 18 | 642.9 |
| Ulster | 677 | 373.6 | 551 | 335.8 | 73 | 663.6 | 19 | 513.5 | 34 | 54 | 383.0 |
| Warren | 181 | 270.1 | 179 | 270.4 | 1 | 166.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 181.8 |
| Washington | 155 | 250.8 | 150 | 245.9 | 2 | 400.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 7 | 1000.0 |
| Wayne | 184 | 167.4 | 160 | 155.8 | 14 | 297.9 | 2 | 125.0 | 8 | 4 | 105.3 |
| Westchester | 2,956 | 231.0 | 1,410 | 145.7 | 917 | 455.8 | 73 | 86.9 | 556 | 938 | 283.1 |
| Wyoming | 63 | 145.2 | 46 | 107.2 | 1 | 1000.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 1 | 1000.0 |
| Yates | 44 | 144.3 | 42 | 140.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| (*) Abortion Ratio = Number of Induced Abortions per 1,000 Live Births | |||||||||||
| (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 | |||||||||||
