Vital Statistics - 2002 Annual Report
| Table 23: Induced Abortions and Abortion Ratios by Resident County and Race/Ethnicity | |||||||||||
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| New York State -- 2002 | |||||||||||
| 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 | 123,048 | 490.6 | 57,200 | 318.7 | 51,725 | 1051.6 | 6,254 | 297.5 | 7,869 | 32,632 | 599.1 |
| New York City | 86,566 | 734.0 | 36,310 | 537.6 | 42,731 | 1228.1 | 5,148 | 334.4 | 2,377 | 28,771 | 727.5 |
| Bronx | 21,779 | 970.2 | 11,148 | 936.0 | 9,598 | 990.0 | 475 | 606.6 | 558 | 10,601 | 866.2 |
| Kings | 30,550 | 775.6 | 8,690 | 413.9 | 20,206 | 1407.5 | 997 | 249.1 | 657 | 6,381 | 698.7 |
| New York | 12,593 | 636.5 | 7,018 | 519.9 | 4,434 | 1217.1 | 667 | 259.0 | 474 | 5,122 | 761.1 |
| Queens | 18,981 | 622.4 | 7,969 | 483.8 | 7,520 | 1184.4 | 2,902 | 380.3 | 590 | 6,050 | 589.0 |
| Richmond | 2,663 | 457.6 | 1,485 | 318.5 | 973 | 1295.6 | 107 | 266.2 | 98 | 617 | 524.7 |
| Rest of State | 36,482 | 274.6 | 20,890 | 186.6 | 8,994 | 624.9 | 1,106 | 196.5 | 5,492 | 3,861 | 258.8 |
| Albany | 1,334 | 413.5 | 699 | 293.7 | 551 | 851.6 | 56 | 311.1 | 28 | 101 | 668.9 |
| Allegany | 69 | 127.5 | 55 | 105.6 | 5 | 1666.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | 500.0 |
| Broome | 827 | 401.1 | 648 | 354.3 | 135 | 971.2 | 35 | 376.3 | 9 | 31 | 645.8 |
| Cattaraugus | 179 | 181.2 | 151 | 173.8 | 4 | 333.3 | 6 | 111.1 | 18 | 3 | 428.6 |
| Cayuga | 178 | 215.8 | 150 | 188.7 | 15 | 681.8 | 2 | 285.7 | 11 | 4 | 190.5 |
| Chautauqua | 315 | 209.9 | 273 | 190.6 | 11 | 343.8 | 4 | 160.0 | 27 | 28 | 301.1 |
| Chemung | 238 | 222.8 | 198 | 201.2 | 32 | 450.7 | 5 | 416.7 | 3 | 1 | 58.8 |
| Chenango | 122 | 221.4 | 114 | 210.7 | 1 | 333.3 | 1 | 200.0 | 6 | 3 | 428.6 |
| Clinton | 194 | 247.8 | 177 | 231.7 | 9 | 1000.0 | 7 | 700.0 | 1 | 10 | 2500.0 |
| Columbia | 212 | 354.5 | 173 | 319.8 | 28 | 756.8 | 8 | 444.4 | 3 | 17 | 809.5 |
| Cortland | 115 | 205.4 | 95 | 173.7 | 11 | 1833.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Delaware | 105 | 251.8 | 96 | 237.6 | 4 | 363.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 5 | 833.3 |
| Dutchess | 933 | 290.7 | 582 | 216.4 | 257 | 760.4 | 32 | 191.6 | 62 | 107 | 316.6 |
| Erie | 4,579 | 429.3 | 1,551 | 188.0 | 1,579 | 775.2 | 101 | 277.5 | 1,348 | 186 | 345.7 |
| Essex | 70 | 211.5 | 69 | 211.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 200.0 |
| Franklin | 80 | 162.9 | 68 | 154.5 | 1 | 500.0 | 7 | 152.2 | 4 | 2 | 222.2 |
| Fulton | 115 | 194.3 | 108 | 185.2 | 2 | 400.0 | 2 | 666.7 | 3 | 6 | 545.5 |
| Genesee | 138 | 214.0 | 122 | 199.0 | 2 | 117.6 | 2 | 142.9 | 12 | 2 | 181.8 |
| Greene | 146 | 321.6 | 133 | 305.7 | 11 | 1100.0 | 1 | 166.7 | 1 | 9 | 600.0 |
| Hamilton | 7 | 200.0 | 7 | 205.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Herkimer | 140 | 205.3 | 63 | 94.6 | 4 | 800.0 | 1 | 111.1 | 72 | 2 | 100.0 |
| Jefferson | 175 | 113.3 | 143 | 104.2 | 20 | 155.0 | 4 | 93.0 | 8 | 5 | 64.1 |
| Lewis | 18 | 58.8 | 11 | 36.8 | 2 | 500.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Livingston | 127 | 191.0 | 105 | 161.8 | 5 | 1666.7 | 1 | 90.9 | 16 | 3 | 214.3 |
| Madison | 138 | 194.4 | 82 | 119.0 | 3 | 600.0 | 4 | 266.7 | 49 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Monroe | 3,065 | 345.0 | 1,409 | 213.5 | 1,079 | 573.3 | 89 | 227.0 | 488 | 242 | 314.3 |
| Montgomery | 159 | 278.0 | 132 | 249.5 | 7 | 411.8 | 15 | 2500.0 | 5 | 28 | 388.9 |
| Nassau | 3,585 | 219.5 | 1,391 | 105.9 | 1,062 | 518.6 | 164 | 145.8 | 968 | 580 | 201.5 |
| Niagara | 786 | 326.8 | 353 | 168.1 | 132 | 591.9 | 12 | 146.3 | 289 | 17 | 404.8 |
| Oneida | 727 | 292.2 | 144 | 65.2 | 21 | 95.0 | 6 | 107.1 | 556 | 6 | 48.4 |
| Onondaga | 1,624 | 288.6 | 886 | 202.2 | 634 | 684.7 | 57 | 185.7 | 47 | 63 | 297.2 |
| Ontario | 212 | 185.6 | 173 | 159.9 | 16 | 470.6 | 3 | 150.0 | 20 | 8 | 210.5 |
| Orange | 1,537 | 304.9 | 1,072 | 242.6 | 286 | 620.4 | 69 | 579.8 | 110 | 215 | 236.3 |
| Orleans | 78 | 161.2 | 67 | 148.2 | 4 | 166.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 | 76.9 |
| Oswego | 230 | 169.5 | 213 | 159.8 | 6 | 1000.0 | 2 | 117.6 | 9 | 4 | 114.3 |
| Otsego | 158 | 276.2 | 136 | 248.6 | 14 | 1555.6 | 3 | 187.5 | 5 | 5 | 294.1 |
| Putnam | 166 | 138.9 | 141 | 125.9 | 9 | 321.4 | 4 | 102.6 | 12 | 15 | 140.2 |
| Rensselaer | 530 | 317.2 | 375 | 265.0 | 121 | 699.4 | 18 | 367.3 | 16 | 32 | 542.4 |
| Rockland | 637 | 140.6 | 330 | 89.8 | 188 | 360.8 | 33 | 133.1 | 86 | 127 | 181.4 |
| St Lawrence | 164 | 135.0 | 151 | 131.4 | 7 | 1000.0 | 5 | 192.3 | 1 | 1 | 62.5 |
| Saratoga | 481 | 203.0 | 449 | 197.2 | 6 | 193.5 | 12 | 214.3 | 14 | 39 | 975.0 |
| Schenectady | 699 | 401.7 | 458 | 333.3 | 180 | 895.5 | 48 | 533.3 | 13 | 97 | 1310.8 |
| Schoharie | 73 | 237.8 | 65 | 218.1 | 3 | 3000.0 | 3 | 375.0 | 2 | 6 | 857.1 |
| Schuyler | 40 | 201.0 | 40 | 205.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Seneca | 69 | 187.0 | 62 | 173.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 3 | 750.0 |
| Steuben | 200 | 175.3 | 172 | 157.7 | 8 | 347.8 | 3 | 111.1 | 17 | 1 | 125.0 |
| Suffolk | 4,708 | 237.1 | 3,311 | 192.2 | 873 | 497.7 | 113 | 139.3 | 411 | 508 | 141.0 |
| Sullivan | 308 | 390.9 | 243 | 346.2 | 46 | 589.7 | 4 | 571.4 | 15 | 34 | 306.3 |
| Tioga | 104 | 171.9 | 100 | 167.2 | 2 | 666.7 | 1 | 333.3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Tompkins | 297 | 357.4 | 233 | 334.3 | 32 | 1185.2 | 27 | 306.8 | 5 | 17 | 772.7 |
| Ulster | 691 | 385.4 | 572 | 355.9 | 76 | 589.1 | 16 | 444.4 | 27 | 38 | 214.7 |
| Warren | 185 | 279.5 | 180 | 276.5 | 1 | 500.0 | 3 | 333.3 | 1 | 3 | 428.6 |
| Washington | 162 | 268.7 | 158 | 265.5 | 1 | 500.0 | 1 | 166.7 | 2 | 2 | 166.7 |
| Wayne | 222 | 202.0 | 189 | 180.9 | 12 | 333.3 | 3 | 300.0 | 18 | 4 | 76.9 |
| Westchester | 3,931 | 306.9 | 1,735 | 178.3 | 1,473 | 747.7 | 111 | 131.7 | 612 | 1,236 | 370.2 |
| Wyoming | 64 | 143.5 | 46 | 105.0 | 1 | 1000.0 | 1 | 142.9 | 16 | 1 | 166.7 |
| Yates | 36 | 128.1 | 31 | 111.1 | 1 | 1000.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| (1) Abortion Ratio = Number of Induced Abortions per 1,000 Live Births | |||||||||||
| (2)Hispanic Induced Abortions is a separate count equal to Hispanic White + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Not Stated | |||||||||||
