Vital Statistics - 2003 Annual Report
| Table 23: Induced Abortions and Abortion Ratios by Resident County and Race/Ethnicity | |||||||||||
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| New York State -- 2003 | |||||||||||
| 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 | 119,685 | 473.1 | 54,692 | 300.3 | 50,409 | 1057.5 | 6,848 | 311.9 | 7,736 | 32,387 | 590.5 |
| New York City | 84,903 | 710.7 | 34,707 | 500.5 | 41,643 | 1241.5 | 5,545 | 340.2 | 3,008 | 28,410 | 719.9 |
| Bronx | 20,716 | 916.6 | 10,152 | 814.8 | 9,324 | 1011.0 | 461 | 540.4 | 779 | 10,103 | 829.1 |
| Kings | 29,040 | 734.8 | 8,093 | 379.2 | 19,179 | 1371.9 | 923 | 222.5 | 845 | 6,056 | 669.2 |
| New York | 12,593 | 610.7 | 6,785 | 488.8 | 4,556 | 1234.0 | 689 | 232.1 | 563 | 5,197 | 784.3 |
| Queens | 19,986 | 649.1 | 8,309 | 491.1 | 7,644 | 1297.6 | 3,375 | 427.6 | 658 | 6,513 | 627.2 |
| Richmond | 2,568 | 432.5 | 1,368 | 288.5 | 940 | 1241.7 | 97 | 223.5 | 163 | 541 | 444.2 |
| Rest of State | 34,782 | 260.5 | 19,985 | 177.2 | 8,766 | 620.6 | 1,303 | 230.2 | 4,728 | 3,977 | 258.5 |
| Albany | 1,238 | 384.5 | 637 | 271.8 | 481 | 768.4 | 77 | 386.9 | 43 | 101 | 855.9 |
| Allegany | 45 | 81.5 | 38 | 70.4 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 142.9 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Broome | 607 | 292.5 | 445 | 241.7 | 117 | 790.5 | 27 | 321.4 | 18 | 21 | 375.0 |
| Cattaraugus | 125 | 123.9 | 94 | 104.2 | 2 | 142.9 | 8 | 145.5 | 21 | 2 | 333.3 |
| Cayuga | 151 | 180.2 | 133 | 165.8 | 14 | 666.7 | 1 | 66.7 | 3 | 4 | 333.3 |
| Chautauqua | 292 | 198.9 | 258 | 185.6 | 9 | 214.3 | 6 | 230.8 | 19 | 19 | 174.3 |
| Chemung | 191 | 176.7 | 168 | 167.2 | 16 | 271.2 | 2 | 133.3 | 5 | 4 | 166.7 |
| Chenango | 99 | 188.6 | 90 | 175.1 | 2 | 333.3 | 1 | 200.0 | 6 | 1 | 90.9 |
| Clinton | 194 | 240.1 | 175 | 223.8 | 10 | 769.2 | 8 | 615.4 | 1 | 4 | 571.4 |
| Columbia | 232 | 361.9 | 182 | 310.1 | 35 | 1166.7 | 9 | 391.3 | 6 | 24 | 827.6 |
| Cortland | 79 | 149.6 | 69 | 132.7 | 4 | 666.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | 58.8 |
| Delaware | 83 | 187.4 | 77 | 182.0 | 4 | 266.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 | 437.5 |
| Dutchess | 802 | 244.7 | 527 | 194.2 | 199 | 560.6 | 27 | 151.7 | 49 | 119 | 340.0 |
| Erie | 4,519 | 430.0 | 1,509 | 186.6 | 1,581 | 789.3 | 113 | 298.2 | 1,316 | 228 | 429.4 |
| Essex | 60 | 170.0 | 60 | 174.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Franklin | 79 | 180.4 | 73 | 185.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 23.8 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Fulton | 144 | 247.4 | 131 | 231.4 | 8 | 800.0 | 2 | 400.0 | 3 | 3 | 272.7 |
| Genesee | 102 | 163.2 | 77 | 129.8 | 7 | 777.8 | 1 | 45.5 | 17 | 2 | 117.6 |
| Greene | 145 | 328.8 | 136 | 321.5 | 6 | 600.0 | 1 | 142.9 | 2 | 12 | 1333.3 |
| Hamilton | 5 | 104.2 | 4 | 88.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Herkimer | 125 | 178.1 | 56 | 82.4 | 2 | 153.8 | 1 | 166.7 | 66 | 2 | 95.2 |
| Jefferson | 132 | 77.5 | 99 | 65.6 | 22 | 158.3 | 3 | 54.5 | 8 | 8 | 84.2 |
| Lewis | 18 | 56.3 | 14 | 44.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 | 2000.0 |
| Livingston | 105 | 167.5 | 99 | 162.6 | 3 | 500.0 | 1 | 90.9 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Madison | 86 | 116.4 | 52 | 71.8 | 3 | 1000.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 2 | 222.2 |
| Monroe | 3,172 | 355.4 | 1,385 | 208.4 | 1,016 | 544.5 | 76 | 189.5 | 695 | 166 | 212.8 |
| Montgomery | 126 | 223.0 | 101 | 191.3 | 3 | 300.0 | 15 | 1666.7 | 7 | 28 | 394.4 |
| Nassau | 3,508 | 219.0 | 1,488 | 115.6 | 1,229 | 609.6 | 185 | 171.0 | 606 | 645 | 213.1 |
| Niagara | 862 | 358.0 | 476 | 225.6 | 165 | 733.3 | 14 | 197.2 | 207 | 17 | 333.3 |
| Oneida | 843 | 322.9 | 146 | 62.3 | 20 | 99.0 | 5 | 82.0 | 672 | 12 | 116.5 |
| Onondaga | 1,489 | 265.3 | 806 | 182.4 | 574 | 632.9 | 74 | 264.3 | 35 | 64 | 262.3 |
| Ontario | 194 | 167.0 | 171 | 154.6 | 15 | 384.6 | 1 | 76.9 | 7 | 11 | 333.3 |
| Orange | 1,341 | 261.3 | 955 | 212.5 | 253 | 550.0 | 51 | 361.7 | 82 | 208 | 224.1 |
| Orleans | 63 | 136.7 | 55 | 126.1 | 1 | 47.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 3 | 176.5 |
| Oswego | 212 | 152.4 | 201 | 147.0 | 4 | 666.7 | 1 | 55.6 | 6 | 8 | 347.8 |
| Otsego | 110 | 204.8 | 95 | 186.3 | 7 | 1000.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 7 | 5 | 454.5 |
| Putnam | 107 | 91.8 | 86 | 78.2 | 10 | 400.0 | 4 | 117.6 | 7 | 18 | 134.3 |
| Rensselaer | 701 | 396.7 | 512 | 339.3 | 133 | 904.8 | 32 | 415.6 | 24 | 48 | 842.1 |
| Rockland | 505 | 112.4 | 256 | 70.6 | 162 | 321.4 | 20 | 81.3 | 67 | 113 | 161.2 |
| St Lawrence | 146 | 120.8 | 135 | 118.5 | 6 | 500.0 | 2 | 95.2 | 3 | 3 | 214.3 |
| Saratoga | 422 | 170.9 | 390 | 165.1 | 11 | 392.9 | 10 | 144.9 | 11 | 32 | 615.4 |
| Schenectady | 717 | 389.5 | 452 | 318.5 | 177 | 719.5 | 62 | 681.3 | 26 | 123 | 1537.5 |
| Schoharie | 70 | 238.9 | 60 | 210.5 | 4 | 2000.0 | 3 | 500.0 | 3 | 8 | 2000.0 |
| Schuyler | 17 | 91.4 | 15 | 82.0 | 1 | 1000.0 | 1 | 500.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Seneca | 73 | 194.7 | 67 | 183.1 | 2 | 666.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 | 666.7 |
| Steuben | 166 | 144.0 | 150 | 135.6 | 5 | 263.2 | 8 | 285.7 | 3 | 4 | 285.7 |
| Suffolk | 4,993 | 249.8 | 3,386 | 193.9 | 954 | 569.2 | 303 | 370.4 | 350 | 665 | 180.4 |
| Sullivan | 302 | 331.5 | 218 | 275.3 | 63 | 656.3 | 9 | 750.0 | 12 | 36 | 285.7 |
| Tioga | 83 | 141.6 | 79 | 137.6 | 1 | 166.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Tompkins | 243 | 248.7 | 179 | 222.9 | 31 | 756.1 | 26 | 254.9 | 7 | 13 | 464.3 |
| Ulster | 652 | 356.9 | 518 | 315.5 | 88 | 814.8 | 18 | 409.1 | 28 | 51 | 342.3 |
| Warren | 199 | 311.4 | 188 | 299.4 | 6 | 3000.0 | 2 | 333.3 | 3 | 5 | 500.0 |
| Washington | 156 | 250.8 | 150 | 245.5 | 2 | 285.7 | 1 | 250.0 | 3 | 1 | 83.3 |
| Wayne | 165 | 144.0 | 154 | 141.8 | 8 | 181.8 | 1 | 90.9 | 2 | 5 | 92.6 |
| Westchester | 3,404 | 266.2 | 1,838 | 185.5 | 1,287 | 690.1 | 88 | 110.1 | 191 | 1,117 | 321.1 |
| Wyoming | 65 | 153.3 | 54 | 128.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Yates | 18 | 60.0 | 16 | 53.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 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 | |||||||||||
