Table 23: Induced Abortion and Abortion Ratios* by Race/Ethnicity and Resident County New York State - 2009

County Total #1 Total Rate Race/Ethnicity
White # White Rate Black # Black Rate Other # Other Rate N.S. # Hispanic #2 Hispanic Rate
New York State
New York State 115,008 466.4 51,388 316.1 49,667 1111.6 6,725 174.0 7,228 31,662 534.9
New York City
New York City 80,629 662.3 31,938 475.2 40,405 1292.0 5,244 229.6 3,042 26,840 689.9
Bronx 20,673 898.8 9,984 829.6 9,454 1034.5 494 285.4 741 10,515 794.7
Kings 27,272 647.8 7,292 330.1 18,010 1456.3 1,204 160.6 766 5,504 661.1
New York 12,321 610.9 6,369 487.8 4,440 1352.0 836 225.1 676 4,665 832.1
Queens 17,626 573.2 6,840 433.9 7,402 1319.9 2,606 279.6 778 5,500 532.8
Richmond 2,737 477.7 1,453 340.5 1,099 1254.6 104 179.9 81 656 461.0
Rest of State
Rest of State 34,379 275.4 19,450 204.0 9,262 690.8 1,481 93.6 4,186 4,822 237.7
Albany 1,001 315.2 498 236.5 420 673.1 57 128.1 26 63 259.3
Allegany 49 94.0 40 78.9 1 250.0 2 285.7 6 0 0.0
Broome 766 371.7 492 283.9 130 1083.3 44 211.5 100 45 454.5
Cattaraugus 142 145.2 115 144.7 3 272.7 12 160.0 12 3 23.1
Cayuga 186 229.1 145 193.3 15 1500.0 5 100.0 21 7 259.3
Chautauqua 255 176.8 214 163.4 15 600.0 13 160.5 13 16 109.6
Chemung 281 287.3 217 255.9 48 842.1 6 82.2 10 3 71.4
Chenango 96 183.2 77 149.8 0 0.0 1 111.1 18 1 76.9
Clinton 183 232.5 175 231.8 7 777.8 0 0.0 1 6 600.0
Columbia 123 217.7 86 182.6 26 812.5 6 96.8 5 7 166.7
Cortland 120 215.8 97 180.3 7 1750.0 2 142.9 14 5 625.0
Delaware 101 220.5 93 216.3 3 250.0 0 0.0 5 6 461.5
Dutchess 914 313.3 571 248.5 250 735.3 39 140.3 54 138 293.6
Erie 3,822 390.1 1,850 262.7 1,383 716.2 110 134.6 479 194 265.8
Essex/Hamilton 90 230.2 87 226.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 2 2 666.7
Franklin 102 198.4 94 201.7 3 0.0 4 85.1 1 1 142.9
Fulton 166 298.6 152 280.4 1 200.0 8 888.9 5 10 714.3
Genesee 126 191.8 93 151.7 6 600.0 5 151.5 22 7 291.7
Greene 107 242.1 94 230.4 10 833.3 3 136.4 0 4 173.9
Hamilton/Essex 90 230.2 87 226.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 2 2 666.7
Herkimer 167 248.9 24 36.9 3 333.3 1 83.3 139 5 250.0
Jefferson 184 92.2 143 83.2 14 117.6 8 53.0 19 6 42.6
Lewis 20 57.0 10 29.9 2 2000.0 0 0.0 8 0 0.0
Livingston 134 233.4 87 156.8 1 333.3 1 62.5 45 4 173.9
Madison 116 170.6 68 105.3 3 1000.0 4 129.0 41 4 333.3
Monroe 3,503 408.3 1,286 224.1 1,106 552.4 147 175.6 964 310 374.8
Montgomery 162 265.1 134 238.0 3 250.0 20 555.6 5 32 219.2
Nassau 3,404 231.8 1,604 156.6 1,443 773.3 199 77.6 158 825 223.0
Niagara 813 352.7 518 274.2 206 854.8 22 127.2 67 37 462.5
Oneida 826 313.7 88 40.1 19 80.2 6 30.0 713 5 26.9
Onondaga 1,741 317.8 903 232.0 658 731.9 103 150.1 77 127 384.8
Ontario 198 188.4 120 124.6 11 440.0 7 114.8 60 14 218.8
Orange 1,642 324.4 1,088 289.3 365 746.4 95 117.9 94 447 362.2
Orleans 69 156.5 52 128.1 4 235.3 1 66.7 12 2 58.8
Oswego 225 159.7 202 148.2 2 400.0 5 138.9 16 9 219.5
Otsego 121 250.0 98 215.4 6 750.0 3 142.9 14 5 357.1
Putnam 121 135.3 106 140.8 2 83.3 6 51.3 7 24 145.5
Rensselaer 502 283.3 326 225.8 138 807.0 30 191.1 8 31 267.2
Rockland 561 123.0 293 97.8 199 503.8 26 22.6 43 157 147.7
St Lawrence 169 141.9 147 135.0 7 777.8 8 127.0 7 6 103.4
Saratoga 457 205.7 420 207.1 7 212.1 19 118.0 11 21 265.8
Schenectady 869 483.0 470 393.6 251 954.4 137 401.8 11 86 500.0
Schoharie 91 326.2 86 323.3 2 666.7 2 200.0 1 5 454.5
Schuyler 24 151.9 24 158.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Seneca 63 170.3 49 138.4 0 0.0 1 76.9 13 1 50.0
Steuben 196 175.3 172 161.5 1 166.7 6 130.4 17 5 64.9
Suffolk 3,875 225.5 2,420 176.7 934 631.1 129 64.4 392 734 143.2
Sullivan 337 391.4 218 358.0 47 758.1 9 47.6 63 57 304.8
Tioga 103 240.1 97 234.9 0 0.0 1 76.9 5 3 200.0
Tompkins 288 313.7 202 267.9 32 1185.2 33 242.6 21 17 314.8
Ulster 671 393.3 536 367.4 64 503.9 21 176.5 50 73 306.7
Warren 223 348.4 216 353.5 2 0.0 3 107.1 2 6 400.0
Washington 144 230.4 139 226.8 1 200.0 2 285.7 2 6 750.0
Wayne 191 179.3 136 141.1 11 289.5 6 96.8 38 21 333.3
Westchester 3,452 309.8 1,726 275.8 1,388 858.9 103 31.6 235 1,215 313.8
Wyoming 48 114.8 33 82.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 15 2 133.3
Yates 39 109.9 19 54.4 1 0.0 0 0.0 19 2 200.0

* Abortion Ratio = Number of Induced Abortions per 1,000 Live Births

1 Number of Abortions = White + Black + Other + Not Stated.

2 Hispanic Abortions is a separate count equal to Hispanic White + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Not Stated.