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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