Table 23: Induced Abortions and Abortion Ratios by Race/Ethnicity and Resident County

Vital Statistics of New York State 2004

  Race1 / Ethnicity
County Total
Number
Total
Ratio*
White
Number
White
Ratio
Black
Number
Black
Ratio
Other
Number
Other
Ratio
N.S.
Number
Hispanic
Number2
Hispanic
Ratio
New York State
New York State 120,401 483.8 52,031 310.8 48,327 1027.6 6,736 197.5 13,307 30,567 536.8
New York City
New York City 85,585 721.3 32,510 487.8 39,814 1151.3 5,299 307.8 7,962 26,544 671.8
Bronx 20,888 941.0 9,412 804.3 8,740 943.1 517 433.0 2,219 9,418 771.3
Kings 29,612 745.4 7,601 362.4 18,815 1321.5 934 209.4 2,262 5,663 624.2
New York 13,441 655.3 6,642 492.4 4,377 1108.1 699 233.0 1,723 4,916 755.7
Queens 18,962 624.3 7,591 477.7 6,988 1102.0 3,056 377.3 1,327 6,007 575.1
Richmond 2,682 459.2 1,264 275.7 894 1136.0 93 201.3 431 540 421.9
Rest of State
Rest of State 34,816 267.4 19,521 193.7 8,513 684.0 1,437 85.1 5,345 4,023 230.9
Albany 1,008 329.1 543 245.6 368 633.4 50 184.5 47 96 542.4
Allegany 51 96.8 40 79.2 4 4000.0 0 0.0 7 0 0.0
Broome 710 350.6 516 296.7 121 1043.1 33 194.1 40 41 683.3
Cattaraugus 156 169.4 118 144.1 7 1000.0 8 127.0 23 3 230.8
Cayuga 168 200.0 130 165.2 17 894.7 3 88.2 18 3 187.5
Chautauqua 233 162.8 194 144.2 18 750.0 6 115.4 15 12 127.7
Chemung 200 205.8 173 193.5 19 380.0 5 178.6 3 5 357.1
Chenango 109 207.6 97 188.3 2 0.0 0 0.0 10 1 142.9
Clinton 200 267.0 174 239.0 21 3500.0 5 333.3 0 12 2000.0
Columbia 139 237.6 95 192.3 27 931.0 8 135.6 9 9 250.0
Cortland 145 286.0 112 232.4 11 1833.3 2 105.3 20 6 461.5
Delaware 88 201.4 83 198.6 2 285.7 1 83.3 2 4 333.3
Dutchess 834 264.1 503 221.7 194 634.0 62 106.3 75 142 322.7
Erie 4,371 428.4 1,507 200.4 1,546 887.0 105 112.1 1,213 201 372.2
Essex 75 198.4 74 201.6 1 1000.0 0 0.0 0 4 800.0
Franklin 99 189.7 86 183.4 1 1000.0 5 96.2 7 2 222.2
Fulton 147 268.2 134 258.7 5 555.6 6 285.7 2 8 500.0
Genesee 122 194.9 94 159.9 7 437.5 1 45.5 20 4 190.5
Greene 82 185.9 77 187.8 2 222.2 1 45.5 2 4 266.7
Hamilton 7 184.2 7 194.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Herkimer 112 160.5 51 75.8 4 666.7 0 0.0 57 0 0.0
Jefferson 164 108.5 133 100.5 18 216.9 3 28.6 10 7 75.3
Lewis 25 88.7 11 40.6 1 166.7 0 0.0 13 1 500.0
Livingston 95 150.1 69 113.1 1 250.0 2 105.3 23 1 58.8
Madison 85 120.9 60 88.5 4 1333.3 1 47.6 20 2 500.0
Monroe 3,654 440.9 1,351 224.3 1,123 652.1 83 153.7 1,097 186 250.3
Montgomery 167 273.8 140 262.7 4 400.0 15 234.4 8 24 222.2
Nassau 3,664 234.5 1,539 150.4 1,293 795.7 204 54.2 628 713 214.1
Niagara 815 351.6 487 248.0 147 735.0 7 45.5 174 20 339.0
Oneida 893 346.8 152 68.7 28 135.3 4 26.1 709 8 69.0
Onondaga 1,623 277.7 856 197.0 638 765.0 65 98.0 64 87 287.1
Ontario 211 196.8 166 167.0 8 347.8 4 75.5 33 8 156.9
Orange 1,416 272.3 924 231.2 298 726.8 120 152.1 74 278 259.8
Orleans 74 163.0 58 137.1 7 538.5 1 58.8 8 3 100.0
Oswego 202 149.3 186 140.7 8 1600.0 3 115.4 5 9 409.1
Otsego 126 231.6 101 194.2 9 3000.0 1 47.6 15 6 400.0
Putnam 72 61.9 60 57.8 7 411.8 2 18.3 3 9 59.2
Rensselaer 608 349.6 401 268.9 143 1083.3 45 394.7 19 52 838.7
Rockland 425 93.6 179 57.3 124 279.9 36 36.9 86 76 92.8
St Lawrence 147 120.1 136 118.1 2 285.7 2 50.0 7 2 200.0
Saratoga 503 208.9 459 202.6 8 533.3 25 196.9 11 43 767.9
Schenectady 767 418.4 461 350.0 203 902.2 72 247.4 31 126 845.6
Schoharie 66 227.6 60 211.3 4 4000.0 1 200.0 1 4 1000.0
Schuyler 34 185.8 33 186.4 0 0.0 1 166.7 0 3 1500.0
Seneca 72 214.3 62 196.2 3 500.0 0 0.0 7 1 142.9
Steuben 145 133.4 120 114.8 4 363.6 4 133.3 17 2 153.8
Suffolk 4,886 248.8 3,452 236.8 869 609.8 244 67.2 321 698 155.9
Sullivan 314 376.5 210 295.4 70 843.4 21 538.5 13 44 295.3
Tioga 88 156.3 78 142.9 3 0.0 3 200.0 4 3 500.0
Tompkins 239 262.1 168 233.3 29 966.7 24 150.9 18 11 305.6
Ulster 686 373.2 533 336.1 88 792.8 18 129.5 47 55 280.6
Warren 205 331.7 195 329.9 4 1333.3 3 125.0 3 2 222.2
Washington 165 257.0 157 250.0 3 3000.0 3 230.8 2 4 363.6
Wayne 195 174.4 159 156.2 13 406.3 0 0.0 23 2 31.7
Westchester 2,825 228.1 1,486 179.1 970 534.1 118 52.1 251 975 262.7
Wyoming 63 147.2 42 100.5 0 0.0 1 100.0 20 0 0.0
Yates 41 172.3 29 125.5 2 1000.0 0 0.0 10 1 200.0

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

  1. Race coding based on 1990 Census categories: White, Black, Other, Not Stated.
  2. Hispanic Induced Abortions is a separate count equal to Hispanic White + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Not Stated