Table 23: Induced Abortion and Abortion Ratios* by Race/Ethnicity and Resident County, New York State - 2006

Race/Ethnicity
County Total #1 Total Ratio White # White Ratio Black # Black Ratio Other # Other Ratio N.S. # Hispanic #2 Hispanic Ratio
New York State
New York State 121,278 486.7 56,560 345.4 50,349 964.3 6,650 202.1 7,719 33,155 557.3
New York City
New York City 83,226 696.9 34,721 559.4 40,519 1039.0 5,180 284.3 2,806 27,931 697.5
Bronx 21,349 946.8 11,124 1125.7 9,092 809.2 492 348.7 641 10,761 844.8
Kings 28,419 703.6 7,815 376.6 18,791 1287.1 994 199.0 819 5,918 649.3
New York 12,349 606.9 6,952 583.7 4,243 801.6 695 223.8 459 5,048 800.5
Queens 18,359 605.6 7,338 488.1 7,320 1040.1 2,885 351.4 816 5,566 530.7
Richmond 2,750 471.5 1,492 332.2 1,073 1291.2 114 230.3 71 638 457.0
Rest of State
Rest of State 38,052 293.3 21,839 214.7 9,830 743.9 1,470 100.1 4,913 5,224 268.7
Albany 1,084 346.8 524 243.0 449 749.6 68 183.3 43 107 490.8
Allegany 64 126.0 52 104.2 0 0.0 3 428.6 9 1 100.0
Broome 838 394.7 564 309.5 133 1177.0 29 155.1 112 48 545.5
Cattaraugus 169 163.1 136 151.6 6 1200.0 9 94.7 18 3 125.0
Cayuga 183 214.0 152 187.7 9 818.2 6 181.8 16 3 115.4
Chautauqua 234 156.6 188 135.8 16 516.1 6 82.2 24 26 247.6
Chemung 186 182.5 151 160.5 13 282.6 4 125.0 18 7 291.7
Chenango 113 212.0 93 179.9 3 1500.0 2 153.8 15 0 0.0
Clinton 225 294.5 199 268.9 20 3333.3 4 235.3 2 4 235.3
Columbia 215 360.7 177 350.5 31 939.4 6 103.4 1 8 200.0
Cortland 144 278.0 128 259.6 6 1000.0 2 105.3 8 3 375.0
Delaware 112 233.8 97 211.8 1 333.3 3 166.7 11 2 222.2
Dutchess 1,166 382.8 744 302.6 311 984.2 67 250.0 44 192 437.4
Erie 4,435 445.0 1,540 210.6 1,458 764.6 107 143.6 1,330 199 319.9
Essex/Hamilton 77 194.9 73 188.1 1 1000.0 1 166.7 2 1 250.0
Franklin 91 176.4 82 177.5 1 1000.0 7 137.3 1 2 285.7
Fulton 151 252.1 141 242.7 3 375.0 6 600.0 1 5 250.0
Genesee 154 243.7 124 207.4 12 1200.0 1 43.5 17 4 190.5
Greene 150 337.8 140 342.3 4 400.0 2 80.0 4 6 272.7
Hamilton/Essex 77 194.9 73 188.1 1 1000.0 1 166.7 2 1 250.0
Herkimer 157 241.2 40 62.7 3 3000.0 0 0.0 114 1 76.9
Jefferson 192 114.6 152 103.8 17 168.3 3 28.3 20 8 72.1
Lewis 22 67.3 9 28.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 13 1 166.7
Livingston 133 204.9 104 166.1 6 1000.0 3 176.5 20 1 66.7
Madison 117 157.3 79 110.0 2 500.0 2 95.2 34 4 500.0
Monroe 3,468 390.3 1,478 232.9 1,150 577.0 73 134.2 767 232 284.3
Montgomery 178 298.7 134 240.1 9 1500.0 25 806.5 10 26 203.1
Nassau 3,671 241.2 1,822 164.1 1,419 743.7 206 93.6 224 908 250.3
Niagara 837 379.4 489 262.6 155 807.3 7 46.1 186 21 368.4
Oneida 887 341.8 139 62.8 25 115.2 3 18.5 720 6 35.7
Onondaga 1,561 285.1 813 201.5 613 726.3 49 82.1 86 91 323.8
Ontario 223 196.0 166 158.5 15 535.7 3 48.4 39 6 96.8
Orange 1,613 296.9 1,011 267.2 357 769.4 145 122.7 100 351 279.9
Orleans 90 192.7 66 150.3 5 333.3 2 200.0 17 5 192.3
Oswego 218 158.3 197 146.8 11 1571.4 1 37.0 9 6 222.2
Otsego 145 262.7 116 221.8 7 700.0 2 105.3 20 3 214.3
Putnam 145 139.6 131 139.2 7 466.7 4 48.2 3 25 161.3
Rensselaer 431 252.5 276 194.6 111 740.0 27 194.2 17 46 489.4
Rockland 704 152.8 379 121.4 215 484.2 44 42.4 66 146 153.8
St Lawrence 187 145.6 167 140.6 2 250.0 5 94.3 13 3 187.5
Saratoga 483 202.2 444 199.1 12 500.0 13 96.3 14 39 506.5
Schenectady 854 471.8 487 391.5 229 966.2 105 319.1 33 146 1013.9
Schoharie 111 378.8 101 356.9 3 3000.0 5 555.6 2 6 750.0
Schuyler 37 215.1 32 189.3 1 1000.0 0 0.0 4 2 1000.0
Seneca 86 235.0 64 183.4 2 1000.0 0 0.0 20 0 0.0
Steuben 101 91.7 79 74.6 4 363.6 0 0.0 18 1 83.3
Suffolk 4,832 253.2 3,343 215.3 1,057 705.1 107 52.1 325 731 141.5
Sullivan 300 309.6 225 287.7 54 620.7 7 70.7 14 41 239.8
Tioga 115 191.7 100 171.2 2 666.7 1 125.0 12 4 666.7
Tompkins 322 381.5 259 373.7 32 969.7 25 217.4 6 24 705.9
Ulster 787 418.4 626 387.9 96 813.6 24 162.2 41 81 332.0
Warren 229 390.1 223 396.8 1 333.3 4 190.5 1 5 454.5
Washington 159 249.6 153 247.6 2 2000.0 3 166.7 1 5 625.0
Wayne 254 224.8 198 192.4 19 703.7 2 27.4 35 10 158.7
Westchester 4,527 380.0 2,372 331.6 1,708 1038.3 235 75.6 212 1,618 410.8
Wyoming 58 149.1 39 101.3 1 0.0 2 500.0 16 0 0.0
Yates 27 86.3 21 68.9 1 0.0 0 0.0 5 0 0.0

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.