Table 19: Induced Abortion Summary by Woman's Race/Ethnicity - New York State 2007

Category1 Total Number2 Total Percent Race Ethnicity
White Number White Percent Black Number Black Percent Other Number Other Percent Hispanic Number3 Hispanic Percent
Total Abortions 120,554 100.0 56,327 100.0 50,728 100.0 6,717 100.0 32,395 100.0
Woman's Age
<15 647 0.5 258 0.5 326 0.6 19 0.3 171 0.5
15-17 8,419 7.0 4,023 7.2 3,711 7.3 270 4.0 2,528 7.8
18-19 12,874 10.7 6,301 11.2 5,344 10.6 477 7.1 3,740 11.6
20-24 36,877 30.7 17,890 31.9 15,288 30.3 1,605 24.0 10,209 31.7
25-29 28,728 23.9 13,312 23.7 12,183 24.1 1,665 24.9 7,899 24.5
30-34 17,461 14.5 7,607 13.6 7,551 14.9 1,308 19.6 4,526 14.0
35-39 10,927 9.1 4,819 8.6 4,515 8.9 938 14.0 2,390 7.4
40-44 3,801 3.2 1,725 3.1 1,510 3.0 355 5.3 719 2.2
45+ 324 0.3 155 0.3 104 0.2 43 0.6 60 0.2
Gestation
<9 Weeks 67,777 60.2 32,446 61.4 27,850 57.9 4,171 66.0 18,573 60.7
9-10 Weeks 20,594 18.3 9,639 18.2 8,891 18.5 974 15.4 5,595 18.3
11-12 Weeks 10,905 9.7 4,961 9.4 4,904 10.2 496 7.9 2,902 9.5
13-15 Weeks 6,676 5.9 2,907 5.5 3,196 6.6 322 5.1 1,805 5.9
16-19 Weeks 4,442 3.9 1,917 3.6 2,188 4.6 223 3.5 1,130 3.7
20+ Weeks 2,244 2.0 996 1.9 1,057 2.2 132 2.1 600 2.0
Previous Abortions
None 53,184 46.5 27,316 51.1 19,211 39.3 3,311 51.5 14,063 45.5
1 28,575 25.0 13,261 24.8 12,502 25.6 1,651 25.7 7,922 25.7
2 16,713 14.6 6,899 12.9 8,451 17.3 762 11.9 4,597 14.9
3 8,105 7.1 3,143 5.9 4,322 8.8 383 6.0 2,204 7.1
4 3,870 3.4 1,385 2.6 2,200 4.5 159 2.5 1,017 3.3
5+ 3,900 3.4 1,409 2.6 2,226 4.6 161 2.5 1,081 3.5
Institutions
Hospital 13,558 11.2 6,463 11.5 5,766 11.4 669 10.0 4,827 14.9
Not in Hospital 106,996 88.8 49,864 88.5 44,962 88.6 6,048 90.0 27,568 85.1
Financial Coverage
Medicaid 46,653 40.1 20,767 37.9 22,040 44.4 1,802 27.7 14,564 46.1
HMO 4,700 4.0 2,529 4.6 1,574 3.2 110 1.7 382 1.2
Other Ins 30,000 25.8 12,589 23.0 14,636 29.5 1,768 27.1 7,177 22.7
Self Pay 34,701 29.8 18,777 34.3 11,194 22.6 2,828 43.4 9,411 29.8
More Than One 326 0.3 148 0.3 162 0.3 6 0.1 63 0.2
Operative Procedure4
D & C 3,159 2.7 1,738 3.1 980 2.0 262 3.9 864 2.7
Suction & Cur 91,377 76.7 41,895 75.2 39,732 79.2 5,008 75.2 24,824 77.4
D & E 12,589 10.6 5,405 9.7 6,263 12.5 572 8.6 3,315 10.3
Saline Injection 5 19 0.0 13 0.0 6 0.0 0 0.0 7 0.0
Prostaglandin 35 0.0 23 0.0 9 0.0 2 0.0 6 0.0
Medical 11,728 9.8 6,562 11.8 3,177 6.3 775 11.6 2,998 9.3
Other 967 0.8 586 1.1 187 0.4 60 0.9 163 0.5

1 Categories will not add to Total Number because of unknown information

2 Total Induced Abortions = White + Black + Other + Not Stated

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

4 For Induced Abortions occurring in New York City, only primary operative procedure is reported. In counties outside of New York City, each Operative Procedure is counted separately. Total operative procedures will be greater than the total of Induced Abortions.

5 New York City combines saline and prostaglandin injection and this combination is reported in the saline injection procedure.