Table 20: Induced Abortion by Woman's Age - New York State 2008

Category Woman's Age
Total1 < 15 15-17 18-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45+ N.S.
Total Abortions 118,381 599 7,713 12,410 36,095 28,369 17,889 10,751 3,740 343 472
Race
White 54,263 274 3,495 5,788 17,262 13,057 7,602 4,714 1,691 158 222
Black 49,908 270 3,502 5,361 14,928 11,868 7,832 4,410 1,436 121 180
Other 6,721 14 270 507 1,633 1,626 1,298 944 359 41 29
Ethnicity
Hispanic 32,214 197 2,420 3,653 10,126 7,916 4,486 2,457 734 59 166
Gestation
< 9 Wks 65,792 242 3,449 5,832 19,292 16,757 10,945 6,617 2,213 202 243
9-10 Weeks 19,830 106 1,557 2,445 6,272 4,521 2,721 1,535 571 42 60
11-12 Weeks 10,396 78 873 1,363 3,505 2,241 1,245 755 270 34 32
13-15 Weeks 6,790 57 706 974 2,215 1,397 768 464 158 12 39
16-19 Weeks 4,211 42 420 638 1,432 800 430 300 122 17 10
20+ Weeks 2,418 27 212 321 739 473 330 220 88 1 7
Previous Abortions
None 49,009 510 5,800 7,519 15,592 9,440 5,304 3,290 1,212 124 218
1 29,066 60 1,211 2,885 9,843 7,093 4,239 2,587 967 77 104
2 16,916 10 252 977 4,916 4,778 3,197 2,038 624 62 62
3 8,413 0 45 253 2,153 2,684 1,870 1,030 335 21 22
4 4,044 0 17 86 855 1,370 1,009 533 145 13 16
5+ 4,261 1 8 31 683 1,481 1,224 629 183 8 13
Institutions
Hospital 12,409 69 732 1,207 3,431 2,744 2,045 1,442 618 57 64
Non Hospital 105,972 530 6,981 11,203 32,664 25,625 15,844 9,309 3,122 286 408
Financial Coverage
Medicaid 43,207 314 3,779 5,772 14,934 9,832 5,112 2,441 784 63 176
HMO 4,106 22 299 393 1,254 959 596 408 158 10 7
Other Ins 32,196 158 1,856 2,647 7,631 8,085 6,117 4,009 1,458 119 116
Self Pay 33,071 86 1,441 3,004 10,462 8,165 5,162 3,347 1,136 122 146
More Than One 206 1 17 29 82 42 18 10 6 1 0
Operative Procedure2
D & C 3,686 12 185 352 1,031 846 601 426 189 22 22
Suction & Cur 88,720 404 5,630 9,075 26,667 21,507 13,823 8,236 2,819 256 303
D & E 11,902 135 1,252 1,722 3,841 2,313 1,344 909 315 32 39
Saline Injection 3 26 1 1 1 9 3 4 5 1 0 1
Prostaglandin 39 0 1 5 5 13 8 5 2 0 0
Medical 12,596 40 596 1,171 4,140 3,260 1,879 1,020 363 30 97
Other 928 1 27 62 263 256 186 95 35 2 1

1 Total includes records with information Not Stated

2 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.

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