Table 20: Induced Abortion by Woman's Age - New York State 2009

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 115,008 600 7,173 11,883 35,231 27,882 17,591 10,202 3,604 357 485
Race
White 51,388 228 3,058 5,463 16,302 12,418 7,562 4,379 1,544 165 269
Black 49,667 305 3,427 5,249 15,074 12,002 7,699 4,215 1,408 123 165
Other 6,725 35 280 486 1,666 1,644 1,230 921 397 44 22
Ethnicity
Hispanic 31,662 177 2,155 3,512 9,998 7,756 4,687 2,408 720 81 168
Gestation
< 9 Wks 64,470 263 3,215 5,736 18,928 16,514 10,942 6,293 2,153 215 211
9-10 Weeks 18,981 111 1,415 2,247 6,140 4,364 2,626 1,467 487 67 57
11-12 Weeks 9,937 66 829 1,316 3,362 2,191 1,175 711 246 13 28
13-15 Weeks 6,305 49 583 867 2,090 1,325 764 445 155 10 17
16-19 Weeks 4,075 33 425 573 1,372 803 457 268 115 9 20
20+ Weeks 2,458 32 218 327 777 524 289 187 86 12 6
Previous Abortions
None 47,332 518 5,409 7,194 15,188 9,123 5,301 3,094 1,154 139 212
1 27,646 41 1,111 2,680 9,438 6,815 4,076 2,400 878 81 126
2 16,356 13 206 913 4,818 4,791 3,117 1,765 612 59 62
3 8,220 3 37 274 2,105 2,613 1,801 1,028 311 20 28
4 3,930 0 10 52 880 1,306 975 529 160 11 7
5+ 4,342 2 7 35 602 1,531 1,269 679 193 16 8
Institutions
Hospital 11,835 78 724 1,108 3,198 2,669 1,953 1,367 629 60 49
Non Hospital 103,172 522 6,448 10,775 32,033 25,213 15,638 8,835 2,975 297 436
Financial Coverage
Medicaid 45,722 292 3,583 5,740 15,855 10,692 5,661 2,730 889 77 203
HMO 3,487 23 262 386 1,085 795 483 286 134 12 21
Other Ins 31,841 160 1,886 2,699 7,770 7,962 5,974 3,818 1,347 143 82
Self Pay 28,118 95 1,083 2,468 8,742 7,050 4,627 2,808 995 103 147
More Than One 275 5 20 32 96 66 32 11 12 1 0
Operative Procedure2
D & C 4,138 21 257 414 1,190 957 611 434 209 29 16
Suction & Cur 85,072 407 5,035 8,540 25,748 20,870 13,409 7,870 2,677 263 253
D & E 11,386 114 1,204 1,566 3,692 2,334 1,314 784 317 29 32
Saline Injection 3 25 0 0 3 1 6 9 2 3 0 1
Prostaglandin 37 0 1 4 6 10 6 7 3 0 0
Medical 13,783 50 658 1,297 4,395 3,550 2,161 1,081 377 35 179
Other 240 1 13 35 84 53 31 17 5 1 0

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.