Table 19: Induced Abortion Summary by Woman's Race/Ethnicity - New York State 2010

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 111,212 100.0 49,739 100.0 47,108 100.0 6,908 100.0 30,520 100.0
Woman's Age
< 15 558 0.5 236 0.5 277 0.6 25 0.4 187 0.6
15-17 6,355 5.7 2,746 5.6 2,999 6.4 266 3.9 1,956 6.4
18-19 10,972 9.9 5,012 10.1 4,731 10.1 536 7.8 3,316 10.9
20-24 34,713 31.4 16,160 32.7 14,336 30.5 1,768 25.7 9,946 32.8
25-29 26,960 24.4 11,965 24.2 11,537 24.6 1,646 23.9 7,370 24.3
30-34 17,440 15.8 7,500 15.2 7,497 16.0 1,280 18.6 4,546 15.0
35-39 9,778 8.8 4,188 8.5 4,001 8.5 920 13.4 2,285 7.5
40-44 3,597 3.2 1,514 3.1 1,427 3.0 400 5.8 692 2.3
45+ 319 0.3 141 0.3 124 0.3 32 0.5 66 0.2
Gestation
<9 Weeks 61,018 61.1 28,324 62.6 25,853 59.1 4,237 66.5 17,429 61.7
9-10 Weeks 17,925 17.9 8,069 17.8 7,913 18.1 969 15.2 5,188 18.4
11-12 Weeks 9,050 9.1 3,846 8.5 4,224 9.7 494 7.8 2,452 8.7
13-15 Weeks 5,718 5.7 2,395 5.3 2,745 6.3 301 4.7 1,600 5.7
16-19 Weeks 3,799 3.8 1,575 3.5 1,926 4.4 186 2.9 993 3.5
20+ Weeks 2,406 2.4 1,034 2.3 1,093 2.5 187 2.9 593 2.1
Previous Abortions
None 46,229 43.9 22,561 47.7 16,030 35.4 3,585 54.8 12,252 42.1
1 26,891 25.5 12,288 26.0 11,967 26.4 1,637 25.0 7,663 26.4
2 15,830 15.0 6,464 13.7 8,095 17.9 727 11.1 4,545 15.6
3 8,068 7.7 3,105 6.6 4,405 9.7 301 4.6 2,287 7.9
4 3,930 3.7 1,383 2.9 2,284 5.0 153 2.3 1,105 3.8
5+ 4,316 4.1 1,532 3.2 2,529 5.6 140 2.1 1,226 4.2
Institutions
Hospital 11,928 10.7 5,688 11.4 4,969 10.5 708 10.2 4,129 13.5
Not in Hospital 99,284 89.3 44,051 88.6 42,139 89.5 6,200 89.8 26,391 86.5
Financial Coverage
Medicaid 47,548 45.4 21,095 44.3 22,150 48.4 2,415 36.2 14,898 51.1
HMO 3,576 3.4 2,056 4.3 864 1.9 137 2.1 313 1.1
Other Ins 29,272 28.0 11,812 24.8 14,534 31.8 1,756 26.4 7,363 25.3
Self Pay 23,944 22.9 12,555 26.3 8,083 17.7 2,345 35.2 6,520 22.4
More Than One 291 0.3 149 0.3 122 0.3 10 0.2 55 0.2
Operative Procedure4
D & C 3,083 2.8 1,779 3.6 854 1.8 227 3.3 728 2.4
Suction & Cur 80,828 73.4 34,792 70.7 36,505 78.0 5,037 73.4 22,788 75.1
D & E 10,230 9.3 4,168 8.5 5,152 11.0 520 7.6 2,787 9.2
Saline Injection 5 23 0.0 12 0.0 8 0.0 2 0.0 8 0.0
Prostaglandin 31 0.0 21 0.0 7 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.0
Medical 16,182 14.7 8,516 17.3 4,371 9.3 1,080 15.7 4,061 13.4
Other 398 0.4 316 0.6 56 0.1 14 0.2 19 0.1

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.