Table 20: Induced Abortion Summary Information by Woman's Age
New York State 1997

Woman's Age
Total1 10-14 15-17 18-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45+ N.S.

Total Abortions 145,334 1,013 10,968 15,679 42,612 34,666 23,388 12,798 3,632 248 330
Race
White 63,590 385 4,794 7,311 19,116 14,721 9,798 5,510 1,716 118 121
Black 58,364 440 4,360 5,962 17,070 14,394 9,668 5,011 1,234 79 146
Other 5,243 11 239 406 1,307 1,341 1,001 672 222 20 24
Ethnicity
Hispanic 32,283 246 2,492 3,813 10,259 7,797 4,727 2,231 595 34 89
Gestation
<9 Weeks 74,773 334 3,963 6,477 20,975 19,367 13,617 7,580 2,150 137 173
9-10 Weeks 30,154 192 2,576 3,608 9,218 6,922 4,382 2,455 666 57 78
11-12 Weeks 14,758 140 1,554 2,096 4,617 3,052 1,997 976 279 15 32
13-15 Weeks 8,478 104 1,101 1,322 2,711 1,618 972 497 132 12 9
16-19 Weeks 5,688 106 749 908 1,726 1,038 649 363 126 10 13
20+ Weeks 2,506 64 367 385 716 425 310 181 51 1 6
Previous Abortions
None 55,240 861 7,851 8,865 16,410 10,095 6,318 3,488 1,121 88 143
1 39,609 117 2,105 4,199 12,547 9,608 6,416 3,489 972 68 88
2 23,445 10 518 1,473 6,869 6,776 4,601 2,449 666 40 43
3 11,197 2 96 455 3,067 3,381 2,434 1,361 355 27 19
4 5,233 1 18 100 1,224 1,679 1,294 722 182 5 8
5+ 4,923 0 19 42 863 1,711 1,338 742 191 7 10
Institution
Hospital 14,220 109 974 1,450 3,635 3,145 2,585 1,644 580 46 52
Non Hospital 131,114 904 9,994 14,229 38,977 31,521 20,803 11,154 3,052 202 278
Financial Coverage
Medicaid 57,277 582 5,624 7,382 19,021 13,079 7,368 3,346 721 47 107
HMO 4,177 33 399 411 1,063 961 699 444 159 7 1
Other Ins 23,822 148 1,428 1,544 4,533 6,272 5,406 3,271 1,086 83 51
Self Pay 53,595 219 3,058 5,667 16,116 12,790 8,860 5,134 1,498 101 152
More Than One 133 1 10 12 49 32 16 8 4 0 1
Operative Procedure
D & C 5,359 37 426 604 1,601 1,208 820 491 137 18 17
Suction & Cur 122,965 687 8,387 12,657 36,003 30,184 20,402 11,057 3,098 207 283
D & E 18,507 301 2,422 2,712 5,488 3,469 2,320 1,338 399 30 28
Saline Injection 658 6 63 96 207 105 89 70 19 1 2
Prostaglandin 152 3 8 10 31 23 32 33 12 0 0
Medical 701 2 21 43 182 183 141 96 26 4 3
Other 574 1 12 42 176 164 88 71 19 0 1

When there is more than one operative procedure, each operative procedure is counted separately. Thus the total of all operative procedures will be greater than the total of Induced Abortions
For Induced Abortions occurring in New York City, only primary operative procedure is reported.
New York City combines saline and prostaglandin injection and this combination is reported in the saline injection procedure
1 Total includes records with information Not Stated

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