Table 23: Induced Abortions and Abortion Ratios by Resident County and Race/Ethnicity
New York State 1997

Total1 White Black Other Not Stated Hispanic2
County Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Number Ratio

New York State 145,334 565.6 63,590 347.3 58,364 1062.2 5,243 293.8 18,137 32,283 636.2
New York City 104,344 877.6 39,199 608.5 49,235 1216.2 4,489 333.9 11,421 29,314 750.1
Bronx 26,307 1171.4 11,640 1036.1 11,208 1090.8 377 457.5 3,082 10,997 925.1
Kings 35,195 885.5 9,159 451.3 21,649 1331.2 849 273.1 3,538 6,293 679.3
New York 16,506 852.3 7,836 693.7 5,491 971.5 649 300.5 2,530 5,535 788.9
Queens 23,437 741.1 9,255 543.8 9,815 1310.4 2,536 361.2 1,831 6,059 599.3
Richmond 2,899 507.7 1,309 286.2 1,072 1338.3 78 237.1 440 430 536.8
Rest of State 40,990 296.9 24,391 205.6 9,129 631.0 754 171.2 6,716 2,969 254.4
Albany 1,356 413.9 741 287.5 517 915.0 30 267.9 68 109 1018.7
Allegany 64 114.3 56 101.1 0 0.0 1 333.3 7 0 0.0
Broome 696 316.2 481 240.7 68 566.7 12 148.1 135 11 224.5
Cattaraugus 204 195.0 185 200.9 6 750.0 9 123.3 4 4 500.0
Cayuga 194 207.9 152 166.7 21 1312.5 2 666.7 19 1 125.0
Chautauqua 394 242.6 359 230.0 23 766.7 3 142.9 9 23 239.6
Chemung 223 215.0 161 166.5 21 355.9 3 272.7 38 1 100.0
Chenango 111 182.3 77 128.1 7 3500.0 0 0.0 27 1 166.7
Clinton 186 234.0 168 215.4 13 2166.7 3 333.3 2 5 833.3
Columbia 197 296.7 159 259.4 21 500.0 2 250.0 15 8 333.3
Cortland 143 254.4 84 151.4 6 6000.0 0 0.0 53 2 166.7
Delaware 99 201.6 78 164.6 4 500.0 0 0.0 17 3 333.3
Dutchess 833 245.1 443 153.4 172 437.7 21 184.2 197 59 234.1
Erie 5,270 452.9 2,891 315.4 2,060 957.2 96 352.9 223 180 485.2
Essex 67 171.4 63 163.6 2 500.0 0 0.0 2 1 0.0
Franklin 66 141.9 64 149.9 0 0.0 2 69.0 0 0 0.0
Fulton 136 217.3 133 215.2 2 1000.0 0 0.0 1 1 111.1
Genesee 155 205.3 132 185.4 3 125.0 2 105.3 18 3 272.7
Greene 137 279.0 120 258.6 7 700.0 0 0.0 10 7 411.8
Hamilton 8 173.9 7 152.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Herkimer 137 195.7 58 83.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 79 1 125.0
Jefferson 85 49.0 55 35.1 7 55.1 1 27.0 22 1 12.7
Lewis 14 41.7 9 27.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 2 2000.0
Livingston 139 196.9 105 152.4 1 100.0 3 428.6 30 0 0.0
Madison 176 213.1 111 138.1 6 857.1 3 200.0 56 4 571.4
Monroe 3,259 338.7 1,659 228.5 908 459.7 73 210.4 619 170 241.1
Montgomery 137 230.6 126 221.1 2 333.3 1 142.9 8 11 250.0
Nassau 4,971 290.7 1,873 131.6 1,268 622.5 119 147.3 1,711 515 202.1
Niagara 978 370.3 724 312.7 212 851.4 13 171.1 29 6 162.2
Oneida 663 245.4 177 72.8 18 91.4 2 28.6 466 6 65.2
Onondaga 1,896 317.5 1,086 227.3 601 620.9 61 274.8 148 52 269.4
Ontario 246 208.5 194 171.4 9 290.3 3 187.5 40 2 48.8
Orange 1,588 326.1 1,119 257.3 281 682.0 15 163.0 173 139 197.7
Orleans 99 180.0 80 155.9 9 290.3 1 166.7 9 2 153.8
Oswego 276 191.0 248 173.9 6 1000.0 4 307.7 18 5 227.3
Otsego 144 245.7 109 192.9 9 1000.0 0 0.0 26 5 1000.0
Putnam 132 107.6 88 74.1 0 0.0 2 95.2 42 5 89.3
Rensselaer 526 294.8 405 252.7 83 680.3 5 111.1 33 24 521.7
Rockland 783 180.4 409 115.6 231 399.7 24 115.4 119 78 165.3
St Lawrence 51 43.2 42 37.4 1 111.1 1 35.7 7 0 0.0
Saratoga 502 208.7 474 203.5 11 333.3 6 162.2 11 10 526.3
Schenectady 681 389.1 495 328.9 170 909.1 10 227.3 6 51 822.6
Schoharie 87 255.1 80 240.2 3 3000.0 0 0.0 4 5 1000.0
Schuyler 43 209.8 36 179.1 0 0.0 1 1000.0 6 0 0.0
Seneca 71 189.8 67 183.6 1 200.0 0 0.0 3 1 166.7
Steuben 183 154.3 141 122.2 8 500.0 5 384.6 29 2 333.3
Suffolk 7,447 374.9 5,162 294.2 1,209 719.2 92 159.4 984 699 260.2
Sullivan 397 473.2 304 396.3 53 841.3 6 666.7 34 35 357.1
Tioga 98 152.6 88 140.1 2 285.7 0 0.0 8 0 0.0
Tompkins 402 469.1 279 375.0 38 1085.7 44 586.7 41 24 1500.0
Ulster 669 348.1 542 308.5 52 472.7 11 343.8 64 44 440.0
Warren 202 293.2 192 284.4 2 2000.0 1 100.0 7 4 500.0
Washington 144 236.1 139 233.6 1 500.0 1 142.9 3 1 125.0
Wayne 227 180.0 191 159.4 10 204.1 2 153.8 24 5 138.9
Westchester 2,868 226.6 851 87.1 959 471.7 58 78.3 1,000 640 255.8
Wyoming 96 216.7 88 200.0 3 3000.0 0 0.0 5 0 0.0
Yates 34 102.7 31 94.8 2 0.0 0 0.0 1 1 166.7

Abortion Ratio = Number of Induced Abortions per 1,000 Live Births
1 Total Induced Abortions = White + Black + Other + Not Stated
2 Hispanic Induced Abortions is a separate count equal to Hispanic White + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Not Stated

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