Table 25: Induced Abortions by Resident County and Operative Procedure
New York State 1997

Operative Procedure
Dilation & Suction & Dilation & Saline Prosta-
County Total Curettage Curettage Evacuation Injection glandin Medical Other Not Stated

New York State 145,334 5,359 122,965 18,507 658 152 701 574 1,326
New York City 104,344 2,863 87,523 12,251 634 7 354 56 737
Bronx 26,307 858 21,631 3,513 91 2 38 27 153
Kings 35,195 745 29,878 3,816 392 2 113 9 251
New York 16,506 713 13,347 2,168 58 0 142 6 84
Queens 23,437 523 20,237 2,332 84 2 54 13 243
Richmond 2,899 24 2,430 422 9 1 7 1 6
Rest of State 40,990 2,496 35,442 6,256 24 145 347 518 589
Albany 1,356 52 1,191 145 0 27 8 7 40
Allegany 64 0 62 10 0 0 0 0 0
Broome 696 0 613 63 0 0 1 0 19
Cattaraugus 204 2 202 34 0 0 1 1 0
Cayuga 194 1 175 16 0 0 3 0 3
Chautauqua 394 0 391 81 0 1 0 1 0
Chemung 223 0 198 18 0 0 1 2 4
Chenango 111 0 100 8 0 0 0 0 3
Clinton 186 1 184 2 0 0 0 0 0
Columbia 197 9 181 16 0 1 1 1 2
Cortland 143 0 136 6 0 0 1 0 0
Delaware 99 1 87 11 0 0 1 0 0
Dutchess 833 25 742 68 0 3 4 2 28
Erie 5,270 12 5,143 559 1 7 24 25 21
Essex 67 0 65 2 0 0 0 0 0
Franklin 66 0 63 2 0 0 0 1 0
Fulton 136 5 126 4 1 4 0 1 3
Genesee 155 3 129 21 0 0 7 7
Greene 137 3 125 11 0 1 0 0 1
Hamilton 8 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0
Herkimer 137 0 121 13 0 0 2 0 1
Jefferson 85 0 67 15 0 1 0 1 2
Lewis 14 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 1
Livingston 139 3 104 11 0 0 9 14 1
Madison 176 1 156 12 0 5 1 4 2
Monroe 3,259 164 2,602 232 1 1 136 262 25
Montgomery 137 10 122 17 1 0 0 0 1
Nassau 4,971 327 4,177 550 5 7 33 16 180
Niagara 978 4 957 140 0 1 2 2 6
Oneida 663 2 569 76 0 4 3 8 11
Onondaga 1,896 20 1,710 169 3 4 8 21 24
Ontario 246 17 209 9 0 0 4 23 0
Orange 1,588 107 1,432 137 0 6 3 7 57
Orleans 99 9 86 12 1 0 4 2 1
Oswego 276 1 249 18 0 3 1 6 3
Otsego 144 1 124 18 0 0 1 0 3
Putnam 132 9 112 9 0 3 2 2 3
Rensselaer 526 25 480 55 0 5 4 0 10
Rockland 783 289 697 68 0 2 8 5 5
St Lawrence 51 0 42 5 0 1 1 2 1
Saratoga 502 42 460 36 0 6 0 1 12
Schenectady 681 34 609 66 1 12 2 1 10
Schoharie 87 4 78 10 1 0 0 0 0
Schuyler 43 0 40 2 0 0 0 0 1
Seneca 71 0 63 4 0 0 0 3 1
Steuben 183 0 165 14 0 0 0 4 1
Suffolk 7,447 1,193 5,606 2,842 6 16 30 26 55
Sullivan 397 17 360 43 0 1 2 4 1
Tioga 98 0 92 5 0 0 0 0 1
Tompkins 402 0 378 13 0 0 2 9 1
Ulster 669 42 633 150 0 3 3 5 11
Warren 202 8 187 12 0 1 2 0 2
Washington 144 5 129 10 0 3 0 0 2
Wayne 227 5 167 18 0 0 11 29 2
Westchester 2,868 42 2,416 368 3 16 16 6 27
Wyoming 96 0 83 17 0 0 3 4 0
Yates 34 1 29 0 0 0 2 3 0

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

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