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Table 19: Induced Abortion Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity
New York State 1998
  Total1 White Black Other Hispanic2  
  Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total Abortions 134,687 100.0 62,614 100.0 55,763 100.0 6,297 100.0 33,103 100.0
Woman's Age
  <15 886 0.7 343 0.5 456 0.8 16 0.3 216 0.7
  15-17 9,687 7.2 4,609 7.4 4,085 7.3 241 3.8 2,460 7.5
  18-19 14,005 10.4 6,918 11.1 5,547 10.0 519 8.3 3,556 10.8
  20-24 39,482 29.4 18,800 30.1 16,263 29.2 1,538 24.6 10,534 31.9
  25-29 31,966 23.8 14,437 23.1 13,546 24.4 1,661 26.5 7,962 24.1
  30-34 21,704 16.2 9,675 15.5 9,192 16.5 1,202 19.2 5,082 15.4
  35-39 12,522 9.3 5,683 9.1 5,087 9.1 789 12.6 2,459 7.5
  40-44 3,761 2.8 1,832 2.9 1,349 2.4 269 4.3 669 2.0
  45+ 279 0.2 141 0.2 84 0.2 26 0.4 40 0.1
Gestation
  <9 Weeks 71,697 56.8 35,356 58.9 29,257 54.5 3,895 64.7 18,409 58.0
  9-10 Weeks 26,736 21.2 12,692 21.1 11,443 21.3 1,133 18.8 6,598 20.8
  11-12 Weeks 13,196 10.5 5,997 10.0 5,932 11.0 480 8.0 3,208 10.1
  13-15 Weeks 7,706 6.1 3,278 5.5 3,762 7.0 238 4.0 1,966 6.2
  16-19 Weeks 4,680 3.7 1,846 3.1 2,318 4.3 196 3.3 1,102 3.5
  20+ Weeks 2,187 1.7 848 1.4 989 1.8 81 1.3 444 1.4
Previous Abortions
  None 51,813 39.9 28,173 46.0 17,331 31.5 2,777 44.9 12,283 37.7
  1 36,376 28.0 16,545 27.0 16,073 29.2 1,692 27.4 9,328 28.6
  2 21,763 16.8 8,769 14.3 11,060 20.1 956 15.5 5,601 17.2
  3 10,483 8.1 4,129 6.7 5,502 10.0 393 6.4 2,771 8.5
  4 4,806 3.7 1,803 2.9 2,618 4.8 198 3.2 1,292 4.0
  5+ 4,504 3.5 1,798 2.9 2,404 4.4 165 2.7 1,291 4.0
Institution
  Hospital 14,811 11.0 6,664 10.6 6,179 11.1 636 10.1 3,718 11.2
  Not in Hospital 119,876 89.0 55,950 89.4 49,584 88.9 5,661 89.9 29,385 88.8
Financial Coverage
  Medicaid 50,457 39.3 21,645 35.8 25,057 46.0 1,038 16.9 15,834 49.4
  HMO 4,170 3.3 3,036 5.0 928 1.7 48 0.8 168 0.5
  Other Ins 21,067 16.4 8,112 13.4 10,375 19.1 1,065 17.3 3,615 11.3
  Self Pay 52,426 40.9 27,655 45.7 18,024 33.1 3,994 65.0 12,422 38.8
  More Than One 123 0.1 54 0.1 58 0.1 2 0.0 17 0.1
Operative Procedure
  D & C 5,862 4.4 3,154 5.1 2,107 3.8 289 4.6 1,533 4.7
  Suction & Cur 112,701 84.8 52,872 85.6 45,884 83.3 5,440 87.2 27,836 85.2
  D & E 16,358 12.3 7,689 12.4 6,947 12.6 514 8.2 3,421 10.5
  Saline Injection 654 0.5 134 0.2 493 0.9 14 0.2 90 0.3
  Prostaglandin 156 0.1 87 0.1 17 0.0 2 0.0 16 0.0
  Medical 1,105 0.8 792 1.3 232 0.4 56 0.9 155 0.5
  Other 231 0.2 132 0.2 58 0.1 13 0.2 41 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 Induced Abortions = White + Black + Other + Not Stated. Total includes records with Information 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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