Table 23: Induced Abortion and Abortion Ratios* by Race/Ethnicity and Resident County New York State - 2007

Race/Ethnicity
County Total #1 Total Rate White # White Rate Black # Black Rate Other # Other Rate N.S. # Hispanic #2 Hispanic Rate
New York State
New York State 120,554 477.1 56,327 342.3 50,728 967.2 6,717 190.2 6,782 32,395 537.0
New York City
New York City 83,310 677.7 34,456 540.7 40,573 1041.8 5,406 268.1 2,875 27,289 676.6
Bronx 20,820 910.6 10,816 1054.4 8,835 795.4 443 296.9 726 10,446 800.0
Kings 29,077 693.8 7,912 371.1 19,042 1292.4 1,301 223.4 822 5,808 650.3
New York 12,800 618.7 7,051 578.6 4,350 859.2 813 238.4 586 4,927 795.6
Queens 17,690 559.9 7,098 459.3 7,247 1009.1 2,720 304.5 625 5,426 504.6
Richmond 2,923 497.8 1,579 350.8 1,099 1280.9 129 256.5 116 682 487.5
Rest of State
Rest of State 37,244 287.1 21,871 216.9 10,155 751.9 1,311 86.5 3,907 5,106 255.4
Albany 675 209.8 348 159.9 267 423.8 25 60.7 35 65 265.3
Allegany 35 66.7 28 54.3 3 3000.0 1 166.7 3 1 200.0
Broome 848 399.6 580 320.8 129 1084.0 15 76.9 124 51 586.2
Cattaraugus 139 139.6 112 133.0 2 142.9 13 175.7 12 1 71.4
Cayuga 189 236.8 156 209.4 20 952.4 5 156.3 8 8 444.4
Chautauqua 232 154.3 194 139.2 17 1000.0 9 145.2 12 9 94.7
Chemung 257 233.6 210 206.5 33 916.7 5 106.4 9 3 142.9
Chenango 130 236.8 107 201.9 3 1500.0 0 0.0 20 1 166.7
Clinton 210 250.6 193 241.6 12 2400.0 4 129.0 1 5 454.5
Columbia 163 277.7 90 186.3 13 382.4 2 28.6 58 8 200.0
Cortland 149 282.2 133 260.8 4 500.0 2 200.0 10 4 666.7
Delaware 107 231.1 93 214.3 2 200.0 0 0.0 12 1 52.6
Dutchess 1,108 360.0 727 285.2 290 1074.1 46 179.7 45 164 351.2
Erie 4,287 427.8 1,926 270.3 1,686 845.1 118 132.0 557 218 335.4
Essex/Hamilton 66 169.2 64 175.3 0 0.0 1 90.9 1 0 0.0
Franklin 116 209.0 107 217.0 0 0.0 7 118.6 2 0 0.0
Fulton 162 267.8 152 255.5 4 1000.0 4 666.7 2 7 538.5
Genesee 149 209.3 125 188.3 5 333.3 5 151.5 14 4 142.9
Greene 85 185.6 67 158.8 8 666.7 3 125.0 7 10 526.3
Hamilton/Essex 66 169.2 64 175.3 0 0.0 1 90.9 1 0 0.0
Herkimer 118 166.0 25 36.2 4 666.7 1 66.7 88 0 0.0
Jefferson 197 110.4 156 102.1 25 231.5 3 21.1 13 11 90.9
Lewis 21 71.4 11 38.7 0 0.0 1 125.0 9 1 333.3
Livingston 125 207.6 90 154.1 5 1250.0 3 214.3 27 3 130.4
Madison 95 121.8 55 72.8 1 1000.0 1 41.7 38 3 500.0
Monroe 3,429 395.1 1,476 240.4 1,215 603.6 104 199.2 634 251 308.4
Montgomery 163 271.7 119 215.2 7 437.5 27 900.0 10 14 115.7
Nassau 3,684 242.7 1,824 165.7 1,519 817.1 203 88.0 138 861 230.2
Niagara 802 356.4 497 262.8 210 985.9 24 164.4 71 10 181.8
Oneida 982 376.8 117 51.9 20 94.8 5 36.2 840 7 39.5
Onondaga 1,642 297.1 846 213.9 657 671.8 81 136.6 58 104 335.5
Ontario 224 200.2 157 155.6 9 281.3 4 51.9 54 10 169.5
Orange 1,654 310.1 1,163 285.8 363 794.3 76 94.8 52 424 342.5
Orleans 86 191.5 67 157.3 7 388.9 1 250.0 11 0 0.0
Oswego 237 172.2 212 158.1 7 777.8 6 250.0 12 12 444.4
Otsego 136 246.4 111 213.5 4 285.7 3 166.7 18 3 187.5
Putnam 168 162.2 145 157.8 7 437.5 2 19.8 14 29 141.5
Rensselaer 345 186.4 224 150.5 89 442.8 25 171.2 7 34 314.8
Rockland 652 136.0 378 115.1 199 467.1 37 34.4 38 155 153.5
St Lawrence 186 150.0 161 138.6 8 1600.0 11 229.2 6 2 117.6
Saratoga 465 198.5 433 197.5 11 523.8 11 84.6 10 20 339.0
Schenectady 817 455.4 460 367.4 232 983.1 106 346.4 19 82 503.1
Schoharie 96 328.8 90 320.3 1 0.0 5 454.5 0 2 285.7
Schuyler 34 189.9 32 182.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 2 1000.0
Seneca 78 202.1 57 157.0 3 1500.0 0 0.0 18 1 83.3
Steuben 95 81.1 73 65.1 3 300.0 1 25.6 18 2 153.8
Suffolk 4,827 260.8 3,256 223.7 1,103 757.6 112 44.9 356 771 144.5
Sullivan 263 277.4 189 242.0 50 500.0 13 194.0 11 34 201.2
Tioga 127 225.2 111 202.2 4 2000.0 1 83.3 11 4 800.0
Tompkins 353 373.9 281 377.2 40 1333.3 20 119.0 12 18 600.0
Ulster 795 427.4 611 392.2 96 568.0 21 157.9 67 57 228.9
Warren 234 372.6 215 353.0 9 9000.0 7 388.9 3 5 555.6
Washington 130 203.4 122 199.3 3 1000.0 3 333.3 2 2 133.3
Wayne 224 209.9 182 187.4 18 486.5 3 50.8 21 17 288.1
Westchester 4,573 385.7 2,450 349.4 1,724 1041.7 125 39.2 274 1,594 399.3
Wyoming 48 111.6 38 89.6 3 1500.0 0 0.0 7 0 0.0
Yates 32 102.6 25 82.0 1 1000.0 0 0.0 6 1 250.0

* Abortion Ratio = Number of Induced Abortions per 1,000 Live Births

1 Number of Abortions = White + Black + Other + Not Stated.

2 Hispanic Abortions is a separate count equal to Hispanic White + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Not Stated.