Table 19: Induced Abortion Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity
New York State 1997

Total1 White Black Other Hispanic2
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent

Total Abortions 145,334 100.0 63,590 100.0 58,364 100.0 5,243 100.0 32,283 100.0
Woman's Age
<15 1,013 0.7 385 0.6 440 0.8 11 0.2 246 0.8
15-17 10,968 7.6 4,794 7.6 4,360 7.5 239 4.6 2,492 7.7
18-19 15,679 10.8 7,311 11.5 5,962 10.2 406 7.8 3,813 11.8
20-24 42,612 29.4 19,116 30.1 17,070 29.3 1,307 25.0 10,259 31.9
25-29 34,666 23.9 14,721 23.2 14,394 24.7 1,341 25.7 7,797 24.2
30-34 23,388 16.1 9,798 15.4 9,668 16.6 1,001 19.2 4,727 14.7
35-39 12,798 8.8 5,510 8.7 5,011 8.6 672 12.9 2,231 6.9
40-44 3,632 2.5 1,716 2.7 1,234 2.1 222 4.3 595 1.8
45+ 248 0.2 118 0.2 79 0.1 20 0.4 34 0.1
Gestation
<9 Weeks 74,773 54.8 35,178 57.7 29,396 52.2 3,178 63.1 17,058 54.9
9-10 Weeks 30,154 22.1 13,278 21.8 12,782 22.7 962 19.1 6,887 22.2
11-12 Weeks 14,758 10.8 6,322 10.4 6,532 11.6 440 8.7 3,426 11.0
13-15 Weeks 8,478 6.2 3,386 5.6 3,904 6.9 217 4.3 2,076 6.7
16-19 Weeks 5,688 4.2 2,006 3.3 2,657 4.7 160 3.2 1,155 3.7
20+ Weeks 2,506 1.8 833 1.4 1,072 1.9 78 1.5 464 1.5
Previous Abortions
None 55,240 39.6 28,317 45.5 17,520 30.6 2,395 46.7 11,522 36.4
1 39,609 28.4 17,009 27.3 16,890 29.5 1,494 29.1 8,973 28.3
2 23,445 16.8 8,986 14.4 11,654 20.3 669 13.0 5,669 17.9
3 11,197 8.0 4,216 6.8 5,806 10.1 298 5.8 2,836 9.0
4 5,233 3.7 1,928 3.1 2,760 4.8 142 2.8 1,366 4.3
5+ 4,923 3.5 1,797 2.9 2,660 4.6 132 2.6 1,318 4.2
Institution
Hospital 14,220 9.8 6,370 10.0 6,448 11.0 568 10.8 3,338 10.3
Not in Hospital 131,114 90.2 57,220 90.0 51,916 89.0 4,675 89.2 28,945 89.7
Financial Coverage
Medicaid 57,277 41.2 23,027 37.3 27,465 47.9 953 18.6 17,334 54.9
HMO 4,177 3.0 2,975 4.8 893 1.6 42 0.8 196 0.6
Other Ins 23,822 17.1 8,102 13.1 10,874 19.0 920 17.9 3,514 11.1
Self Pay 53,595 38.6 27,523 44.6 18,034 31.5 3,214 62.6 10,538 33.4
More Than One 133 0.1 79 0.1 44 0.1 2 0.0 10 0.0
Operative Procedure
D & C 5,359 3.7 3,064 4.9 1,825 3.1 171 3.3 1,357 4.2
Suction & Cur 122,965 85.4 54,466 86.4 48,851 84.3 4,596 88.7 27,460 85.8
D & E 18,507 12.9 7,896 12.5 7,324 12.6 442 8.5 3,457 10.8
Saline Injection 658 0.5 139 0.2 498 0.9 20 0.4 107 0.3
Prostaglandin 152 0.1 106 0.2 35 0.1 2 0.0 12 0.0
Medical 701 0.5 463 0.7 171 0.3 35 0.7 73 0.2
Other 574 0.4 432 0.7 102 0.2 14 0.3 30 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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