Table 22: Abortion Ratios by Resident County and Woman's Age
New York State 1997

Woman's Age
County Total 10-14 15-17 18-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45+

New York State 565.6 2417.7 1358.1 1111.3 854.6 501.2 324.1 360.8 499.4 635.9
New York City 877.6 3251.1 1703.4 1463.2 1142.6 809.9 589.3 612.4 681.6 775.9
Bronx 1171.4 3890.9 1667.2 1478.3 1343.3 1110.3 890.5 904.5 1023.5 1357.1
Kings 885.5 2905.9 1550.4 1338.4 1017.0 821.1 674.4 670.0 728.0 747.0
New York 852.3 2953.5 1758.5 1661.8 1457.4 922.2 468.5 427.2 468.6 291.1
Queens 741.1 3892.9 1988.0 1504.1 1018.0 620.7 488.0 578.6 707.6 1342.1
Richmond 507.7 1875.0 1904.8 1636.4 939.6 413.8 250.3 372.7 390.4 1500.0
Rest of State 296.9 1505.0 954.6 744.8 535.6 237.9 137.9 169.1 305.8 430.4
Albany 413.9 2000.0 989.5 870.3 816.8 363.1 187.4 154.5 219.2 0.0
Allegany 114.3 0.0 346.2 282.6 143.7 31.6 71.4 105.3 83.3 0.0
Broome 316.2 2250.0 786.7 760.6 491.8 201.6 158.1 184.0 381.0 500.0
Cattaraugus 195.0 333.3 575.0 356.3 212.8 125.8 146.7 103.8 583.3 0.0
Cayuga 207.9 1000.0 611.1 614.0 209.8 129.3 125.0 193.5 185.2 0.0
Chautauqua 242.6 666.7 526.3 366.0 270.9 176.9 141.5 192.9 619.0 1000.0
Chemung 215.0 3666.7 511.1 336.8 206.4 158.8 163.5 175.8 117.6 0.0
Chenango 182.3 0.0 450.0 306.1 214.7 120.9 65.6 285.7 400.0 0.0
Clinton 234.0 500.0 548.4 620.0 355.3 130.0 81.5 132.4 285.7 0.0
Columbia 296.7 2000.0 1117.6 857.1 438.8 246.2 141.2 103.4 222.2 0.0
Cortland 254.4 1000.0 529.4 583.3 458.6 114.3 111.1 133.3 142.9 0.0
Delaware 201.6 0.0 600.0 757.6 191.5 121.4 85.7 162.8 142.9 0.0
Dutchess 245.1 1600.0 862.1 611.1 451.5 192.8 114.5 143.4 390.2 0.0
Erie 452.9 1114.3 1051.2 919.8 856.1 360.1 196.6 247.0 533.3 444.4
Essex 171.4 0.0 400.0 285.7 230.0 119.7 94.1 153.8 250.0 0.0
Franklin 141.9 0.0 1000.0 217.4 104.9 62.5 130.4 162.2 333.3 0.0
Fulton 217.3 5000.0 424.2 451.0 175.4 181.8 97.9 368.4 230.8 0.0
Genesee 205.3 333.3 1117.6 488.9 301.2 94.5 109.9 211.3 235.3 0.0
Greene 279.0 0.0 2000.0 518.5 373.9 166.7 115.7 288.1 600.0 0.0
Hamilton 173.9 0.0 1000.0 0.0 277.8 111.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Herkimer 195.7 1000.0 931.0 522.7 237.3 85.3 85.0 118.4 444.4 0.0
Jefferson 49.0 1000.0 163.9 82.4 56.1 27.6 36.5 18.9 0.0 0.0
Lewis 41.7 0.0 250.0 0.0 33.3 46.5 51.9 32.3 0.0 0.0
Livingston 196.9 0.0 761.9 612.9 350.4 133.3 64.4 159.4 222.2 0.0
Madison 213.1 4000.0 913.0 789.5 309.5 101.6 93.2 180.9 200.0 0.0
Monroe 338.7 1388.9 694.2 664.9 658.2 289.8 157.8 148.9 274.0 400.0
Montgomery 230.6 0.0 593.8 325.6 291.4 202.4 116.7 104.2 0.0 0.0
Nassau 290.7 2071.4 1810.3 1467.2 786.7 266.3 133.1 157.8 294.1 454.5
Niagara 370.3 1400.0 1152.2 835.2 525.5 280.1 161.8 218.0 352.9 1000.0
Oneida 245.4 857.1 512.2 421.3 397.0 170.4 111.3 175.0 195.1 0.0
Onondaga 317.5 1277.8 610.9 638.5 599.5 247.5 144.0 166.2 277.4 0.0
Ontario 208.5 500.0 1227.3 539.7 310.3 122.3 87.7 191.4 466.7 0.0
Orange 326.1 1000.0 1157.5 751.0 459.7 272.1 174.7 232.5 313.4 500.0
Orleans 180.0 1000.0 250.0 354.2 239.7 70.1 153.2 195.7 111.1 0.0
Oswego 191.0 666.7 784.3 278.3 255.8 127.9 117.3 63.8 642.9 0.0
Otsego 245.7 0.0 750.0 533.3 392.3 139.8 152.2 134.3 250.0 0.0
Putnam 107.6 0.0 2625.0 812.5 381.6 79.6 51.7 44.9 102.6 1000.0
Rensselaer 294.8 1000.0 852.5 728.8 468.0 198.8 126.9 187.8 125.0 1000.0
Rockland 180.4 2000.0 1227.3 492.9 278.5 168.1 98.6 126.3 215.5 230.8
St Lawrence 43.2 333.3 42.6 117.0 59.3 29.4 13.8 25.3 37.0 0.0
Saratoga 208.7 0.0 690.9 835.2 403.2 166.2 82.4 134.1 158.7 0.0
Schenectady 389.1 750.0 1064.5 971.7 692.8 304.3 152.0 210.0 406.3 500.0
Schoharie 255.1 0.0 888.9 1416.7 272.7 122.4 95.2 281.3 833.3 0.0
Schuyler 209.8 0.0 800.0 275.9 180.3 142.9 150.0 277.8 500.0 0.0
Seneca 189.8 0.0 2250.0 750.0 196.3 96.5 67.4 93.8 375.0 0.0
Steuben 154.3 0.0 513.5 200.0 156.4 137.0 83.0 151.2 363.6 0.0
Suffolk 374.9 2692.3 1724.1 1496.6 930.0 304.5 163.6 215.4 441.4 1166.7
Sullivan 473.2 0.0 958.3 1074.6 649.1 324.9 215.0 385.5 750.0 333.3
Tioga 152.6 0.0 611.1 254.9 154.4 137.1 115.9 58.0 333.3 0.0
Tompkins 469.1 500.0 1307.7 1180.0 1148.1 279.7 194.7 226.1 333.3 0.0
Ulster 348.1 1250.0 1080.0 728.8 472.1 323.1 175.4 261.8 327.3 1000.0
Warren 293.2 0.0 882.4 608.7 569.5 170.1 124.3 164.7 181.8 0.0
Washington 236.1 0.0 761.9 425.5 366.5 75.0 210.5 131.1 333.3 0.0
Wayne 180.0 2000.0 772.7 256.9 245.5 147.5 62.3 183.7 47.6 0.0
Westchester 226.6 2555.6 1316.8 845.4 541.8 219.8 94.4 98.8 194.6 166.7
Wyoming 216.7 2000.0 1000.0 300.0 240.7 115.4 180.2 157.9 222.2 0.0
Yates 102.7 1000.0 181.8 280.0 159.4 29.7 61.0 125.0 111.1 0.0

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

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