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Table 23: Induced Abortions and Abortion Ratios by Resident County and Race/Ethnicity
New York State 1999

Total1 White Black Other Not Stated Hispanic2
County Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Number Ratio

New York State 132,681 520.0 61,773 338.6 55,393 1044.3 6,104 328.1 9,411 33,997 641.7
New York City 95,981 805.4 39,898 600.9 46,919 1219.2 5,337 383.6 3,827 31,089 775.5
Bronx 23,060 1028.7 11,535 974.8 10,058 1033.8 477 589.6 990 10,967 907.8
Kings 33,490 846.1 9,515 466.0 21,695 1383.4 1,044 304.2 1,236 6,882 727.2
New York 14,744 748.9 8,034 633.2 5,170 1143.3 714 301.9 826 5,840 817.5
Queens 22,083 697.7 9,450 562.2 8,978 1165.5 3,025 434.2 630 6,949 667.6
Richmond 2,604 445.9 1,364 293.6 1,018 1200.5 77 226.5 145 451 454.6
Rest of State 36,700 269.9 21,875 188.5 8,474 582.0 767 163.5 5,584 2,908 225.6
Albany 1,276 407.1 632 263.3 512 879.7 33 240.9 99 68 562.0
Allegany 72 128.3 62 111.9 4 4000.0 3 750.0 3 2 1000.0
Broome 769 336.5 578 277.9 129 1032.0 31 387.5 31 30 576.9
Cattaraugus 164 165.7 144 164.0 8 500.0 6 125.0 6 2 153.8
Cayuga 159 175.5 144 167.8 10 333.3 1 55.6 4 3 187.5
Chautauqua 323 209.3 294 200.0 18 418.6 7 318.2 4 12 111.1
Chemung 257 234.1 213 210.5 24 333.3 4 333.3 16 4 210.5
Chenango 112 209.3 102 193.2 8 4000.0 0 0.0 2 2 285.7
Clinton 169 201.7 161 197.3 6 666.7 1 83.3 1 1 250.0
Columbia 192 322.1 155 288.1 24 521.7 3 250.0 10 10 357.1
Cortland 157 274.5 121 216.1 9 1500.0 3 500.0 24 6 1200.0
Delaware 108 235.8 100 225.2 7 777.8 1 200.0 0 0 0.0
Dutchess 848 266.2 509 192.3 182 487.9 15 102.0 142 74 278.2
Erie 4,734 423.8 2,568 295.9 1,946 908.9 89 269.7 131 141 290.1
Essex 52 133.3 44 113.1 0 0.0 3 3000.0 5 1 500.0
Franklin 62 139.6 54 132.7 2 2000.0 6 166.7 0 0 0.0
Fulton 114 196.2 107 188.0 1 142.9 0 0.0 6 1 200.0
Genesee 165 223.6 145 208.9 7 388.9 2 76.9 11 0 0.0
Greene 127 293.3 105 256.7 9 818.2 3 428.6 10 5 416.7
Hamilton 8 258.1 6 193.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0 0.0
Herkimer 147 219.1 82 124.2 2 1000.0 0 0.0 63 1 62.5
Jefferson 167 95.0 133 84.6 23 162.0 2 48.8 9 8 85.1
Lewis 21 63.1 10 30.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 11 0 0.0
Livingston 132 189.1 110 160.3 5 2500.0 0 0.0 17 1 83.3
Madison 127 166.2 79 105.9 5 1000.0 3 230.8 40 0 0.0
Monroe 3,020 327.4 1,802 263.9 745 371.6 62 177.7 411 133 194.4
Montgomery 139 241.7 113 202.5 2 400.0 1 142.9 23 11 157.1
Nassau 4,205 248.3 1,496 107.4 1,207 561.7 118 143.9 1,384 609 221.8
Niagara 859 331.4 619 273.2 212 828.1 14 205.9 14 9 333.3
Oneida 659 248.9 180 75.0 27 152.5 2 29.9 450 10 87.0
Onondaga 1,424 235.6 789 164.9 546 552.1 46 174.2 43 76 342.3
Ontario 250 233.4 223 217.6 8 320.0 3 150.0 16 4 160.0
Orange 1,441 297.1 1,043 240.8 243 624.7 26 226.1 129 148 205.6
Orleans 97 183.0 85 170.0 10 454.5 0 0.0 2 0 0.0
Oswego 168 113.1 147 100.7 7 1400.0 3 150.0 11 8 500.0
Otsego 187 324.7 157 282.4 15 2500.0 4 285.7 11 16 2000.0
Putnam 101 85.8 72 63.5 2 250.0 3 136.4 24 5 65.8
Rensselaer 537 308.3 381 239.9 103 981.0 10 243.9 43 22 366.7
Rockland 632 140.4 287 78.4 232 405.6 12 47.6 101 78 144.2
St Lawrence 164 142.4 150 136.7 3 750.0 7 250.0 4 2 153.8
Saratoga 460 191.3 408 173.8 15 882.4 8 216.2 29 5 138.9
Schenectady 621 360.2 383 260.2 113 591.6 9 209.3 116 23 365.1
Schoharie 64 208.5 55 183.9 3 1500.0 0 0.0 6 1 333.3
Schuyler 41 191.6 41 192.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 500.0
Seneca 58 159.3 54 152.5 1 200.0 1 200.0 2 2 181.8
Steuben 189 160.7 166 144.9 6 400.0 7 466.7 10 2 200.0
Suffolk 5,980 299.8 3,905 221.3 994 589.9 90 161.9 991 634 208.1
Sullivan 294 343.1 237 307.4 44 602.7 2 153.8 11 16 161.6
Tioga 123 194.9 113 182.0 7 1750.0 0 0.0 3 1 166.7
Tompkins 396 441.5 302 391.2 41 1138.9 42 488.4 11 21 1000.0
Ulster 676 384.5 549 343.1 70 760.9 14 500.0 43 37 313.6
Warren 165 253.8 157 246.1 1 200.0 3 428.6 4 3 750.0
Washington 155 241.8 150 237.3 1 500.0 1 142.9 3 5 714.3
Wayne 218 175.1 174 147.3 15 319.1 4 307.7 25 3 93.8
Westchester 2,807 222.8 884 92.5 853 421.7 57 72.6 1,013 649 233.0
Wyoming 68 161.1 58 140.1 6 0.0 1 125.0 3 0 0.0
Yates 40 125.8 37 117.8 1 1000.0 1 1000.0 1 2 666.7

Abortion Ratio = Number of Induced Abortions per 1,000 Live Births
1 Total Induced Abortions = White + Black + Other + 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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Revised: October 2001