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Table 23: Induced Abortions and Abortion Ratios by Resident County and Race/Ethnicity
New York State 2000
Total1 White Black Other Not Stated Hispanic2
County Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Number Ratio
New York State 125,146 484.2 56,828 311.8 52,674 966.5 5,754 280.2 9,890 32,424 602.4
New York City 89,037 735.9 36,946 561.2 44,344 1123.1 5,023 327.0 2,724 29,559 736.1
Bronx 21,894 962.0 10,951 967.1 9,872 940.6 471 525.1 600 10,701 871.2
Kings 31,387 786.7 9,008 442.8 20,496 1302.9 1,036 273.8 847 6,710 720.5
New York 13,241 657.6 7,088 562.7 4,930 1012.9 725 277.5 498 5,248 746.0
Queens 20,001 619.8 8,580 509.3 8,033 1063.3 2,690 348.9 698 6,401 614.7
Richmond 2,514 424.1 1,319 279.2 1,013 1211.7 101 283.7 81 499 450.0
Rest of State 36,109 262.7 19,882 170.7 8,330 554.8 731 141.2 7,166 2,865 209.6
Albany 1,330 402.9 683 270.2 509 871.6 34 200.0 104 74 486.8
Allegany 44 81.0 42 79.5 1 1000.0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Broome 724 327.0 563 286.5 91 587.1 31 340.7 39 35 814.0
Cattaraugus 173 169.6 156 171.2 4 666.7 2 37.7 11 4 1333.3
Cayuga 183 193.0 161 175.8 16 640.0 4 571.4 2 0 0.0
Chautauqua 307 198.8 277 187.9 12 279.1 4 250.0 14 18 163.6
Chemung 239 220.5 206 206.2 18 240.0 3 300.0 12 6 222.2
Chenango 111 193.4 102 182.8 0 0.0 2 500.0 7 2 400.0
Clinton 185 236.9 162 212.6 10 1000.0 7 777.8 6 7 1000.0
Columbia 205 310.1 180 303.0 18 375.0 1 58.8 6 8 205.1
Cortland 164 290.8 123 222.0 7 1000.0 0 0.0 34 5 250.0
Delaware 116 251.6 105 241.4 3 157.9 4 666.7 4 8 727.3
Dutchess 878 262.9 516 182.8 237 651.1 10 70.9 115 78 263.5
Erie 4,836 430.4 1,977 227.8 1,830 850.0 83 222.5 946 173 337.9
Essex 62 176.6 60 173.9 0 0.0 1 500.0 1 2 1000.0
Franklin 73 156.3 64 145.8 1 1000.0 6 222.2 2 1 200.0
Fulton 121 199.3 111 188.8 1 125.0 0 0.0 9 1 52.6
Genesee 170 247.8 145 219.7 12 1333.3 3 187.5 10 3 157.9
Greene 137 286.0 126 282.5 8 533.3 0 0.0 3 4 400.0
Hamilton 10 208.3 8 170.2 1 0.0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
Herkimer 131 198.8 80 124.2 1 333.3 0 0.0 50 3 111.1
Jefferson 189 114.2 149 100.9 27 204.5 2 43.5 11 8 97.6
Lewis 17 50.6 7 21.0 1 333.3 0 0.0 9 2 666.7
Livingston 120 179.6 107 163.9 7 1000.0 1 200.0 5 0 0.0
Madison 148 188.1 95 124.3 5 500.0 0 0.0 48 7 583.3
Monroe 2,980 313.9 1,569 222.5 1,046 512.5 55 151.1 310 133 179.5
Montgomery 136 222.6 115 195.9 5 1250.0 1 111.1 15 10 158.7
Nassau 4,754 280.0 1,407 101.9 1,183 540.7 143 153.4 2,021 622 223.4
Niagara 867 344.9 451 206.0 175 751.1 13 149.4 228 11 333.3
Oneida 690 276.1 181 80.3 19 103.8 5 83.3 485 7 66.7
Onondaga 1,494 248.4 869 183.4 530 533.2 47 169.7 48 63 260.3
Ontario 259 224.8 232 214.0 20 512.8 4 160.0 3 9 450.0
Orange 1,432 291.6 987 227.2 275 630.7 23 200.0 147 169 225.9
Orleans 81 152.5 70 138.3 6 400.0 0 0.0 5 3 130.4
Oswego 216 146.2 195 133.8 7 777.8 2 181.8 12 6 240.0
Otsego 174 303.7 151 279.1 11 916.7 2 105.3 10 12 705.9
Putnam 73 61.2 61 54.4 4 250.0 0 0.0 8 11 122.2
Rensselaer 426 249.7 307 204.0 88 633.1 9 176.5 22 18 300.0
Rockland 593 130.0 293 79.2 212 374.6 19 74.2 69 95 174.6
St Lawrence 145 118.4 134 114.7 2 250.0 2 90.9 7 6 400.0
Saratoga 432 172.9 393 162.7 9 321.4 4 81.6 26 5 128.2
Schenectady 697 407.6 460 323.5 124 681.3 9 128.6 104 21 362.1
Schoharie 65 202.5 60 194.8 1 1000.0 1 100.0 3 1 200.0
Schuyler 43 196.3 41 188.1 1 0.0 0 0.0 1 1 500.0
Seneca 69 189.0 65 184.7 2 666.7 0 0.0 2 0 0.0
Steuben 188 158.9 172 151.8 8 347.8 4 153.8 4 0 0.0
Suffolk 4,382 216.4 2,633 149.4 767 431.1 69 95.3 913 401 126.6
Sullivan 306 369.1 236 326.4 61 663.0 5 384.6 4 24 205.1
Tioga 102 168.3 93 155.5 1 1000.0 1 142.9 7 0 0.0
Tompkins 391 472.2 304 434.3 32 820.5 48 578.3 7 17 894.7
Ulster 656 364.8 540 335.8 78 629.0 6 171.4 32 35 312.5
Warren 181 289.6 173 280.8 1 142.9 1 500.0 6 2 1000.0
Washington 128 209.2 124 206.7 1 500.0 1 200.0 2 1 100.0
Wayne 216 184.9 182 165.2 22 468.1 1 83.3 11 7 200.0
Westchester 3,157 237.4 1,089 107.1 814 384.7 56 69.0 1,198 723 231.4
Wyoming 66 154.2 54 127.7 4 4000.0 2 666.7 6 1 166.7
Yates 37 135.5 36 134.3 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 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