Table 20: Resident Induced Abortion Summary by Woman's Age

Vital Statistics of New York State 2004

  Woman's Age
  Total1 < 15 15-17 18-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45 + N. S.
Total Abortions 120,401 741 8,499 12,612 37,000 27,978 18,136 11,094 3,757 287 297
Race2
White 52,031 295 3,643 5,778 16,637 11,791 7,310 4,695 1,638 131 113
Black 48,327 299 3,499 4,768 14,591 11,594 7,578 4,396 1,365 100 137
Other 6,736 19 312 537 1,748 1,620 1,330 804 320 26 20
Ethnicity
Hispanic 30,567 197 2,245 3,330 10,047 7,365 4,289 2,284 684 47 79
Gestation
< 9 Wks 66,718 280 3,675 5,984 19,755 16,597 11,177 6,703 2,202 171 174
9-10 Weeks 21,288 137 1,731 2,514 6,841 4,785 2,845 1,765 581 52 37
11-12 Weeks 10,676 96 1,061 1,426 3,598 2,117 1,288 759 293 17 21
13-15 Weeks 6,388 84 750 894 2,125 1,259 661 433 163 8 11
16-19 Weeks 3,975 46 477 576 1,227 709 480 331 118 5 6
20+ Weeks 2,013 38 189 261 585 372 275 191 84 6 12
Previous Abortions
None 53,042 647 6,455 8,098 16,899 9,841 5,921 3,619 1,324 108 130
1 29,439 55 1,422 2,823 9,890 7,171 4,403 2,666 880 54 75
2 17,011 6 253 859 5,143 4,808 3,242 1,986 632 45 37
3 8,108 2 56 258 2,070 2,551 1,777 1,038 303 31 22
4 3,854 1 10 65 872 1,254 935 543 156 10 8
5+ 3,904 1 5 25 572 1,287 1,077 685 225 16 11
Institution
Hospital 14,978 118 1,087 1,423 4,145 3,207 2,388 1,808 673 68 61
Non Hospital 105,423 623 7,412 11,189 32,855 24,771 15,748 9,286 3,084 219 236
Financial Coverage
Medicaid 47,056 382 4,518 6,214 16,585 10,487 5,186 2,763 788 45 88
HMO 4,542 42 323 464 1,277 1,050 691 475 201 18 1
Other Ins 26,860 169 1,587 1,778 5,963 6,749 5,508 3,660 1,264 105 77
Self Pay 36,408 104 1,710 3,554 11,478 8,518 5,885 3,652 1,295 101 111
More Than On 239 1 25 23 71 57 31 26 5 0 0
Operative Procedure
D & C 3,688 24 232 285 1,042 856 622 442 165 10 10
Suction & Cur 90,233 497 6,118 9,234 27,563 21,209 13,906 8,472 2,804 215 215
D & E 13,905 195 1,561 1,905 4,413 2,665 1,637 1,063 404 29 33
Saline Injection 33 3 2 1 4 7 6 8 2 0 0
Prostaglandin 55 0 0 3 14 8 18 9 1 2 0
Medical 11,479 19 539 1,100 3,660 2,970 1,782 997 359 29 24
Other 907 4 46 61 266 236 151 101 28 2 12
  • Each Operative Procedure is counted separately. Total 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 includes records with information Not Stated.
  2. Race coding based on 1990 Census categories: White, Black, Other, Not Stated.