Table 19: Induced Abortion Summary by Woman's Race/Ethnicity - New York State 2011

Category1 Total Number2 Total Percent Race Hispanic Ethnicity
White Number White Percent Black Number Black Percent Other/Unk Number Other/Unk Percent Number3 Percent
Total Abortions 102,678 100.0 30,869 100.0 43,713 100.0 28,096 150.3 26,760 100.0
Woman's Age
< 15 404 0.4 94 0.3 192 0.4 118 0.6 125 0.5
15-17 5,409 5.3 1,517 4.9 2,581 5.9 1,311 7.0 1,557 5.8
18-19 9,572 9.3 2,790 9.1 4,287 9.8 2,495 13.4 2,757 10.3
20-24 32,601 31.8 10,200 33.1 13,794 31.6 8,607 46.1 8,909 33.3
25-29 25,288 24.6 7,583 24.6 10,811 24.7 6,894 36.9 6,458 24.2
30-34 16,592 16.2 4,714 15.3 6,995 16.0 4,883 26.1 4,185 15.7
35-39 9,158 8.9 2,714 8.8 3,702 8.5 2,742 14.7 2,036 7.6
40-44 3,294 3.2 1,117 3.6 1,220 2.8 957 5.1 671 2.5
45+ 271 0.3 82 0.3 110 0.3 79 0.4 40 0.1
Gestation
<9 Weeks 61,661 63.6 18,350 64.3 25,737 61.1 17,574 96.6 16,990 65.6
9-10 Weeks 15,792 16.3 4,679 16.4 7,064 16.8 4,049 22.2 4,077 15.8
11-12 Weeks 8,080 8.3 2,323 8.1 3,781 9.0 1,976 10.9 2,061 8.0
13-15 Weeks 5,186 5.3 1,497 5.2 2,496 5.9 1,193 6.6 1,266 4.9
16-19 Weeks 3,557 3.7 906 3.2 1,773 4.2 878 4.8 881 3.4
20+ Weeks 2,736 2.8 798 2.8 1,296 3.1 642 3.5 608 2.3
Previous Abortions
None 37,172 39.5 13,716 49.6 12,971 31.4 10,485 57.8 9,432 37.4
1 24,214 25.7 7,000 25.3 10,931 26.4 6,283 34.6 6,705 26.6
2 14,912 15.8 3,549 12.8 7,571 18.3 3,792 20.9 4,139 16.4
3 8,180 8.7 1,648 6.0 4,398 10.6 2,134 11.8 2,312 9.2
4 4,319 4.6 819 3.0 2,434 5.9 1,066 5.9 1,193 4.7
5+ 5,316 5.6 908 3.3 3,035 7.3 1,373 7.6 1,452 5.8
Institutions
Hospital 10,247 10.9 2,882 9.8 4,174 10.4 3,191 20.0 3,084 12.7
Not in Hospital 92,430 98.1 27,987 95.3 39,539 98.1 24,904 156.3 23,675 97.7
Financial Coverage
Medicaid 48,359 49.0 12,104 40.6 22,838 53.4 13,417 73.8 14,206 54.7
HMO 3,522 3.6 1,995 6.7 976 2.3 551 3.0 327 1.3
Other Ins 24,395 24.7 6,957 23.3 11,857 27.7 5,581 30.7 5,681 21.9
Self Pay 21,973 22.3 8,546 28.7 6,981 16.3 6,446 35.5 5,675 21.9
More Than One 367 0.4 198 0.7 137 0.3 32 0.2 79 0.3
Operative Procedure
D & C 2,733 2.7 1,112 3.6 809 1.9 812 2.9 643 2.4
Suction & Cur 76,005 74.5 21,295 69.7 34,198 78.4 20,512 73.7 20,101 75.3
D & E 8,974 8.8 2,278 7.5 4,428 10.2 2,268 8.2 2,140 8.0
Saline Injection 90 0.1 20 0.1 50 0.1 20 0.1 23 0.1
Prostaglandin 26 0.0 17 0.1 6 0.0 3 0.0 5 0.0
Medical 16,257 15.9 6,403 21.0 5,188 11.9 4,666 16.8 4,464 16.7
Other 436 0.4 354 1.2 66 0.2 16 0.1 18 0.1

1 Categories will not add to Total Number because of unknown information

2 Total Induced Abortions = White + Black + Other/Unknown

3 Hispanic Induced Abortions is a separate count equal to Hispanic White + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Not Stated.