Alabama abortion percentages by county
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last modified 6 November 2011
Data for Alabama counties, residents only
| abortion ratio | abortion % | rank |
| county | 1998-2001 | 2002-2005 | 2006-2009 | 1998-2001 | 2002-2005 | 2006-2009 | 1998-2001 | 2002-2005 | 2006-2009 |
| Autauga | 163 | 145 | 123 | 14.0 | 12.7 | 11.0 | 20 | 23 | 23 |
| Baldwin | 104 | 74 | 44 | 9.4 | 6.9 | 4.2 | 45 | 56 | 64 |
| Barbour | 155 | 138 | 101 | 13.4 | 12.1 | 9.2 | 24 | 26 | 36 |
| Bibb | 90 | 114 | 111 | 8.2 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 55 | 31 | 29 |
| Blount | 90 | 67 | 64 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 54 | 61 | 56 |
| Bullock | 213 | 232 | 134 | 17.6 | 18.8 | 11.8 | 13 | 8 | 16 |
| Butler | 143 | 134 | 100 | 12.5 | 11.8 | 9.1 | 29 | 28 | 38 |
| Calhoun | 194 | 153 | 127 | 16.2 | 13.2 | 11.3 | 16 | 20 | 20 |
| Chambers | 171 | 140 | 100 | 14.6 | 12.3 | 9.1 | 18 | 25 | 39 |
| Cherokee | 81 | 73 | 50 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 4.8 | 61 | 57 | 61 |
| Chilton | 102 | 110 | 87 | 9.3 | 9.9 | 8.0 | 47 | 38 | 47 |
| Choctaw | 126 | 152 | 143 | 11.2 | 13.2 | 12.5 | 36 | 21 | 15 |
| Clarke | 105 | 118 | 106 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 9.6 | 44 | 30 | 33 |
| Clay | 70 | 89 | 36 | 6.6 | 8.2 | 3.5 | 65 | 47 | 67 |
| Cleburne | 87 | 111 | 47 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 4.5 | 57 | 36 | 62 |
| Coffee | 132 | 35 | 92 | 11.6 | 3.4 | 8.4 | 32 | 67 | 44 |
| Colbert | 126 | 101 | 114 | 11.2 | 9.2 | 10.2 | 34 | 44 | 27 |
| Conecuh | 96 | 71 | 79 | 8.8 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 51 | 59 | 49 |
| Coosa | 200 | 104 | 133 | 16.6 | 9.4 | 11.7 | 15 | 42 | 19 |
| Covington | 83 | 56 | 56 | 7.6 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 59 | 64 | 58 |
| Crenshaw | 124 | 111 | 124 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 38 | 34 | 22 |
| Cullman | 73 | 70 | 63 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 64 | 60 | 57 |
| Dale | 104 | 109 | 73 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 6.8 | 46 | 41 | 52 |
| Dallas | 143 | 138 | 149 | 12.5 | 12.1 | 12.9 | 29 | 27 | 14 |
| Dekalb | 77 | 60 | 53 | 7.1 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 63 | 62 | 59 |
| Elmore | 158 | 141 | 123 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 22 | 24 | 24 |
| Escambia | 63 | 44 | 39 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 66 | 66 | 66 |
| Etowah | 166 | 149 | 133 | 14.3 | 13.0 | 11.7 | 19 | 22 | 18 |
| Fayette | 114 | 121 | 97 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 8.9 | 41 | 29 | 40 |
| Franklin | 81 | 49 | 52 | 7.5 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 60 | 65 | 60 |
| Geneva | 62 | 58 | 42 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 67 | 63 | 65 |
| Greene | 238 | 272 | 292 | 19.2 | 21.4 | 22.6 | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| Hale | 230 | 184 | 208 | 18.7 | 15.6 | 17.2 | 9 | 14 | 10 |
| Henry | 123 | 109 | 91 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 8.3 | 39 | 40 | 46 |
| Houston | 129 | 104 | 79 | 11.4 | 9.4 | 7.3 | 33 | 43 | 51 |
| Jackson | 89 | 79 | 66 | 8.2 | 7.3 | 6.2 | 56 | 52 | 55 |
| Jefferson | 294 | 290 | 248 | 22.7 | 22.5 | 19.8 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Lamar | 94 | 99 | 101 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 52 | 46 | 37 |
| Lauderdale | 121 | 109 | 104 | 10.8 | 9.9 | 9.4 | 40 | 39 | 34 |
| Lawrence | 114 | 88 | 91 | 10.2 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 42 | 48 | 45 |
| Lee | 298 | 287 | 166 | 23.0 | 22.3 | 14.2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| Limestone | 97 | 86 | 102 | 8.8 | 7.9 | 9.2 | 49 | 50 | 35 |
| Lowndes | 203 | 212 | 184 | 16.9 | 17.5 | 15.5 | 14 | 11 | 11 |
| Macon | 464 | 468 | 390 | 31.7 | 31.9 | 28.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Madison | 226 | 211 | 215 | 18.4 | 17.4 | 17.7 | 11 | 12 | 7 |
| Marengo | 150 | 163 | 125 | 13.1 | 14.0 | 11.1 | 26 | 17 | 21 |
| Marion | 93 | 86 | 68 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 6.3 | 53 | 49 | 54 |
| Marshall | 126 | 76 | 79 | 11.2 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 35 | 53 | 50 |
| Mobile | 216 | 156 | 122 | 17.8 | 13.5 | 10.9 | 12 | 19 | 25 |
| Monroe | 97 | 74 | 87 | 8.8 | 6.9 | 8.0 | 50 | 55 | 48 |
| Montgomery | 303 | 290 | 260 | 23.3 | 22.5 | 20.6 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Morgan | 145 | 110 | 110 | 12.6 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 28 | 37 | 31 |
| Perry | 158 | 171 | 156 | 13.7 | 14.6 | 13.5 | 21 | 16 | 13 |
| Pickens | 188 | 223 | 214 | 15.8 | 18.3 | 17.6 | 17 | 10 | 8 |
| Pike | 227 | 227 | 213 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 17.6 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Randolph | 100 | 101 | 68 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 6.4 | 48 | 45 | 53 |
| Russell | 272 | 207 | 94 | 21.4 | 17.1 | 8.6 | 7 | 13 | 42 |
| Saint Clair | 151 | 112 | 95 | 13.1 | 10.1 | 8.7 | 25 | 33 | 41 |
| Shelby | 110 | 111 | 110 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 43 | 35 | 30 |
| Sumter | 288 | 307 | 269 | 22.3 | 23.5 | 21.2 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Talladega | 150 | 161 | 133 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 11.8 | 27 | 18 | 17 |
| Tallapoosa | 157 | 178 | 118 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 10.5 | 23 | 15 | 26 |
| Tuscaloosa | 305 | 291 | 287 | 23.4 | 22.6 | 22.3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Walker | 133 | 113 | 113 | 11.7 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 31 | 32 | 28 |
| Washington | 125 | 74 | 93 | 11.1 | 6.9 | 8.5 | 37 | 54 | 43 |
| Wilcox | 86 | 79 | 108 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 9.8 | 58 | 51 | 32 |
| Winston | 78 | 72 | 46 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 4.4 | 62 | 58 | 63 |
| ALABAMA | 191 | 171 | 150 | 16.0 | 14.6 | 13.0 | | | |
Sources:
- Alabama Center for Health Statistics, 1999, "Induced terminations of pregnancy by county of residence, age group and race, Alabama 1998," Alabama Center for Health Statistics, on line [http://ph.state.al.us/chs/HealthStatistics/Tables/1998/ab_cty1998.htm].
- Alabama Center for Health Statistics, 2000, "Induced terminations of pregnancy by county of residence, age group and race, Alabama 1999," Alabama Center for Health Statistics, on line [http://ph.state.al.us/chs/HealthStatistics/Tables/1999/ab_cty1999.htm].
- Alabama Center for Health Statistics, 2001, "Births to Women of All Ages by Race of Mother, County of Residence and Birthweight, Alabama, 1999," Alabama Center for Health Statistics, on line [http://ph.state.al.us/chs/HealthStatistics/Tables/1999/Tab12a_1_99.htm].
- Alabama Center for Health Statistics, 2001, "Induced terminations of pregnancy by county of residence, age group and race, Alabama 2000," Alabama Center for Health Statistics, on line [http://ph.state.al.us/chs/HealthStatistics/Tables/2000/ab_cty2000.htm].
- Alabama Center for Health Statistics, 2002, "Estimated Pregnancies, Pregnancy Rates, and Estimated Pregnancy Outcomes by County of Residence and Race of Mother Alabama 2000," Alabama Center for Health Statistics, on line [http://ph.state.al.us/chs/HealthStatistics/Tables/2000/aveTab25.htm].
- Alabama Center for Health Statistics, 2004, Alabama Vital Statistics 2002, Alabama Department of Public Health (Montgomery, AL), on line at Alabama Center for Health Statistics [http://ph.state.al.us/chs/.../AVS%202002%20BOOK.pdf].
- Alabama Center for Health Statistics, 2006, "County-specific data," Alabama Center for Health Statistics, on line [http://ph.state.al.us/chs/HealthStatistics/CountyData/hp.htm].
- Alabama Center for Health Statistics, 2008, "Table 25, Estimated pregnancies, pregnancy rates, and estimated pregnancy outcomes by county of residence and race of woman, Alabama, 2007," Alabama Center for Health Statistics, on line [http://adph.org/healthstats/assets/birthtable25avs07.pdf].
- Alabama Center for Health Statistics, 2010, "Table 25: Estimated pregnancies, pregnancy rates, and estimated pregnancy outcomes by county of residence and race of woman, Alabama, 2008, Alabama Center for Health Statistics, on line [http://adph.org/healthstats/assets/avs08tbl25.pdf].
- Alabama Center for Health Statistics, 2011, "Table 25: Estimated pregnancies, pregnancy rates, and estimated pregnancy outcomes by county of residence and race of woman, Alabama, 2009, Alabama Center for Health Statistics, on line [http://adph.org/healthstats/assets/avs09tbl25.pdf].
- Alabama Center for Health Statistics, April 2005, Alabama Vital Statistics 2003, Alabama Department of Public Health (Montgomery, AL), on line at Alabama Center for Health Statistics [http://ph.state.al.us/chs/.../AVS%202003%20BOOK.pdf].
- Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Jan. 2006, Alabama Vital Statistics 2004, Alabama Department of Public Health (Montgomery, AL), on line at Alabama Center for Health Statistics [http://ph.state.al.us/chs/HealthStatistics/Tables/AVS%202004/AVS%20BOOK%20FINAL%2004.pdf].
- Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Jan. 2007, Alabama Vital Statistics 2005, Alabama Department of Public Health (Montgomery, AL), on line at Alabama Center for Health Statistics [http://adph.org/healthstats/assets/AVS2005.pdf].
- Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Jan. 2008, Alabama Vital Statistics 2006, Alabama Department of Public Health (Montgomery, AL), on line at Alabama Center for Health Statistics [http://www.adph.org/healthstats/assets/AVS06.pdf].
- National Center for Health Statistics, "Table 2-1. Live births by county of occurrence and place of residence, by race of mother... 1998," Centers for Disease Control, on line [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/statab/t982x01.pdf].
© 2003-2009, 2011 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 6 November 2011.
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