Data for Missouri counties, residents only
| abortion ratio | abortion % | rank | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| county | 1990-1993 | 1994-1997 | 1998-2001 | 2002-2005 | 2006-2009 | 1990-1993 | 1994-1997 | 1998-2001 | 2002-2005 | 2006-2009 | 1990-1993 | 1994-1997 | 1998-2001 | 2002-2005 | 2006-2009 |
| Adair | 118 | 103 | 66 | 78 | 70 | 10.6 | 9.3 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 40 | 37 | 51 | 33 | 39 |
| Andrew | 83 | 103 | 102 | 92 | 81 | 7.7 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 8.4 | 7.5 | 80 | 38 | 22 | 25 | 30 |
| Atchison | 17 | 31 | 13 | 12 | 45 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 113 | 109 | 112 | 111 | 63 |
| Audrain | 96 | 74 | 69 | 57 | 52 | 8.7 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 61 | 65 | 44 | 54 | 58 |
| Barry | 92 | 73 | 62 | 38 | 14 | 8.4 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 67 | 67 | 60 | 86 | 112 |
| Barton | 73 | 72 | 52 | 31 | 29 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 85 | 68 | 72 | 100 | 94 |
| Bates | 96 | 104 | 63 | 47 | 80 | 8.8 | 9.4 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 7.4 | 60 | 36 | 56 | 72 | 31 |
| Benton | 132 | 109 | 119 | 98 | 76 | 11.6 | 9.8 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 7.1 | 29 | 30 | 12 | 21 | 33 |
| Bollinger | 63 | 49 | 31 | 19 | 15 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 94 | 95 | 95 | 108 | 111 |
| Boone | 320 | 259 | 200 | 188 | 192 | 24.2 | 20.6 | 16.7 | 15.8 | 16.1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Buchanan | 171 | 166 | 155 | 149 | 109 | 14.6 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 13.0 | 9.8 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| Butler | 102 | 78 | 55 | 41 | 40 | 9.3 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 81 | 69 |
| Caldwell | 72 | 92 | 59 | 50 | 54 | 6.7 | 8.5 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 86 | 45 | 63 | 67 | 54 |
| Callaway | 164 | 132 | 98 | 103 | 116 | 14.1 | 11.7 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 10.4 | 18 | 20 | 27 | 19 | 13 |
| Camden | 184 | 151 | 117 | 107 | 84 | 15.5 | 13.2 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 7.8 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 28 |
| Cape Girardeau | 146 | 104 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 12.8 | 9.4 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 23 | 35 | 41 | 38 | 40 |
| Carroll | 88 | 79 | 69 | 79 | 42 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 4.0 | 75 | 56 | 45 | 31 | 66 |
| Carter | 51 | 34 | 41 | 32 | 18 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 100 | 107 | 86 | 98 | 110 |
| Cass | 174 | 150 | 130 | 133 | 144 | 14.8 | 13.1 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 12.6 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 6 |
| Cedar | 116 | 54 | 54 | 37 | 29 | 10.4 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 43 | 90 | 70 | 89 | 93 |
| Chariton | 79 | 101 | 58 | 38 | 39 | 7.3 | 9.2 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 83 | 41 | 64 | 85 | 71 |
| Christian | 161 | 137 | 113 | 86 | 59 | 13.8 | 12.0 | 10.1 | 7.9 | 5.6 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 27 | 49 |
| Clark | 3 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 115 | 113 | 115 | 112 | 115 |
| Clay | 212 | 190 | 164 | 152 | 159 | 17.5 | 16.0 | 14.1 | 13.2 | 13.7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Clinton | 154 | 129 | 101 | 114 | 113 | 13.4 | 11.4 | 9.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 15 |
| Cole | 192 | 147 | 133 | 130 | 134 | 16.1 | 12.8 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 7 |
| Cooper | 139 | 85 | 84 | 100 | 95 | 12.2 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 25 | 49 | 31 | 20 | 19 |
| Crawford | 80 | 66 | 45 | 37 | 21 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 82 | 78 | 80 | 87 | 105 |
| Dade | 119 | 68 | 98 | 58 | 49 | 10.6 | 6.4 | 8.9 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 38 | 76 | 26 | 52 | 59 |
| Dallas | 89 | 76 | 80 | 33 | 34 | 8.2 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 71 | 61 | 34 | 96 | 84 |
| Daviess | 68 | 56 | 32 | 41 | 37 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 91 | 89 | 94 | 79 | 76 |
| De Kalb | 98 | 61 | 58 | 53 | 119 | 9.0 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 10.6 | 58 | 83 | 65 | 63 | 12 |
| Dent | 93 | 71 | 43 | 41 | 32 | 8.5 | 6.6 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 64 | 70 | 82 | 82 | 89 |
| Douglas | 90 | 79 | 73 | 33 | 39 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 69 | 55 | 42 | 97 | 72 |
| Dunklin | 91 | 73 | 21 | 12 | 48 | 8.4 | 6.8 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 4.6 | 68 | 66 | 105 | 110 | 60 |
| Franklin | 126 | 105 | 79 | 82 | 72 | 11.2 | 9.5 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 30 | 34 | 35 | 29 | 36 |
| Gasconade | 101 | 93 | 41 | 77 | 72 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 3.9 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 54 | 43 | 88 | 36 | 37 |
| Gentry | 63 | 39 | 55 | 42 | 21 | 5.9 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 95 | 103 | 67 | 77 | 104 |
| Greene | 250 | 203 | 169 | 129 | 91 | 20.0 | 16.9 | 14.5 | 11.4 | 8.3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| Grundy | 120 | 85 | 69 | 42 | 60 | 10.7 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 37 | 48 | 47 | 76 | 47 |
| Harrison | 88 | 53 | 41 | 55 | 48 | 8.1 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 74 | 91 | 87 | 60 | 61 |
| Henry | 107 | 127 | 78 | 62 | 90 | 9.7 | 11.3 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 8.2 | 51 | 25 | 36 | 48 | 24 |
| Hickory | 122 | 103 | 66 | 59 | 38 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 34 | 39 | 52 | 51 | 75 |
| Holt | 93 | 106 | 50 | 37 | 79 | 8.5 | 9.6 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 7.3 | 62 | 33 | 75 | 88 | 32 |
| Howard | 163 | 126 | 90 | 94 | 113 | 14.0 | 11.2 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 10.2 | 19 | 27 | 29 | 22 | 14 |
| Howell | 92 | 82 | 69 | 40 | 33 | 8.5 | 7.6 | 6.4 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 66 | 51 | 47 | 83 | 87 |
| Iron | 78 | 50 | 27 | 31 | 59 | 7.3 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 5.6 | 84 | 94 | 101 | 99 | 48 |
| Jackson | 295 | 334 | 303 | 275 | 259 | 22.8 | 25.1 | 23.3 | 21.6 | 20.6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Jasper | 109 | 79 | 80 | 69 | 37 | 9.8 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 49 | 58 | 33 | 41 | 77 |
| Jefferson | 171 | 140 | 108 | 110 | 95 | 14.6 | 12.3 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 8.7 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 20 |
| Johnson | 227 | 201 | 159 | 133 | 120 | 18.5 | 16.7 | 13.8 | 11.8 | 10.7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
| Knox | 38 | 22 | 30 | 48 | 25 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 106 | 110 | 96 | 70 | 100 |
| Laclede | 99 | 79 | 68 | 51 | 39 | 9.0 | 7.3 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 57 | 57 | 49 | 64 | 70 |
| Lafayette | 121 | 132 | 107 | 91 | 98 | 10.8 | 11.6 | 9.6 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 36 | 21 | 19 | 26 | 18 |
| Lawrence | 119 | 70 | 65 | 56 | 19 | 10.6 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 1.9 | 39 | 72 | 53 | 56 | 109 |
| Lewis | 20 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 21 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 112 | 115 | 109 | 105 | 103 |
| Lincoln | 121 | 88 | 76 | 72 | 64 | 10.8 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 35 | 47 | 38 | 39 | 44 |
| Linn | 100 | 93 | 62 | 78 | 53 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 5.1 | 55 | 44 | 59 | 34 | 56 |
| Livingston | 122 | 124 | 88 | 82 | 66 | 10.9 | 11.1 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 6.2 | 33 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 43 |
| McDonald | 112 | 69 | 62 | 56 | 71 | 10.0 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 46 | 75 | 61 | 55 | 38 |
| Macon | 66 | 42 | 18 | 36 | 43 | 6.2 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 93 | 102 | 110 | 91 | 64 |
| Madison | 43 | 69 | 45 | 34 | 36 | 4.1 | 6.4 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 105 | 74 | 79 | 95 | 81 |
| Maries | 36 | 31 | 21 | 51 | 37 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 107 | 108 | 106 | 65 | 78 |
| Marion | 61 | 46 | 46 | 22 | 4 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 98 | 100 | 77 | 107 | 114 |
| Mercer | 44 | 37 | 25 | 5 | 27 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 104 | 104 | 102 | 113 | 95 |
| Miller | 122 | 108 | 76 | 76 | 86 | 10.9 | 9.8 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 32 | 31 | 39 | 37 | 26 |
| Mississippi | 70 | 65 | 37 | 39 | 35 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 89 | 80 | 91 | 84 | 82 |
| Moniteau | 93 | 64 | 62 | 57 | 40 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 63 | 82 | 58 | 53 | 68 |
| Monroe | 89 | 69 | 60 | 62 | 58 | 8.2 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 72 | 73 | 62 | 47 | 50 |
| Montgomery | 108 | 82 | 67 | 49 | 56 | 9.8 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 50 | 52 | 50 | 69 | 52 |
| Morgan | 89 | 74 | 54 | 45 | 58 | 8.2 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 70 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 51 |
| New Madrid | 87 | 81 | 30 | 31 | 42 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 78 | 53 | 97 | 101 | 65 |
| Newton | 83 | 60 | 51 | 45 | 19 | 7.7 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 81 | 85 | 73 | 73 | 108 |
| Nodaway | 230 | 140 | 90 | 84 | 105 | 18.7 | 12.3 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 9.5 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 28 | 17 |
| Oregon | 69 | 53 | 64 | 22 | 23 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 90 | 92 | 55 | 106 | 101 |
| Osage | 44 | 61 | 40 | 34 | 34 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 103 | 84 | 89 | 94 | 85 |
| Ozark | 102 | 102 | 63 | 60 | 38 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 3.6 | 53 | 40 | 57 | 50 | 74 |
| Pemiscot | 111 | 75 | 12 | 4 | 91 | 10.0 | 7.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 8.4 | 47 | 63 | 113 | 115 | 22 |
| Perry | 87 | 44 | 30 | 37 | 33 | 8.0 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 77 | 101 | 99 | 90 | 86 |
| Pettis | 143 | 127 | 103 | 107 | 67 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 6.2 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 42 |
| Phelps | 134 | 115 | 70 | 67 | 61 | 11.8 | 10.3 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 27 | 29 | 43 | 45 | 45 |
| Pike | 63 | 46 | 39 | 55 | 61 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 97 | 99 | 90 | 59 | 46 |
| Platte | 221 | 206 | 234 | 175 | 127 | 18.1 | 17.1 | 19.0 | 14.9 | 11.2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Polk | 118 | 91 | 65 | 50 | 36 | 10.5 | 8.4 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 41 | 46 | 54 | 66 | 80 |
| Pulaski | 135 | 127 | 81 | 92 | 83 | 11.9 | 11.2 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 26 | 26 | 32 | 24 | 29 |
| Putnam | 30 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 31 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 109 | 105 | 111 | 114 | 90 |
| Ralls | 25 | 36 | 20 | 41 | 30 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 110 | 106 | 107 | 78 | 92 |
| Randolph | 115 | 108 | 99 | 69 | 90 | 10.3 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 6.4 | 8.2 | 44 | 32 | 25 | 42 | 25 |
| Ray | 122 | 128 | 103 | 105 | 119 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 10.6 | 31 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 11 |
| Reynolds | 67 | 56 | 30 | 48 | 35 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 92 | 88 | 98 | 71 | 83 |
| Ripley | 63 | 46 | 20 | 30 | 20 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 96 | 98 | 108 | 103 | 106 |
| Saint Charles | 173 | 139 | 113 | 124 | 122 | 14.7 | 12.2 | 10.2 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 9 |
| Saint Clair | 88 | 64 | 34 | 77 | 85 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 76 | 81 | 93 | 35 | 27 |
| Saint Francois | 97 | 72 | 54 | 68 | 47 | 8.8 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 4.5 | 59 | 69 | 69 | 43 | 62 |
| Sainte Genevieve | 292 | 237 | 325 | 326 | 277 | 22.6 | 19.2 | 24.5 | 24.6 | 21.7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Saint Louis City | 349 | 302 | 216 | 233 | 225 | 25.9 | 23.2 | 17.7 | 18.9 | 18.4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Saint Louis County | 70 | 65 | 69 | 78 | 37 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 3.5 | 88 | 79 | 46 | 32 | 79 |
| Saline | 166 | 160 | 118 | 111 | 92 | 14.2 | 13.8 | 10.6 | 10.0 | 8.4 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 21 |
| Schuyler | 23 | 10 | 22 | 69 | 27 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 6.5 | 2.6 | 111 | 114 | 104 | 40 | 97 |
| Scotland | 16 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 114 | 112 | 114 | 109 | 99 |
| Scott | 84 | 52 | 46 | 27 | 20 | 7.8 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 79 | 93 | 78 | 104 | 107 |
| Shannon | 48 | 70 | 42 | 35 | 27 | 4.6 | 6.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 102 | 71 | 84 | 92 | 96 |
| Shelby | 51 | 18 | 22 | 30 | 23 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 101 | 111 | 103 | 102 | 102 |
| Stoddard | 110 | 78 | 29 | 56 | 75 | 9.9 | 7.3 | 2.8 | 5.3 | 7.0 | 48 | 59 | 100 | 57 | 34 |
| Stone | 156 | 162 | 100 | 68 | 32 | 13.5 | 13.9 | 9.1 | 6.3 | 3.1 | 21 | 11 | 24 | 44 | 88 |
| Sullivan | 31 | 49 | 34 | 34 | 73 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 6.8 | 108 | 96 | 92 | 93 | 35 |
| Taney | 199 | 194 | 118 | 93 | 40 | 16.6 | 16.3 | 10.6 | 8.5 | 3.9 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 67 |
| Texas | 100 | 75 | 51 | 55 | 27 | 9.1 | 7.0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 56 | 62 | 74 | 61 | 98 |
| Vernon | 117 | 80 | 76 | 50 | 67 | 10.4 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 42 | 54 | 37 | 68 | 41 |
| Warren | 132 | 95 | 76 | 65 | 54 | 11.7 | 8.7 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 28 | 42 | 40 | 46 | 55 |
| Washington | 51 | 47 | 43 | 62 | 55 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 99 | 97 | 83 | 49 | 53 |
| Wayne | 89 | 57 | 49 | 41 | 52 | 8.1 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 73 | 87 | 76 | 80 | 57 |
| Webster | 113 | 85 | 57 | 53 | 38 | 10.1 | 7.8 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 45 | 50 | 66 | 62 | 73 |
| Worth | 93 | 59 | 42 | 56 | 13 | 8.5 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 65 | 86 | 85 | 58 | 113 |
| Wright | 72 | 67 | 44 | 42 | 31 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 87 | 77 | 81 | 75 | 91 |
| MISSOURI | 216 | 187 | 165 | 156 | 141 | 17.8 | 15.8 | 14.2 | 13.5 | 12.4 | |||||
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Last modified 6 November 2011.
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