New York abortion percentages by county

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last modified 6 November 2011

Data for New York counties, residents only

abortion ratio abortion % rank

county 1997-2000 2001-2004 2005-2008 2006-2009 1997-2000 2001-2004 2005-2008 2006-2009 1997-2000 2001-2004 2005-2008 2006-2009

Albany 405 377 230 251 28.8 27.4 18.7 20.1 8 7 30 25

Allegany 114 111 102 98 10.2 10.0 9.3 8.9 57 59 58 60

Bronx 1043 931 931 1187 51.1 48.2 48.2 54.3 1 1 1 1

Broome 341 359 392 110 25.4 26.4 28.2 9.9 12 10 10 57

Cattaraugus 168 161 149 149 14.4 13.9 12.9 12.9 51 50 51 51

Cayuga 195 195 219 222 16.3 16.3 18.0 18.2 41 39 34 34

Chautauqua 223 197 170 167 18.3 16.5 14.5 14.3 33 38 49 49

Chemung 224 214 223 257 18.3 17.6 18.3 20.4 32 34 33 23

Chenango 208 205 205 209 17.2 17.0 17.0 17.3 38 35 39 37

Clinton 227 251 272 261 18.5 20.0 21.4 20.7 30 26 21 21

Columbia 316 320 264 230 24.0 24.2 20.9 18.7 14 16 23 30

Cortland 263 223 90 80 20.8 18.3 8.3 7.4 24 33 61 61

Delaware 236 227 246 241 19.1 18.5 19.8 19.5 28 32 27 27

Dutchess 262 277 348 348 20.8 21.7 25.8 25.8 25 22 14 13

Erie 432 430 426 422 30.2 30.1 29.9 29.7 7 6 7 7

Essex 167 185 189 196 14.3 15.6 15.9 16.4 52 43 45 44

Franklin 144 172 200 205 12.6 14.6 16.7 17.0 56 46 40 38

Fulton 209 232 253 258 17.3 18.8 20.2 20.5 37 31 24 22

Genesee 218 201 225 225 17.9 16.7 18.4 18.3 35 36 32 32

Greene 277 288 229 216 21.7 22.4 18.6 17.8 21 21 31 36

Hamilton 184 138 197 201 15.5 12.1 16.5 16.8 46 55 41 40

Herkimer 210 186 194 226 17.3 15.7 16.2 18.4 36 41 42 31

Jefferson 77 99 103 102 7.1 9.0 9.4 9.2 61 60 57 59

Kings 841 757 698 678 45.7 43.1 41.1 40.4 2 2 2 2

Lewis 53 67 62 72 5.1 6.3 5.8 6.7 62 62 62 62

Livingston 190 171 214 225 15.9 14.6 17.6 18.3 43 47 35 33

Madison 188 151 131 147 15.8 13.1 11.6 12.8 44 53 56 52

Monroe 315 359 405 406 24.0 26.4 28.8 28.9 15 11 8 9

Montgomery 223 244 266 276 18.3 19.6 21.0 21.6 34 29 22 20

Nassau 265 233 239 239 20.9 18.9 19.3 19.3 23 30 29 28

New York 745 631 634 624 42.7 38.7 38.8 38.4 3 4 3 3

Niagara 338 343 360 358 25.3 25.5 26.5 26.4 13 13 12 10

Oneida 256 312 357 340 20.4 23.8 26.3 25.4 26 18 13 15

Onondaga 276 277 304 308 21.7 21.7 23.3 23.6 22 23 18 19

Ontario 205 186 213 200 17.0 15.7 17.6 16.7 40 42 36 42

Orange 307 290 304 313 23.5 22.5 23.3 23.8 16 20 19 18

Orleans 172 171 174 175 14.7 14.6 14.9 14.9 48 48 48 46

Oswego 156 153 168 168 13.5 13.2 14.4 14.4 54 52 50 48

Otsego 289 250 250 253 22.4 20.0 20.0 20.2 19 27 25 24

Putnam 88 93 146 151 8.1 8.5 12.8 13.1 60 61 52 50

Queens 702 635 577 576 41.2 38.8 36.6 36.6 4 3 4 4

Rensselaer 290 340 181 201 22.5 25.4 15.3 16.8 18 14 47 41

Richmond 457 453 486 485 31.4 31.2 32.7 32.6 6 5 5 5

Rockland 153 119 139 138 13.3 10.6 12.2 12.1 55 58 54 54

Saint Lawrence 89 173 140 141 8.1 14.7 12.2 12.4 59 44 53 53

Saratoga 190 334 193 199 16.0 25.0 16.2 16.6 42 15 43 43

Schenectady 381 358 448 465 27.6 26.4 30.9 31.7 10 12 6 6

Schoharie 246 189 303 315 19.7 15.9 23.3 23.9 27 40 20 17

Schuyler 206 198 183 174 17.1 16.5 15.4 14.8 39 37 46 47

Seneca 177 134 208 203 15.1 11.9 17.2 16.9 47 56 37 39

Steuben 158 156 94 112 13.7 13.5 8.6 10.1 53 51 59 56

Suffolk 299 244 248 250 23.0 19.6 19.9 20.0 17 28 26 26

Sullivan 396 372 314 317 28.4 27.1 23.9 24.1 9 9 17 16

Tioga 185 170 206 218 15.6 14.5 17.1 17.9 45 49 38 35

Tompkins 467 317 345 343 31.8 24.1 25.6 25.5 5 17 15 14

Ulster 359 372 403 407 26.4 27.1 28.7 28.9 11 8 9 8

Warren 284 297 344 356 22.1 22.9 25.6 26.2 20 19 16 12

Washington 230 257 244 234 18.7 20.4 19.6 18.9 29 25 28 29

Wayne 172 172 192 194 14.6 14.7 16.1 16.3 49 45 44 45

Westchester 224 258 370 357 18.3 20.5 27.0 26.3 31 24 11 11

Wyoming 171 147 137 131 14.6 12.8 12.1 11.5 50 54 55 55

Yates 105 124 90 103 9.5 11.0 8.3 9.4 58 57 60 58

NEW YORK 523 482 480 476 34.3 32.5 32.4 32.3

	abortion ratio	abortion %	rank
county	1997-2000	2001-2004	2005-2008	2006-2009	1997-2000	2001-2004	2005-2008	2006-2009	1997-2000	2001-2004	2005-2008	2006-2009
Albany	405	377	230	251	28.8	27.4	18.7	20.1	8	7	30	25
Allegany	114	111	102	98	10.2	10.0	9.3	8.9	57	59	58	60
Bronx	1043	931	931	1187	51.1	48.2	48.2	54.3	1	1	1	1
Broome	341	359	392	110	25.4	26.4	28.2	9.9	12	10	10	57
Cattaraugus	168	161	149	149	14.4	13.9	12.9	12.9	51	50	51	51
Cayuga	195	195	219	222	16.3	16.3	18.0	18.2	41	39	34	34
Chautauqua	223	197	170	167	18.3	16.5	14.5	14.3	33	38	49	49
Chemung	224	214	223	257	18.3	17.6	18.3	20.4	32	34	33	23
Chenango	208	205	205	209	17.2	17.0	17.0	17.3	38	35	39	37
Clinton	227	251	272	261	18.5	20.0	21.4	20.7	30	26	21	21
Columbia	316	320	264	230	24.0	24.2	20.9	18.7	14	16	23	30
Cortland	263	223	90	80	20.8	18.3	8.3	7.4	24	33	61	61
Delaware	236	227	246	241	19.1	18.5	19.8	19.5	28	32	27	27
Dutchess	262	277	348	348	20.8	21.7	25.8	25.8	25	22	14	13
Erie	432	430	426	422	30.2	30.1	29.9	29.7	7	6	7	7
Essex	167	185	189	196	14.3	15.6	15.9	16.4	52	43	45	44
Franklin	144	172	200	205	12.6	14.6	16.7	17.0	56	46	40	38
Fulton	209	232	253	258	17.3	18.8	20.2	20.5	37	31	24	22
Genesee	218	201	225	225	17.9	16.7	18.4	18.3	35	36	32	32
Greene	277	288	229	216	21.7	22.4	18.6	17.8	21	21	31	36
Hamilton	184	138	197	201	15.5	12.1	16.5	16.8	46	55	41	40
Herkimer	210	186	194	226	17.3	15.7	16.2	18.4	36	41	42	31
Jefferson	77	99	103	102	7.1	9.0	9.4	9.2	61	60	57	59
Kings	841	757	698	678	45.7	43.1	41.1	40.4	2	2	2	2
Lewis	53	67	62	72	5.1	6.3	5.8	6.7	62	62	62	62
Livingston	190	171	214	225	15.9	14.6	17.6	18.3	43	47	35	33
Madison	188	151	131	147	15.8	13.1	11.6	12.8	44	53	56	52
Monroe	315	359	405	406	24.0	26.4	28.8	28.9	15	11	8	9
Montgomery	223	244	266	276	18.3	19.6	21.0	21.6	34	29	22	20
Nassau	265	233	239	239	20.9	18.9	19.3	19.3	23	30	29	28
New York	745	631	634	624	42.7	38.7	38.8	38.4	3	4	3	3
Niagara	338	343	360	358	25.3	25.5	26.5	26.4	13	13	12	10
Oneida	256	312	357	340	20.4	23.8	26.3	25.4	26	18	13	15
Onondaga	276	277	304	308	21.7	21.7	23.3	23.6	22	23	18	19
Ontario	205	186	213	200	17.0	15.7	17.6	16.7	40	42	36	42
Orange	307	290	304	313	23.5	22.5	23.3	23.8	16	20	19	18
Orleans	172	171	174	175	14.7	14.6	14.9	14.9	48	48	48	46
Oswego	156	153	168	168	13.5	13.2	14.4	14.4	54	52	50	48
Otsego	289	250	250	253	22.4	20.0	20.0	20.2	19	27	25	24
Putnam	88	93	146	151	8.1	8.5	12.8	13.1	60	61	52	50
Queens	702	635	577	576	41.2	38.8	36.6	36.6	4	3	4	4
Rensselaer	290	340	181	201	22.5	25.4	15.3	16.8	18	14	47	41
Richmond	457	453	486	485	31.4	31.2	32.7	32.6	6	5	5	5
Rockland	153	119	139	138	13.3	10.6	12.2	12.1	55	58	54	54
Saint Lawrence	89	173	140	141	8.1	14.7	12.2	12.4	59	44	53	53
Saratoga	190	334	193	199	16.0	25.0	16.2	16.6	42	15	43	43
Schenectady	381	358	448	465	27.6	26.4	30.9	31.7	10	12	6	6
Schoharie	246	189	303	315	19.7	15.9	23.3	23.9	27	40	20	17
Schuyler	206	198	183	174	17.1	16.5	15.4	14.8	39	37	46	47
Seneca	177	134	208	203	15.1	11.9	17.2	16.9	47	56	37	39
Steuben	158	156	94	112	13.7	13.5	8.6	10.1	53	51	59	56
Suffolk	299	244	248	250	23.0	19.6	19.9	20.0	17	28	26	26
Sullivan	396	372	314	317	28.4	27.1	23.9	24.1	9	9	17	16
Tioga	185	170	206	218	15.6	14.5	17.1	17.9	45	49	38	35
Tompkins	467	317	345	343	31.8	24.1	25.6	25.5	5	17	15	14
Ulster	359	372	403	407	26.4	27.1	28.7	28.9	11	8	9	8
Warren	284	297	344	356	22.1	22.9	25.6	26.2	20	19	16	12
Washington	230	257	244	234	18.7	20.4	19.6	18.9	29	25	28	29
Wayne	172	172	192	194	14.6	14.7	16.1	16.3	49	45	44	45
Westchester	224	258	370	357	18.3	20.5	27.0	26.3	31	24	11	11
Wyoming	171	147	137	131	14.6	12.8	12.1	11.5	50	54	55	55
Yates	105	124	90	103	9.5	11.0	8.3	9.4	58	57	60	58
NEW YORK	523	482	480	476	34.3	32.5	32.4	32.3

Sources:

New York State Department of Health, Jan. 2008, "Table 7: Live births by resident county and woman's age, New York State 2005," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/2005/table07.htm].
New York State Department of Health, Jan. 2009, "Table 21: Induced abortions by resident county and woman's age, New York State 2007," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/2007/table21.htm].
New York State Department of Health, Jan. 2009, "Table 7: Live births by resident county and woman's age, New York State 2007," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/2007/table07.htm].
New York State Department of Health, June 2005, "Table 21: Induced abortions by resident county and woman's age, New York State 2001," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/2001/table21.htm].
New York State Department of Health, June 2005, "Table 21: Induced abortions by resident county and woman's age, New York State 2003," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/2003/table21.htm].
New York State Department of Health, June 2005, "Table 7: Live births by resident county and woman's age, New York State 2001," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/2001/table07.htm].
New York State Department of Health, June 2005, "Table 7: Live births by resident county and woman's age, New York State 2003," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/2003/table07.htm].
New York State Department of Health, June 2008, "Table 21: Induced abortions by resident county and woman's age, New York State 2006," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/2006/table21.htm].
New York State Department of Health, June 2008, "Table 7: Live births by resident county and woman's age, New York State 2006," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/2006/table07.htm].
New York State Department of Health, March 2011, "Table 21: Induced abortions by resident county and woman's age, New York State 2009," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/2009/table21.htm].
New York State Department of Health, March 2011, "Table 7: Live births by resident county and woman's age, New York State 2009," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/2009/table07.htm].
New York State Department of Health, May 2001, "Table 21: Induced abortions by resident county and woman's age, New York State 1998," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/1998/table21.htm].
New York State Department of Health, May 2001, "Table 7: Live births by resident county and woman's age, New York State 1998," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/1998/table07.htm].
New York State Department of Health, May 2006, "Table 21: Induced abortions by resident county and woman's age, New York State 2004," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/2004/table21.htm].
New York State Department of Health, May 2006, "Table 7: Live births by resident county and woman's age, New York State 2004," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/2004/table07.htm].
New York State Department of Health, May 2010, "Table 21: Induced abortions by resident county and woman's age, New York State 2008," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/2008/table21.htm].
New York State Department of Health, May 2010, "Table 7: Live births by resident county and woman's age, New York State 2008," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/2008/table07.htm].
New York State Department of Health, Nov. 1999, "Table 21: Induced abortions by resident county and woman's age, New York State 1997," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/1997/tab21.htm].
New York State Department of Health, Nov. 1999, "Table 7: Live births by resident county and woman's age, New York State 1997," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/1997/tab07.htm].
New York State Department of Health, Nov. 2002, "Table 21: Induced abortions by resident county and woman's age, New York State 2000," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/2000/table21.htm].
New York State Department of Health, Nov. 2002, "Table 7: Live births by resident county and woman's age, New York State 2000," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/2000/table07.htm].
New York State Department of Health, Oct. 2001, "Table 21: Induced abortions by resident county and woman's age, New York State 1999," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/1999/table21.htm].
New York State Department of Health, Oct. 2001, "Table 7: Live births by resident county and woman's age, New York State 1999," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/1999/table07.htm].
New York State Department of Health, Oct. 2007, "Table 21: Induced abortions by resident county and woman's age, New York State 2005," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/2005/table21.htm].
New York State Department of Health, Sept. 2005, "Table 21: Induced abortions by resident county and woman's age, New York State 2002," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/2002/table21.htm].
New York State Department of Health, Sept. 2005, "Table 7: Live births by resident county and woman's age, New York State 2002," New York State Department of Health, on line [http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vital_statistics/2002/table07.htm].

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Last modified 6 November 2011.
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