Alabama abortion percentages by county, 2000-2004
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last modified 16 September 2006
Data for Alabama counties, cumulative from 2000 to 2004, residents only
| county | live births | abortions | abortion ratio | abortion % | abortion % ranking |
|---|
| Autauga | 3,110 | 494 | 159 | 13.7 | 21 |
| Baldwin | 9,098 | 790 | 87 | 8.0 | 53 |
| Barbour | 1,819 | 277 | 152 | 13.2 | 23 |
| Bibb | 1,356 | 138 | 102 | 9.2 | 46 |
| Blount | 3,361 | 252 | 75 | 7.0 | 60 |
| Bullock | 769 | 183 | 238 | 19.2 | 9 |
| Butler | 1,377 | 199 | 145 | 12.6 | 27 |
| Calhoun | 7,499 | 1,284 | 171 | 14.6 | 16 |
| Chambers | 2,222 | 376 | 169 | 14.5 | 17 |
| Cherokee | 1,355 | 114 | 84 | 7.8 | 56 |
| Chilton | 2,724 | 295 | 108 | 9.8 | 42 |
| Choctaw | 935 | 136 | 145 | 12.7 | 25 |
| Clarke | 1,888 | 210 | 111 | 10.0 | 36 |
| Clay | 790 | 73 | 92 | 8.5 | 49 |
| Cleburne | 832 | 83 | 100 | 9.1 | 47 |
| Coffee | 7,778 | 337 | 43 | 4.2 | 67 |
| Colbert | 3,074 | 341 | 111 | 10.0 | 37 |
| Conecuh | 830 | 70 | 84 | 7.8 | 55 |
| Coosa | 600 | 79 | 132 | 11.6 | 30 |
| Covington | 2,230 | 151 | 68 | 6.3 | 62 |
| Crenshaw | 875 | 97 | 111 | 10.0 | 38 |
| Cullman | 4,846 | 337 | 70 | 6.5 | 61 |
| Dale | 3,801 | 404 | 106 | 9.6 | 44 |
| Dallas | 3,625 | 524 | 145 | 12.6 | 26 |
| Dekalb | 4,749 | 299 | 63 | 5.9 | 65 |
| Elmore | 4,735 | 670 | 141 | 12.4 | 28 |
| Escambia | 2,448 | 127 | 52 | 4.9 | 66 |
| Etowah | 6,381 | 1,028 | 161 | 13.9 | 19 |
| Fayette | 1,012 | 116 | 115 | 10.3 | 33 |
| Franklin | 2,132 | 136 | 64 | 6.0 | 63 |
| Geneva | 1,490 | 95 | 64 | 6.0 | 64 |
| Greene | 700 | 174 | 249 | 19.9 | 8 |
| Hale | 1,183 | 230 | 194 | 16.3 | 14 |
| Henry | 1,033 | 115 | 111 | 10.0 | 35 |
| Houston | 6,455 | 715 | 111 | 10.0 | 39 |
| Jackson | 3,201 | 281 | 88 | 8.1 | 52 |
| Jefferson | 45,809 | 13,461 | 294 | 22.7 | 6 |
| Lamar | 876 | 99 | 113 | 10.2 | 34 |
| Lauderdale | 4,872 | 539 | 111 | 10.0 | 40 |
| Lawrence | 2,044 | 222 | 109 | 9.8 | 41 |
| Lee | 5,634 | 1,778 | 316 | 24.0 | 2 |
| Limestone | 4,245 | 384 | 90 | 8.3 | 51 |
| Lowndes | 980 | 206 | 210 | 17.4 | 12 |
| Macon | 1,283 | 635 | 495 | 33.1 | 1 |
| Madison | 18,137 | 3,872 | 213 | 17.6 | 11 |
| Marengo | 1,548 | 242 | 156 | 13.5 | 22 |
| Marion | 1,765 | 146 | 83 | 7.6 | 57 |
| Marshall | 6,460 | 597 | 92 | 8.5 | 48 |
| Mobile | 29,617 | 5,501 | 186 | 15.7 | 15 |
| Monroe | 1,574 | 145 | 92 | 8.4 | 50 |
| Montgomery | 16,894 | 5,055 | 299 | 23.0 | 5 |
| Morgan | 7,505 | 915 | 122 | 10.9 | 31 |
| Perry | 968 | 147 | 152 | 13.2 | 24 |
| Pickens | 1,375 | 281 | 204 | 17.0 | 13 |
| Pike | 2,061 | 463 | 225 | 18.3 | 10 |
| Randolph | 1,380 | 141 | 102 | 9.3 | 45 |
| Russell | 3,093 | 900 | 291 | 22.5 | 7 |
| Saint Clair | 4,213 | 556 | 132 | 11.7 | 29 |
| Shelby | 12,107 | 1,289 | 106 | 9.6 | 43 |
| Sumter | 925 | 285 | 308 | 23.6 | 3 |
| Talladega | 5,221 | 831 | 159 | 13.7 | 20 |
| Tallapoosa | 2,445 | 405 | 166 | 14.2 | 18 |
| Tuscaloosa | 11,079 | 3,325 | 300 | 23.1 | 4 |
| Walker | 4,512 | 522 | 116 | 10.4 | 32 |
| Washington | 1,125 | 96 | 85 | 7.9 | 54 |
| Wilcox | 1,085 | 86 | 79 | 7.3 | 59 |
| Winston | 1,431 | 115 | 80 | 7.4 | 58 |
| ALABAMA TOTAL | 300,854 | 54,469 | 181 | 15.3 | |
Sources:
- 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, 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].
© 2004, 2006 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 September 2006.
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