Arkansas abortion percentages by county, 1998-2002

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last modified 16 September 2006

Data for Arkansas counties, cumulative from 1998 to 2002, residents only

county	live births	abortions	abortion ratio	abortion %	abortion % ranking
Arkansas	1,345	172	128	11.3	11
Ashley	1,612	165	102	9.3	25
Baxter	1,667	131	79	7.3	43
Benton	11,551	1,204	104	9.4	23
Boone	2,084	181	87	8.0	37
Bradley	792	74	93	8.5	33
Calhoun	269	30	112	10.0	20
Carroll	1,717	128	75	6.9	48
Chicot	1,007	101	100	9.1	29
Clark	1,393	262	188	15.8	4
Clay	1,001	31	31	3.0	71
Cleburne	1,195	115	96	8.8	32
Cleveland	537	52	97	8.8	31
Columbia	1,575	129	82	7.6	41
Conway	1,237	169	137	12.0	9
Craighead	5,842	431	74	6.9	51
Crawford	3,833	321	84	7.7	40
Crittenden	4,434	93	21	2.1	75
Cross	1,305	64	49	4.7	66
Dallas	531	77	145	12.7	8
Desha	1,197	148	124	11.0	15
Drew	1,229	201	164	14.1	7
Faulkner	6,131	1,050	171	14.6	6
Franklin	1,123	82	73	6.8	52
Fulton	585	39	67	6.3	55
Garland	5,112	1,012	198	16.5	3
Grant	972	101	104	9.4	24
Greene	2,588	110	43	4.1	69
Hempstead	1,686	170	101	9.2	27
Hot Spring	1,794	224	125	11.1	14
Howard	1,057	79	75	7.0	47
Independence	2,202	197	89	8.2	35
Izard	617	52	84	7.8	39
Jackson	1,075	108	100	9.1	28
Jefferson	6,212	1,598	257	20.5	2
Johnson	1,639	128	78	7.2	45
Lafayette	531	17	32	3.1	70
Lawrence	1,100	79	72	6.7	53
Lee	795	73	92	8.4	34
Lincoln	778	91	117	10.5	19
Little River	793	44	55	5.3	61
Logan	1,499	85	57	5.4	60
Lonoke	3,533	442	125	11.1	13
Madison	873	56	64	6.0	56
Marion	661	51	77	7.2	46
Miller	2,942	85	29	2.8	73
Mississippi	4,425	107	24	2.4	74
Monroe	643	69	107	9.7	22
Montgomery	446	33	74	6.9	50
Nevada	660	58	88	8.1	36
Newton	451	24	53	5.1	63
Ouachita	1,808	220	122	10.8	16
Perry	656	52	79	7.3	42
Phillips	2,372	204	86	7.9	38
Pike	661	39	59	5.6	58
Poinsett	1,790	53	30	2.9	72
Polk	1,393	77	55	5.2	62
Pope	3,641	434	119	10.7	17
Prairie	540	69	128	11.3	12
Pulaski	28,166	10,994	390	28.1	1
Randolph	1,029	60	58	5.5	59
Saint Francis	2,353	124	53	5.0	64
Saline	4,794	620	129	11.5	10
Scott	721	33	46	4.4	67
Searcy	440	19	43	4.1	68
Sebastian	8,945	995	111	10.0	21
Sevier	1,372	69	50	4.8	65
Sharp	846	59	70	6.5	54
Stone	622	39	63	5.9	57
Union	3,011	354	118	10.5	18
Van Buren	825	84	102	9.2	26
Washington	12,886	2,329	181	15.3	5
White	4,459	432	97	8.8	30
Woodruff	524	41	78	7.3	44
Yell	1,599	119	74	6.9	49
TOTAL ARKANSAS	185,729	28,065	151	13.1

Sources:

Center for Health Statistics, 2001, "Induced abortions by county of residence, race and age of female, all races, Arkansas 1998," Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services, on line [http://www.healthyarkansas.com/stats/98vital/ANN33.HTM].
Center for Health Statistics, 2002, "Induced abortions by county of residence, race and age of female, all races, Arkansas 1999," Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services, on line [http://www.healthyarkansas.com/stats/99vital/ANN33.HTM].
Center for Health Statistics, 2003, "Induced abortions by county of residence and age of female, Arkansas 2000," Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services, on line [http://www.healthyarkansas.com/stats/00vital/ANN33.HTM].
Center for Health Statistics, 2004, "Induced abortions by county of residence and age of female, Arkansas 2001," Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services, on line [http://www.healthyarkansas.com/stats/2001vital/ANN33.HTM].
Center for Health Statistics, 2005, "Induced abortions by county of residence and age of female, Arkansas 2002," Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services, on line [http://www.healthyarkansas.com/stats/2002vital/ANN33.HTM].
Center for Health Statistics, 2005, "Live births by county of residence: Arkansas 1993-2002," Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services, on line [http://www.healthyarkansas.com/stats/2002vital/ANN28.HTM].

© 2003, 2006 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 September 2006.
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