California abortion percentages by county, 2000-2004
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last modified 23 January 2008
Note: California only provides data for Medi-Cal program abortions; figures below, for Medi-Cal (FFS and estimated HCP) abortions, represent 32-45% of abortions reported by the CDC or AGI. Completeness of the abortion figures below varies significantly from county to county.
Data for California counties, cumulative from 2000 to 2004, Medi-Cal abortions for residents only
| county | live births | abortions | abortion ratio | abortion % | abortion % ranking |
|---|
| Alameda | 20,073 | 108,488 | 185 | 15.6 | 15 |
| Alpine | 2 | 54 | 37 | 3.6 | 58 |
| Amador | 218 | 1,320 | 165 | 14.2 | 20 |
| Butte | 3,342 | 11,514 | 290 | 22.5 | 3 |
| Calaveras | 289 | 1,615 | 179 | 15.2 | 16 |
| Colusa | 139 | 1,670 | 83 | 7.7 | 53 |
| Contra Costa | 8,368 | 66,134 | 127 | 11.2 | 37 |
| Del Norte | 275 | 1,463 | 188 | 15.8 | 13 |
| El Dorado | 1,025 | 8,739 | 117 | 10.5 | 41 |
| Fresno | 14,176 | 74,615 | 190 | 16.0 | 12 |
| Glenn | 273 | 2,028 | 135 | 11.9 | 32 |
| Humboldt | 2,349 | 7,244 | 324 | 24.5 | 1 |
| Imperial | 926 | 13,600 | 68 | 6.4 | 56 |
| Inyo | 129 | 932 | 138 | 12.2 | 30 |
| Kern | 7,109 | 61,957 | 115 | 10.3 | 42 |
| Kings | 1,319 | 11,533 | 114 | 10.3 | 43 |
| Lake | 752 | 3,198 | 235 | 19.0 | 9 |
| Lassen | 184 | 1,408 | 131 | 11.6 | 36 |
| Los Angeles | 110,650 | 765,777 | 144 | 12.6 | 27 |
| Madera | 1,700 | 11,078 | 153 | 13.3 | 24 |
| Marin | 1,892 | 14,083 | 134 | 11.8 | 33 |
| Mariposa | 111 | 694 | 160 | 13.8 | 22 |
| Mendocino | 1,362 | 5,449 | 250 | 20.0 | 5 |
| Merced | 3,145 | 20,430 | 154 | 13.3 | 23 |
| Modoc | 46 | 384 | 120 | 10.7 | 39 |
| Mono | 89 | 744 | 120 | 10.7 | 40 |
| Monterey | 4,742 | 36,014 | 132 | 11.6 | 35 |
| Napa | 579 | 7,913 | 73 | 6.8 | 55 |
| Nevada | 685 | 4,049 | 169 | 14.5 | 18 |
| Orange | 14,260 | 227,694 | 63 | 5.9 | 57 |
| Placer | 1,799 | 17,070 | 105 | 9.5 | 47 |
| Plumas | 102 | 833 | 122 | 10.9 | 38 |
| Riverside | 11,278 | 134,478 | 84 | 7.7 | 52 |
| Sacramento | 18,263 | 97,617 | 187 | 15.8 | 14 |
| San Benito | 685 | 4,530 | 151 | 13.1 | 25 |
| San Bernardino | 15,832 | 150,306 | 105 | 9.5 | 48 |
| San Diego | 18,393 | 223,107 | 82 | 7.6 | 54 |
| San Francisco | 12,789 | 42,489 | 301 | 23.1 | 2 |
| San Joaquin | 7,125 | 51,041 | 140 | 12.2 | 29 |
| San Luis Obispo | 2,085 | 12,553 | 166 | 14.2 | 19 |
| San Mateo | 5,482 | 51,062 | 107 | 9.7 | 46 |
| Santa Barbara | 2,851 | 29,001 | 98 | 9.0 | 51 |
| Santa Clara | 18,077 | 135,282 | 134 | 11.8 | 34 |
| Santa Cruz | 4,072 | 17,161 | 237 | 19.2 | 8 |
| Shasta | 2,499 | 9,839 | 254 | 20.3 | 4 |
| Sierra | 23 | 110 | 209 | 17.3 | 11 |
| Siskiyou | 363 | 2,210 | 164 | 14.1 | 21 |
| Solano | 4,087 | 29,011 | 141 | 12.3 | 28 |
| Sonoma | 6,088 | 28,843 | 211 | 17.4 | 10 |
| Stanislaus | 5,838 | 38,839 | 150 | 13.1 | 26 |
| Sutter | 715 | 6,336 | 113 | 10.1 | 44 |
| Tehama | 592 | 3,491 | 170 | 14.5 | 17 |
| Tolumne | 535 | 2,253 | 237 | 19.2 | 7 |
| Trinity | 125 | 518 | 241 | 19.4 | 6 |
| Tulare | 3,868 | 37,548 | 103 | 9.3 | 49 |
| Ventura | 6,547 | 58,665 | 112 | 10.0 | 45 |
| Yolo | 1,173 | 11,785 | 100 | 9.1 | 50 |
| Yuba | 767 | 5,614 | 137 | 12.0 | 31 |
| TOTAL | 431,529 | 2,673,413 | 161 | 13.9 |
Sources:
- Department of Health Services, 2001, Vital Statistics of California 1999, Department of Health Services (Sacramento, CA), on line at California Department of Health Services [http://www.dhs.ca.gov/hisp/chs/OHIR/reports/vitalstatisticsofcalifornia/vsofca1999.pdf].
- Department of Health Services, 2006, Vital Statistics of California 2004, Department of Health Services (Sacramento, CA), on line at California Department of Health Services [http://www.dhs.ca.gov/hisp/chs/OHIR/reports/vitalstatisticsofcalifornia/vsofca2004.pdf].
- Medical Care Statistics Section, March 1996, "Medi-Cal funded induced abortions 1994," California Department of Health Services, on line [http://www.dhs.ca.gov/MCSS/Published%20Reports/abortion/94/abt94.pdf].
- Medical Care Statistics Section, Jan. 1997, "Medi-Cal funded induced abortions 1995," California Department of Health Services, on line [http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ffdmb/MCSS/Published%20Reports/abortion/95/abt95.pdf].
- Medical Care Statistics Section, Feb. 1998, "Medi-Cal funded induced abortions 1996," California Department of Health Services, on line [http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ffdmb/MCSS/Published%20Reports/abortion/96/abt96.pdf].
- Medical Care Statistics Section, March 1999, "Medi-Cal funded induced abortions 1997," California Department of Health Services, on line [http://www.dhs.ca.gov/admin/ffdmb/mcss/Published%20Reports/abortion/97/abt97.pdf].
- Medical Care Statistics Section, May 2000, "Medi-Cal funded induced abortions 1998," California Department of Health Services, on line [http://www.dhs.ca.gov/MCSS/Published%20Reports/abortion/98/abt98.pdf].
- Medical Care Statistics Section, Nov. 2001, "Medi-Cal funded induced abortions 1999," California Department of Health Services, on line [http://www.dhs.ca.gov/admin/ffdmb/mcss/Published%20Reports/abortion/99/abt99.pdf].
- Medical Care Statistics Section, Dec. 2001, "Medi-Cal funded induced abortions 2000," California Department of Health Services, on line [http://www.dhs.ca.gov/MCSS/Published%20Reports/abortion/00/ab00.pdf].
- Medical Care Statistics Section, Feb. 2003, "Medi-Cal funded induced abortions 2001," California Department of Health Services, on line [http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ffdmb/MCSS/Published%20Reports/abortion/01/Ab01.pdf].
- Medical Care Statistics Section, March 2004, "Medi-Cal funded induced abortions 2002," California Department of Health Services, on line [http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ffdmb/MCSS/Published%20reports/abortion/02/ab02.pdf].
- Medical Care Statistics Section, April 2006, "Medi-Cal funded induced abortions 2003-2004," California Department of Health Services, on line [http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ffdmb/MCSS/Published%20Reports/abortion/0304/Abortion%200304%20FINAL.pdf].
- Medical Care Statistics Section, 2007, "Medi-Cal funded induced abortions 2005," California Department of Health Services, on line [http://www.dhs.ca.gov/MCSS/Published%20Reports/Abortion/05/Abortion%20Tables%202005.pdf].
© 2008 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 23 January 2008.
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