Georgia abortion percentages by county, 2000-2004

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last modified 16 September 2006

Data for Georgia counties, cumulative from 2000 to 2004, residents only

county	live births	abortions	abortion ratio	abortion %	abortion % ranking
Appling	1,332	31	23	2.3	139
Atkinson	754	6	8	0.8	154
Bacon	764	15	20	1.9	143
Baker	189	11	58	5.5	126
Baldwin	2,718	839	309	23.6	8
Banks	1,083	73	67	6.3	119
Barrow	4,378	640	146	12.8	59
Bartow	7,158	757	106	9.6	92
Ben Hill	1,433	79	55	5.2	129
Berrien	1,199	17	14	1.4	146
Bibb	12,225	2,891	236	19.1	20
Bleckley	743	62	83	7.7	112
Brantley	807	7	9	0.9	153
Brooks	1,083	13	12	1.2	152
Bryan	1,901	233	123	10.9	78
Bulloch	3,711	1,062	286	22.3	10
Burke	2,064	349	169	14.5	43
Butts	1,465	242	165	14.2	50
Calhoun	466	60	129	11.4	72
Camden	3,730	11	3	0.3	157
Candler	870	72	83	7.6	113
Carroll	7,384	1,223	166	14.2	48
Catoosa	3,700	240	65	6.1	120
Charlton	604	4	7	0.7	155
Chatham	17,999	4,320	240	19.4	19
Chattahooche	1,214	238	196	16.4	29
Chattoga	1,625	157	97	8.8	103
Cherokee	13,759	1,654	120	10.7	79
Clarke	6,761	2,432	360	26.5	3
Clay	222	36	162	14.0	52
Clayton	22,633	7,689	340	25.4	4
Clinch	586	12	20	2.0	142
Cobb	52,288	13,820	264	20.9	11
Coffee	3,199	47	15	1.4	144
Colquitt	3,498	45	13	1.3	150
Columbia	6,436	1,203	187	15.7	36
Cook	1,188	17	14	1.4	145
Coweta	7,752	962	124	11.0	76
Crawford	726	104	143	12.5	63
Crisp	1,675	174	104	9.4	94
Dade	915	37	40	3.9	131
Dawson	1,234	164	133	11.7	69
Decatur	2,052	46	22	2.2	140
DeKalb	55,298	23,708	429	30.0	1
Dodge	1,237	322	260	20.7	13
Dooly	889	143	161	13.9	53
Dougherty	7,531	1,193	158	13.7	55
Douglas	7,557	1,937	256	20.4	15
Early	928	48	52	4.9	130
Echols	335	0	0	0.0	159
Effingham	3,008	359	119	10.7	80
Elbert	1,329	194	146	12.7	60
Emanuel	1,766	221	125	11.1	75
Evans	961	89	93	8.5	108
Fannin	1,211	91	75	7.0	114
Fayette	4,625	906	196	16.4	30
Floyd	6,911	931	135	11.9	66
Forsyth	10,964	928	85	7.8	110
Franklin	1,311	149	114	10.2	82
Fulton	65,423	25,762	394	28.3	2
Gilmer	1,828	115	63	5.9	122
Glascock	160	31	194	16.2	32
Glynn	4,954	104	21	2.1	141
Gordon	3,989	395	99	9.0	100
Grady	1,961	24	12	1.2	151
Greene	1,017	168	165	14.2	49
Gwinnett	59,020	14,899	252	20.2	16
Habersham	2,742	277	101	9.2	99
Hall	14,630	1,636	112	10.1	85
Hancock	580	187	322	24.4	6
Haralson	1,909	205	107	9.7	89
Harris	1,473	280	190	16.0	35
Hart	1,397	144	103	9.3	98
Heard	745	70	94	8.6	106
Henry	11,370	2,472	217	17.9	22
Houston	8,712	1,557	179	15.2	39
Irwin	636	24	38	3.6	132
Jackson	3,607	401	111	10.0	86
Jasper	869	144	166	14.2	47
Jeff Davis	1,097	40	36	3.5	134
Jefferson	1,356	285	210	17.4	24
Jenkins	640	66	103	9.3	97
Johnson	565	70	124	11.0	77
Jones	1,639	235	143	12.5	61
Lamar	998	143	143	12.5	62
Lanier	536	1	2	0.2	158
Laurens	3,393	359	106	9.6	91
Lee	1,650	181	110	9.9	87
Liberty	7,030	1,187	169	14.4	44
Lincoln	427	94	220	18.0	21
Long	830	86	104	9.4	95
Lowndes	7,369	103	14	1.4	147
Lumpkin	1,555	196	126	11.2	73
Macon	1,000	192	192	16.1	33
Madison	1,777	260	146	12.8	58
Marion	508	79	156	13.5	56
McDuffie	1,646	343	208	17.2	25
McIntosh	742	47	63	6.0	121
Meriwether	1,591	266	167	14.3	45
Miller	437	15	34	3.3	137
Mitchell	1,653	61	37	3.6	133
Monroe	1,396	295	211	17.4	23
Montgomery	569	56	98	9.0	101
Morgan	1,078	209	194	16.2	31
Murray	3,061	169	55	5.2	128
Muscogee	15,119	4,341	287	22.3	9
Newton	6,369	1,213	190	16.0	34
Oconee	1,681	182	108	9.8	88
Oglethorpe	855	81	95	8.7	104
Paulding	8,640	902	104	9.5	93
Peach	1,696	448	264	20.9	12
Pickens	1,712	167	98	8.9	102
Pierce	1,203	16	13	1.3	148
Pike	899	113	126	11.2	74
Polk	3,359	378	113	10.1	84
Pulaski	594	79	133	11.7	68
Putnam	1,283	224	175	14.9	41
Quitman	176	11	63	5.9	123
Rabun	916	109	119	10.6	81
Randolph	506	102	202	16.8	26
Richmond	15,921	5,119	322	24.3	7
Rockdale	5,192	1,332	257	20.4	14
Schley	261	28	107	9.7	90
Screven	953	168	176	15.0	40
Seminole	599	14	23	2.3	138
Spalding	4,652	746	160	13.8	54
Stephens	1,645	216	131	11.6	70
Stewart	284	69	243	19.5	18
Sumter	2,527	502	199	16.6	27
Talbot	410	70	171	14.6	42
Taliaferro	103	34	330	24.8	5
Tattnall	1,654	93	56	5.3	127
Taylor	585	82	140	12.3	65
Telfair	857	72	84	7.8	111
Terrell	829	118	142	12.5	64
Thomas	3,025	39	13	1.3	149
Tift	3,109	111	36	3.4	136
Toombs	2,151	198	92	8.4	109
Towns	413	39	94	8.6	105
Treutlen	436	45	103	9.4	96
Troup	4,635	860	186	15.7	37
Turner	730	44	60	5.7	124
Twiggs	628	103	164	14.1	51
Union	882	62	70	6.6	116
Upson	1,757	260	148	12.9	57
Walker	3,819	265	69	6.5	118
Walton	5,203	700	135	11.9	67
Ware	2,466	16	6	0.6	156
Warren	425	106	249	20.0	17
Washington	1,308	237	181	15.3	38
Wayne	1,924	69	36	3.5	135
Webster	130	17	131	11.6	71
Wheeler	353	26	74	6.9	115
White	1,390	130	94	8.6	107
Whitfield	8,899	622	70	6.5	117
Wilcox	515	58	113	10.1	83
Wilkes	632	125	198	16.5	28
Wilkinson	728	121	166	14.3	46
Worth	1,434	84	59	5.5	125
GEORGIA TOTAL	673,431	148,411	220	18.1

Sources:

Georgia Department of Human Resources, 2001, "2000 Georgia Vital Statistics Report, Natality Section," Georgia Department of Human Resources, on line [http://health.state.ga.us/pdfs/ohip/vsr/natality.00.pdf].
Georgia Department of Human Resources, 2002, "2001 Georgia Vital Statistics Report, Natality Section," Georgia Department of Human Resources, on line [http://health.state.ga.us/pdfs/ohip/vsr/natality.01.pdf].
Georgia Department of Human Resources, Dec. 2003, "2002 Georgia Vital Statistics Report, Natality Section," Georgia Department of Human Resources, on line [http://health.state.ga.us/pdfs/ohip/vsr/natality.02.pdf].
Georgia Department of Human Resources, Nov. 2004, "2003 Georgia Vital Statistics Report, Natality Section," Georgia Department of Human Resources, on line [http://health.state.ga.us/pdfs/ohip/vsr/natality.03.pdf].
Georgia Department of Human Resources, Nov. 2005, "2004 Georgia Vital Statistics Report, Natality Section," Georgia Department of Human Resources, on line [http://health.state.ga.us/pdfs/ohip/vsr/natality.04.pdf].

© 2004, 2006 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 September 2006.
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