Illinois abortion percentages by county, 2000-2004
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last modified 16 September 2006
Data for Illinois counties, cumulative from 2000 to 2004, residents only
Note: Illinois does not report annual abortion figures for counties where the number of abortions was less than 50. For some counties, no figures can be determined.
| county | live births | abortions | abortion ratio | abortion % | abortion % ranking |
|---|
| Adams | 4,047 | 246 | 61 | 5.7 | 30 |
| Alexander | 666 | 58 | 87 | 8.0 | 25 |
| Bond | 1,000 | | | | |
| Boone | 3,159 | 420 | 133 | 11.7 | 14 |
| Brown | 306 | | | | |
| Bureau | 2,142 | 55 | 26 | 2.5 | 38 |
| Calhoun | 257 | | | | |
| Carroll | 813 | | | | |
| Cass | 970 | | | | |
| Champaign | 11,377 | 2,306 | 203 | 16.9 | 3 |
| Christian | 2,013 | | | | |
| Clark | 943 | | | | |
| Clay | 900 | | | | |
| Clinton | 2,014 | | | | |
| Coles | 2,900 | 443 | 153 | 13.3 | 10 |
| Cook | 413,379 | 118,680 | 287 | 22.3 | 1 |
| Crawford | 1,003 | | | | |
| Cumberland | 610 | | | | |
| DeKalb | 5,785 | 864 | 149 | 13.0 | 11 |
| DeWitt | 1,045 | | | | |
| Douglas | 1,507 | | | | |
| DuPage | 65,239 | 10,006 | 153 | 13.3 | 9 |
| Edgar | 1,057 | | | | |
| Edwards | 396 | | | | |
| Effingham | 2,265 | | | | |
| Fayette | 1,238 | | | | |
| Ford | 858 | | | | |
| Franklin | 2,415 | 124 | 51 | 4.9 | 33 |
| Fulton | 2,037 | 55 | 27 | 2.6 | 37 |
| Gallatin | 345 | | | | |
| Greene | 840 | | | | |
| Grundy | 2,628 | | | | |
| Hamilton | 446 | | | | |
| Hancock | 1,081 | | | | |
| Hardin | 213 | | | | |
| Henderson | 342 | | | | |
| Henry | 2,807 | 103 | 37 | 3.5 | 34 |
| Iroquois | 1,765 | | | | |
| Jackson | 3,376 | 575 | 170 | 14.6 | 7 |
| Jasper | 578 | | | | |
| Jefferson | 2,399 | 135 | 56 | 5.3 | 31 |
| Jersey | 1,176 | | | | |
| Jo Daviess | 1,164 | | | | |
| Johnson | 677 | | | | |
| Kane | 41,163 | 3,032 | 74 | 6.9 | 27 |
| Kankakee | 7,663 | 571 | 75 | 6.9 | 26 |
| Kendall | 5,358 | 179 | 33 | 3.2 | 35 |
| Knox | 3,085 | 448 | 145 | 12.7 | 12 |
| Lake | 52,362 | 6,434 | 123 | 10.9 | 18 |
| LaSalle | 7,072 | 834 | 118 | 10.5 | 20 |
| Lawrence | 799 | | | | |
| Lee | 1,893 | 54 | 29 | 2.8 | 36 |
| Livingston | 2,598 | | | | |
| Logan | 1,667 | | | | |
| McDonough | 1,461 | 130 | 89 | 8.2 | 24 |
| McHenry | 20,886 | 2,457 | 118 | 10.5 | 21 |
| McLean | 10,479 | 1,633 | 156 | 13.5 | 8 |
| Macon | 7,085 | 868 | 123 | 10.9 | 19 |
| Macoupin | 2,817 | | | | |
| Madison | 16,863 | 2,938 | 174 | 14.8 | 6 |
| Marion | 2,531 | 179 | 71 | 6.6 | 28 |
| Marshall | 679 | | | | |
| Mason | 944 | | | | |
| Massac | 936 | | | | |
| Menard | 683 | | | | |
| Mercer | 917 | | | | |
| Monroe | 1,768 | | | | |
| Montgomery | 1,666 | | | | |
| Morgan | 2,104 | | | | |
| Moultrie | 931 | | | | |
| Ogle | 2,918 | 371 | 127 | 11.3 | 15 |
| Peoria | 13,137 | 2,578 | 196 | 16.4 | 4 |
| Perry | 1,253 | | | | |
| Piatt | 888 | | | | |
| Pike | 921 | | | | |
| Pope | 156 | | | | |
| Pulaski | 489 | | | | |
| Putnam | 304 | | | | |
| Randolph | 1,918 | | | | |
| Richland | 970 | | | | |
| Rock Island | 9,700 | 58 | 6 | 0.6 | 39 |
| Saint Clair | 18,444 | 3,834 | 208 | 17.2 | 2 |
| Saline | 1,549 | | | | |
| Sangamon | 12,822 | 1,762 | 137 | 12.1 | 13 |
| Schuyler | 375 | | | | |
| Scott | 320 | | | | |
| Shelby | 1,215 | | | | |
| Stark | 353 | | | | |
| Stephenson | 2,899 | 368 | 127 | 11.3 | 16 |
| Tazewell | 7,978 | 1,004 | 126 | 11.2 | 17 |
| Union | 1,074 | | | | |
| Vermilion | 5,581 | 636 | 114 | 10.2 | 22 |
| Wabash | 725 | | | | |
| Warren | 1,009 | | | | |
| Washington | 865 | | | | |
| Wayne | 982 | | | | |
| White | 835 | | | | |
| Whiteside | 3,757 | 229 | 61 | 5.7 | 29 |
| Will | 44,935 | 4,306 | 96 | 8.7 | 23 |
| Williamson | 3,646 | 196 | 54 | 5.1 | 32 |
| Winnebago | 19,885 | 3,514 | 177 | 15.0 | 5 |
| Woodford | 2,137 | | | | |
| ILLINOIS TOTAL | 912,638 | 201,783 | 221 | 18.1 | |
Sources:
- Illinois Department of Public Health, 2001, "2000 Illinois abortion statistics," Illinois Department of Public Health, on line [http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/abortion/abort00.htm].
- Illinois Department of Public Health, 2002, "2001 Illinois abortion statistics," Illinois Department of Public Health, on line [http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/abortion/abort01.htm].
- Illinois Department of Public Health, 2003, "2002 Illinois abortion statistics," Illinois Department of Public Health, on line [http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/abortion/abort02.htm].
- Illinois Department of Public Health, 2004, "2003 Illinois abortion statistics," Illinois Department of Public Health, on line [http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/abortion/abort03.htm].
- Illinois Department of Public Health, 2005, "2004 Illinois abortion statistics," Illinois Department of Public Health, on line [http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/abortion/abort04.htm].
- Illinois Department of Public Health, 2006, "Birth statistics: Births by county of residence: Illinois, 2000-2004," Illinois Department of Public Health, on line [http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/bdmd/birth2.htm].
© 2003, 2006 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 September 2006.
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