Indiana abortion percentages by county, 2000-2004
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last modified 16 September 2006
Data for Indiana counties, cumulative from 2000 to 2004, residents only
Note: Indiana does not report annual abortion figures for counties where the number of abortions was less than 5. For these counties, reported abortions are given followed by an estimated total in parenthesis. Rates and percentages given for these counties use these estimates and are particularly uncertain.
| county | live births | abortions | abortion ratio | abortion % | abortion % ranking |
|---|
| Adams | 3,030 | 104 | 34 | 3.3 | 72 |
| Allen | 26,285 | 3,222 | 123 | 10.9 | 11 |
| Bartholomew | 5,083 | 464 | 91 | 8.4 | 26 |
| Benton | 600 | 36 | 60 | 5.7 | 51 |
| Blackford | 794 | 73 | 92 | 8.4 | 25 |
| Boone | 3,247 | 308 | 95 | 8.7 | 22 |
| Brown | 721 | 91 | 126 | 11.2 | 10 |
| Carroll | 1,171 | 76 | 65 | 6.1 | 43 |
| Cass | 2,826 | 212 | 75 | 7.0 | 34 |
| Clark | 6,561 | 164 | 25 | 2.4 | 79 |
| Clay | 1,731 | 110 | 64 | 6.0 | 48 |
| Clinton | 2,576 | 183 | 71 | 6.6 | 36 |
| Crawford | 697 | 14 | 20 | 2.0 | 85 |
| Daviess | 2,406 | 93 | 39 | 3.7 | 69 |
| Dearborn | 3,002 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 92 |
| Decatur | 1,881 | 72 | 38 | 3.7 | 71 |
| DeKalb | 2,887 | 178 | 62 | 5.8 | 49 |
| Delaware | 6,754 | 973 | 144 | 12.6 | 5 |
| Dubois | 2,673 | 56 | 21 | 2.1 | 83 |
| Elkhart | 15,891 | 861 | 54 | 5.1 | 60 |
| Fayette | 1,587 | 80 | 50 | 4.8 | 63 |
| Floyd | 4,273 | 115 | 27 | 2.6 | 78 |
| Fountain | 1,097 | 42 | 38 | 3.7 | 70 |
| Franklin | 1,389 | 11 | 8 | 0.8 | 88 |
| Fulton | 1,266 | 81 | 64 | 6.0 | 47 |
| Gibson | 2,012 | 87 | 43 | 4.1 | 67 |
| Grant | 4,240 | 467 | 110 | 9.9 | 15 |
| Greene | 2,045 | 203 | 99 | 9.0 | 17 |
| Hamilton | 17,196 | 1,492 | 87 | 8.0 | 28 |
| Hancock | 3,856 | 427 | 111 | 10.0 | 13 |
| Harrison | 2,208 | 38 | 17 | 1.7 | 86 |
| Hendricks | 7,486 | 759 | 101 | 9.2 | 16 |
| Henry | 2,806 | 261 | 93 | 8.5 | 23 |
| Howard | 5,869 | 568 | 97 | 8.8 | 19 |
| Huntington | 2,405 | 162 | 67 | 6.3 | 42 |
| Jackson | 3,073 | 167 | 54 | 5.2 | 59 |
| Jasper | 1,975 | 195 | 99 | 9.0 | 18 |
| Jay | 1,516 | 73 | 48 | 4.6 | 64 |
| Jefferson | 1,829 | 88 | 48 | 4.6 | 65 |
| Jennings | 1,957 | 127 | 65 | 6.1 | 44 |
| Johnson | 8,414 | 987 | 117 | 10.5 | 12 |
| Knox | 2,211 | 175 | 79 | 7.3 | 33 |
| Kosciusko | 5,510 | 354 | 64 | 6.0 | 46 |
| LaGrange | 3,578 | 84 | 23 | 2.3 | 80 |
| Lake | 34,706 | 7,153 | 206 | 17.1 | 3 |
| LaPorte | 6,852 | 938 | 137 | 12.0 | 8 |
| Lawrence | 2,827 | 227 | 80 | 7.4 | 31 |
| Madison | 8,188 | 1,074 | 131 | 11.6 | 9 |
| Marion | 73,090 | 18,618 | 255 | 20.3 | 2 |
| Marshall | 3,403 | 185 | 54 | 5.2 | 58 |
| Martin | 645 | 18 | 28 | 2.7 | 76 |
| Miami | 2,281 | 156 | 68 | 6.4 | 40 |
| Monroe | 6,267 | 1,679 | 268 | 21.1 | 1 |
| Montgomery | 2,391 | 220 | 92 | 8.4 | 24 |
| Morgan | 4,478 | 425 | 95 | 8.7 | 21 |
| Newton | 787 | 66 | 84 | 7.7 | 30 |
| Noble | 3,547 | 198 | 56 | 5.3 | 55 |
| Ohio | 323 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 89 |
| Orange | 1,269 | 90 | 71 | 6.6 | 37 |
| Owen | 1,273 | 102 | 80 | 7.4 | 32 |
| Parke | 899 | 46 | 51 | 4.9 | 62 |
| Perry | 1,112 | 23 | 21 | 2.0 | 84 |
| Pike | 748 | 25 | 33 | 3.2 | 74 |
| Porter | 9,174 | 1,310 | 143 | 12.5 | 7 |
| Posey | 1,359 | 44 | 32 | 3.1 | 75 |
| Pulaski | 813 | 47 | 58 | 5.5 | 53 |
| Putnam | 2,045 | 178 | 87 | 8.0 | 27 |
| Randolph | 1,623 | 90 | 55 | 5.3 | 56 |
| Ripley | 1,971 | 26 | 13 | 1.3 | 87 |
| Rush | 1,175 | 76 | 65 | 6.1 | 45 |
| Saint Joseph | 19,119 | 2,108 | 110 | 9.9 | 14 |
| Scott | 1,550 | 64 | 41 | 4.0 | 68 |
| Shelby | 2,890 | 277 | 96 | 8.7 | 20 |
| Spencer | 1,205 | 28 | 23 | 2.3 | 81 |
| Starke | 1,513 | 105 | 69 | 6.5 | 39 |
| Steuben | 2,140 | 126 | 59 | 5.6 | 52 |
| Sullivan | 1,257 | 72 | 57 | 5.4 | 54 |
| Switzerland | 550 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 91 |
| Tippecanoe | 9,874 | 1,415 | 143 | 12.5 | 6 |
| Tipton | 1,015 | 69 | 68 | 6.4 | 41 |
| Union | 430 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 90 |
| Vanderburgh | 11,633 | 816 | 70 | 6.6 | 38 |
| Vermillion | 1,008 | 52 | 52 | 4.9 | 61 |
| Vigo | 6,547 | 993 | 152 | 13.2 | 4 |
| Wabash | 1,991 | 148 | 74 | 6.9 | 35 |
| Warren | 473 | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 82 |
| Warrick | 3,327 | 114 | 34 | 3.3 | 73 |
| Washington | 1,774 | 48 | 27 | 2.6 | 77 |
| Wayne | 4,427 | 269 | 61 | 5.7 | 50 |
| Wells | 1,749 | 81 | 46 | 4.4 | 66 |
| White | 1,739 | 146 | 84 | 7.7 | 29 |
| Whitley | 2,095 | 115 | 55 | 5.2 | 57 |
| INDIANA TOTAL | 432,169 | 54,506 | 126 | 11.2 | |
Sources:
- Indiana State Department of Health, 13 April 2005, "Table 14. Terminations, live births, and termination ratios by county and age group: Indiana residents, 2003," Indiana State Department of Health, on line [http://www.state.in.us/isdh/dataandstats/itp/2003/tbl14.htm].
- Indiana State Department of Health, 2002, "Table 14. Terminations, live births, and termination ratios by age for counties: Indiana residents, 2000," Indiana State Department of Health, on line [http://www.state.in.us/isdh/dataandstats/itp/2000/tbl14.htm].
- Indiana State Department of Health, 2003, "Table 14. Terminations, live births, and termination ratios by age for counties: Indiana residents, 2001," Indiana State Department of Health, on line [http://www.state.in.us/isdh/dataandstats/itp/2001/tbl14.htm].
- Indiana State Department of Health, 2004, "Table 14. Terminations, live births, and termination ratios by county and age group: Indiana residents, 2002," Indiana State Department of Health, on line [http://www.state.in.us/isdh/dataandstats/itp/2002/tbl14.htm].
- Indiana State Department of Health, 2006, "Table 14. Terminations, live births, and termination ratios by county and age group: Indiana residents, 2004," Indiana State Department of Health, on line [http://www.state.in.us/isdh/dataandstats/itp/2004/tbl14.htm].
© 2003-2004, 2006 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 September 2006.
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