Mississippi abortion percentages by county, 2000-2004
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last modified 16 September 2006
Data for Mississippi counties, cumulative from 2000 to 2004, residents only
| county | live births | abortions | abortion ratio | abortion % | abortion % ranking |
| Adams | 2,221 | 298 | 134 | 11.8 | 11 |
| Alcorn | 2,299 | 4 | 2 | 0.2 | 80 |
| Amite | 815 | 61 | 75 | 7.0 | 29 |
| Attala | 1,386 | 164 | 118 | 10.6 | 15 |
| Benton | 579 | 3 | 5 | 0.5 | 63 |
| Bolivar | 3,138 | 136 | 43 | 4.2 | 41 |
| Calhoun | 1,021 | 10 | 10 | 1.0 | 56 |
| Carroll | 542 | 56 | 103 | 9.4 | 19 |
| Chickasaw | 1,513 | 18 | 12 | 1.2 | 53 |
| Choctaw | 512 | 14 | 27 | 2.7 | 49 |
| Claiborne | 829 | 182 | 220 | 18.0 | 3 |
| Clarke | 1,194 | 48 | 40 | 3.9 | 43 |
| Clay | 1,555 | 13 | 8 | 0.8 | 57 |
| Coahoma | 2,769 | 12 | 4 | 0.4 | 66 |
| Copiah | 2,165 | 331 | 153 | 13.3 | 7 |
| Covington | 1,479 | 136 | 92 | 8.4 | 22 |
| Desoto | 9,200 | 7 | 1 | 0.1 | 82 |
| Forrest | 5,462 | 774 | 142 | 12.4 | 10 |
| Franklin | 530 | 41 | 77 | 7.2 | 27 |
| George | 1,696 | 8 | 5 | 0.5 | 65 |
| Greene | 749 | 3 | 4 | 0.4 | 67 |
| Grenada | 1,477 | 88 | 60 | 5.6 | 38 |
| Hancock | 2,714 | 7 | 3 | 0.3 | 75 |
| Harrison | 14,696 | 113 | 8 | 0.8 | 60 |
| Hinds | 19,550 | 6,359 | 325 | 24.5 | 1 |
| Holmes | 1,909 | 367 | 192 | 16.1 | 6 |
| Humphreys | 1,015 | 90 | 89 | 8.1 | 23 |
| Issaquena | 99 | 11 | 111 | 10.0 | 16 |
| Itawamba | 1,401 | 7 | 5 | 0.5 | 64 |
| Jackson | 9,319 | 26 | 3 | 0.3 | 74 |
| Jasper | 1,292 | 87 | 67 | 6.3 | 31 |
| Jefferson | 687 | 152 | 221 | 18.1 | 2 |
| Jeff Davis | 852 | 66 | 77 | 7.2 | 26 |
| Jones | 5,024 | 324 | 64 | 6.1 | 32 |
| Kemper | 666 | 24 | 36 | 3.5 | 45 |
| Lafayette | 2,303 | 45 | 20 | 1.9 | 50 |
| Lamar | 3,190 | 166 | 52 | 4.9 | 40 |
| Lauderdale | 5,884 | 192 | 33 | 3.2 | 47 |
| Lawrence | 914 | 116 | 127 | 11.3 | 12 |
| Leake | 1,827 | 180 | 99 | 9.0 | 21 |
| Lee | 6,099 | 24 | 4 | 0.4 | 68 |
| Leflore | 2,964 | 309 | 104 | 9.4 | 18 |
| Lincoln | 2,282 | 190 | 83 | 7.7 | 25 |
| Lowndes | 4,566 | 37 | 8 | 0.8 | 58 |
| Madison | 6,185 | 1,291 | 209 | 17.3 | 4 |
| Marion | 1,902 | 102 | 54 | 5.1 | 39 |
| Marshall | 2,553 | 5 | 2 | 0.2 | 79 |
| Monroe | 2,505 | 9 | 4 | 0.4 | 69 |
| Montgomery | 799 | 69 | 86 | 7.9 | 24 |
| Neshoba | 2,463 | 147 | 60 | 5.6 | 37 |
| Newton | 1,692 | 121 | 72 | 6.7 | 30 |
| Noxubee | 1,025 | 12 | 12 | 1.2 | 54 |
| Oktibbeha | 2,787 | 119 | 43 | 4.1 | 42 |
| Panola | 2,844 | 6 | 2 | 0.2 | 78 |
| Pearl River | 3,312 | 26 | 8 | 0.8 | 59 |
| Perry | 841 | 31 | 37 | 3.6 | 44 |
| Pike | 3,184 | 377 | 118 | 10.6 | 14 |
| Pontotoc | 1,971 | 6 | 3 | 0.3 | 72 |
| Prentiss | 1,607 | 4 | 2 | 0.2 | 77 |
| Quitman | 756 | 4 | 5 | 0.5 | 62 |
| Rankin | 8,891 | 1,340 | 151 | 13.1 | 8 |
| Scott | 2,305 | 278 | 121 | 10.8 | 13 |
| Sharkey | 514 | 55 | 107 | 9.7 | 17 |
| Simpson | 1,998 | 205 | 103 | 9.3 | 20 |
| Smith | 1,015 | 62 | 61 | 5.8 | 36 |
| Stone | 1,002 | 11 | 11 | 1.1 | 55 |
| Sunflower | 2,435 | 152 | 62 | 5.9 | 34 |
| Tallahatchie | 1,006 | 3 | 3 | 0.3 | 73 |
| Tate | 1,971 | 5 | 3 | 0.3 | 76 |
| Tippah | 1,645 | 2 | 1 | 0.1 | 81 |
| Tishomingo | 1,144 | 4 | 3 | 0.3 | 70 |
| Tunica | 954 | 3 | 3 | 0.3 | 71 |
| Union | 1,831 | 11 | 6 | 0.6 | 61 |
| Walthall | 1,095 | 68 | 62 | 5.8 | 35 |
| Warren | 3,843 | 758 | 197 | 16.5 | 5 |
| Washington | 5,102 | 387 | 76 | 7.1 | 28 |
| Wayne | 1,510 | 50 | 33 | 3.2 | 46 |
| Webster | 730 | 21 | 29 | 2.8 | 48 |
| Wilkinson | 697 | 13 | 19 | 1.8 | 51 |
| Winston | 1,365 | 88 | 64 | 6.1 | 33 |
| Yalobusha | 952 | 13 | 14 | 1.3 | 52 |
| Yazoo | 2,177 | 327 | 150 | 13.1 | 9 |
| MISSISSIPPI TOTAL | 212,993 | 17,485 | 82 | 7.6 | |
Sources:
- Mississippi Department of Health, 2001, "Vital Statistics Mississippi, 2000," Mississippi Department of Health, on line [http://www.msdh.state.ms.us/phs/stat2000.htm].
- Mississippi Department of Health, 2002, "Vital Statistics Mississippi, 2001," Mississippi Department of Health, on line [http://www.msdh.state.ms.us/phs/stat2001.htm].
- Mississippi Department of Health, 2003, "Vital Statistics Mississippi, 2002," Mississippi Department of Health, on line [http://www.msdh.state.ms.us/phs/stat2002.htm].
- Mississippi Department of Health, 2004, "Vital Statistics Mississippi, 2003," Mississippi Department of Health, on line [http://www.msdh.state.ms.us/phs/stat2003.htm].
- Mississippi Department of Health, 2005, "Vital Statistics Mississippi, 2004," Mississippi Department of Health, on line [http://www.msdh.state.ms.us/phs/stat2004.htm].
© 2003, 2006 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 September 2006.
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