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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