Pennsylvania abortion percentages by county, 2000-2004
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last modified 16 September 2006
Data for Pennsylvania counties, cumulative from 2000 to 2004, residents only
| county | live births | abortions | abortion ratio | abortion % | abortion % ranking |
|---|
| Adams | 5,294 | 322 | 61 | 5.7 | 54 |
| Allegheny | 68,503 | 21,666 | 316 | 24.0 | 2 |
| Armstrong | 3,553 | 469 | 132 | 11.7 | 22 |
| Beaver | 9,071 | 1,544 | 170 | 14.5 | 13 |
| Bedford | 2,706 | 111 | 41 | 3.9 | 60 |
| Berks | 23,852 | 4,841 | 203 | 16.9 | 9 |
| Blair | 7,287 | 692 | 95 | 8.7 | 37 |
| Bradford | 3,653 | 56 | 15 | 1.5 | 65 |
| Bucks | 35,208 | 7,191 | 204 | 17.0 | 8 |
| Butler | 10,381 | 1,059 | 102 | 9.3 | 36 |
| Cambria | 7,558 | 884 | 117 | 10.5 | 29 |
| Cameron | 288 | 38 | 132 | 11.7 | 23 |
| Carbon | 3,016 | 570 | 189 | 15.9 | 10 |
| Centre | 6,345 | 1,320 | 208 | 17.2 | 7 |
| Chester | 29,547 | 4,840 | 164 | 14.1 | 16 |
| Clarion | 1,998 | 227 | 114 | 10.2 | 31 |
| Clearfield | 4,038 | 343 | 85 | 7.8 | 43 |
| Clinton | 2,115 | 248 | 117 | 10.5 | 28 |
| Columbia | 3,052 | 402 | 132 | 11.6 | 24 |
| Crawford | 5,259 | 366 | 70 | 6.5 | 51 |
| Cumberland | 11,230 | 1,660 | 148 | 12.9 | 21 |
| Dauphin | 15,897 | 3,783 | 238 | 19.2 | 5 |
| Delaware | 33,909 | 8,775 | 259 | 20.6 | 3 |
| Elk | 1,704 | 133 | 78 | 7.2 | 45 |
| Erie | 16,791 | 1,251 | 75 | 6.9 | 48 |
| Fayette | 7,445 | 1,104 | 148 | 12.9 | 19 |
| Forest | 178 | 22 | 124 | 11.0 | 27 |
| Franklin | 8,188 | 122 | 15 | 1.5 | 66 |
| Fulton | 793 | 7 | 9 | 0.9 | 67 |
| Greene | 2,017 | 258 | 128 | 11.3 | 25 |
| Huntingdon | 2,323 | 180 | 77 | 7.2 | 46 |
| Indiana | 4,338 | 689 | 159 | 13.7 | 17 |
| Jefferson | 2,551 | 219 | 86 | 7.9 | 42 |
| Juniata | 1,511 | 76 | 50 | 4.8 | 58 |
| Lackawanna | 10,837 | 1,143 | 105 | 9.5 | 34 |
| Lancaster | 33,718 | 3,112 | 92 | 8.4 | 39 |
| Lawrence | 4,936 | 462 | 94 | 8.6 | 38 |
| Lebanon | 7,294 | 770 | 106 | 9.5 | 33 |
| Lehigh | 19,469 | 4,795 | 246 | 19.8 | 4 |
| Luzerne | 15,127 | 2,237 | 148 | 12.9 | 20 |
| Lycoming | 6,592 | 757 | 115 | 10.3 | 30 |
| McKean | 2,374 | 82 | 35 | 3.3 | 62 |
| Mercer | 6,355 | 482 | 76 | 7.0 | 47 |
| Mifflin | 2,902 | 202 | 70 | 6.5 | 50 |
| Monroe | 7,616 | 1,797 | 236 | 19.1 | 6 |
| Montgomery | 47,765 | 8,730 | 183 | 15.5 | 12 |
| Montour | 1,074 | 94 | 88 | 8.0 | 41 |
| Northampton | 14,823 | 2,782 | 188 | 15.8 | 11 |
| Northumberland | 4,802 | 499 | 104 | 9.4 | 35 |
| Perry | 2,633 | 286 | 109 | 9.8 | 32 |
| Philadelphia | 108,181 | 68,254 | 631 | 38.7 | 1 |
| Pike | 1,951 | 132 | 68 | 6.3 | 52 |
| Potter | 1,079 | 41 | 38 | 3.7 | 61 |
| Schuylkill | 7,085 | 1,110 | 157 | 13.5 | 18 |
| Snyder | 2,292 | 125 | 55 | 5.2 | 56 |
| Somerset | 3,899 | 314 | 81 | 7.5 | 44 |
| Sullivan | 248 | 11 | 44 | 4.2 | 59 |
| Susquehanna | 2,224 | 52 | 23 | 2.3 | 64 |
| Tioga | 2,201 | 62 | 28 | 2.7 | 63 |
| Union | 2,051 | 129 | 63 | 5.9 | 53 |
| Venango | 2,941 | 270 | 92 | 8.4 | 40 |
| Warren | 2,191 | 132 | 60 | 5.7 | 55 |
| Washington | 10,393 | 1,739 | 167 | 14.3 | 15 |
| Wayne | 2,448 | 174 | 71 | 6.6 | 49 |
| Westmoreland | 17,261 | 2,892 | 168 | 14.4 | 14 |
| Wyoming | 1,528 | 80 | 52 | 5.0 | 57 |
| York | 23,449 | 2,939 | 125 | 11.1 | 26 |
| PENNSYLVANIA TOTAL | 721,337 | 172,161 | 239 | 19.3 | |
Sources:
- Pennsylvania Department of Health, 2002, "2000 Births: counties," Pennsylvania Department of Health, on line [http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/lib/health/Vital_Stat/2000/2000_countybirth.pdf].
- Pennsylvania Department of Health, 2002, "2000 Induced abortions: counties," Pennsylvania Department of Health, on line [http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/lib/health/Vital_Stat/2000/2000_countyabort.pdf].
- Pennsylvania Department of Health, 2003, "2001 Births: counties," Pennsylvania Department of Health, on line [http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/lib/health/Vital_Stat/2001/2001_countybirth.pdf].
- Pennsylvania Department of Health, 2003, "2001 Induced abortions: counties," Pennsylvania Department of Health, on line [http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/lib/health/Vital_Stat/2001/2001_countyabort.pdf].
- Pennsylvania Department of Health, 2004, "2002 Births: counties," Pennsylvania Department of Health, on line [http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/lib/health/Vital_Stat/2002/2002_countybirth.pdf].
- Pennsylvania Department of Health, 2004, "2002 Induced abortions: counties," Pennsylvania Department of Health, on line [http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/lib/health/Vital_Stat/2002/2002_countyabort.pdf].
- Pennsylvania Department of Health, 2005, "2003 Births: counties," Pennsylvania Department of Health, on line [http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/lib/health/Vital_Stat/2003/2003_countybirth.pdf].
- Pennsylvania Department of Health, 2005, "2003 Induced abortions: counties," Pennsylvania Department of Health, on line [http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/lib/health/Vital_Stat/2003/2003_countyabort.pdf].
- Pennsylvania Department of Health, 2006, "2004 Births: counties," Pennsylvania Department of Health, on line [http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/lib/health/Vital_Stat/2004/2004_countybirth.pdf].
- Pennsylvania Department of Health, 2006, "2004 Induced abortions: counties," Pennsylvania Department of Health, on line [http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/lib/health/Vital_Stat/2004/2004_countyabort.pdf].
© 2003, 2006 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 September 2006.
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