Reported characteristics of abortions in Massachusetts

Reported characteristics of abortions in Massachusetts, 1990-2011

compiled from U.S. Centers for Disease Control annual survelliance summaries (abortion data) and Massachusetts Dept. of Health (birth data)
last updated 28 November 2014

ABORTION DATA, 1990-2011
(U.S. CDC data, Massachusetts occurrences)

year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 total 2000-2011

OCCURRENCES 39,739 37,071 34,527 35,312 32,195 29,097 29,293 28,477 27,714 26,852 27,180 26,293 25,249 25,741 24,366 23,268 24,246 24,128 23,883 22,945 20,802 20,703 288,804

BY RESIDENCE 27,667 25,710 25,047 25,104 25,082 25,146 24,558 24,689 23,219 23,933 23,360 24,235 23,252 20,263 16,394 279,235

BY MOTHER'S AGE

   14 or less 216 190 205 215 177 142 148 168 141 125 103 78 82 101 97 100 72 83 56 72 55 37 936

   15-19 7,401 6,505 5,391 5,872 5,181 4,382 4,465 4,681 4,810 4,347 4,560 3,735 3,758 4,454 3,966 3,709 3,947 4,065 3,670 3,338 2,806 2,576 44,584

   15 376 322 311 337 313 299 286 305 295 232 234 160 175 249 247 214 214 223 180 180 138 103 2,317

   16 704 607 585 576 556 489 556 583 534 476 456 394 365 421 399 418 427 362 331 297 235 241 4,346

   17 1,172 998 850 857 835 780 766 869 855 762 738 570 623 704 662 594 659 663 542 534 396 409 7,094

   18 2,311 2,033 1,604 1,863 1,572 1,301 1,316 1,361 1,486 1,332 1,448 1,118 1,172 1,449 1,242 1,124 1,196 1,204 1,116 968 875 795 13,707

   19 2,838 2,545 2,041 2,239 1,904 1,513 1,541 1,563 1,640 1,545 1,684 1,493 1,423 1,631 1,416 1,359 1,451 1,613 1,501 1,359 1,162 1,028 17,120

   20-24 13,137 12,427 11,597 11,225 9,984 8,571 8,230 8,686 7,994 7,728 7,859 8,163 8,171 7,986 7,890 7,547 7,725 7,698 7,934 7,673 7,027 6,958 92,631

   25-29 9,611 8,660 8,145 8,096 7,465 6,445 6,553 6,632 6,169 5,819 5,821 5,676 5,745 5,630 5,419 5,136 5,682 5,548 5,616 5,434 5,034 5,214 65,955

   30-34 5,517 5,213 5,192 5,389 4,949 4,440 4,572 4,454 4,093 3,922 3,869 3,926 3,893 3,960 3,557 3,366 3,375 3,352 3,375 3,260 3,020 3,195 42,148

   35-39 2,899 2,724 2,802 2,798 2,789 2,584 2,652 2,704 2,446 2,559 2,541 2,479 2,493 2,558 2,348 2,455 2,421 2,375 2,274 2,187 1,972 1,895 27,998

   40 or more 760 757 847 949 900 854 896 973 866 882 1,017 1,037 1,035 1,004 915 932 985 971 949 981 888 827 11,541

   Unknown 198 595 348 768 750 1,679 1,777 179 1,195 1,470 1,410 1,199 72 48 174 23 39 36 9 72 55 38 3,175

BY RACE

   Black 4,959 4,766 5,388 5,281 4,675 4,491 4,653 4,769 38,982

   White 15,519 14,445 13,348 13,235 12,266 11,619 12,136 12,161 104,729

   Other 3,238 4,930 5,328 5,744 5,690 4,948 3,956 4,760 38,594

   Unknown 3,464 2,152 1,185 1,481 1,735 2,210 3,501 2,438 23,883 22,945 20,802 20,703 106,499

BY HISPANIC/NON-HISPANIC

   Hispanic 2,655

   Non-Hispanic 21,061

   Unknown 3,464

BY MARITAL STATUS

   Married 8,488 7,497 7,316 7,821 5,718 4,996 6,998 6,746 4,906 4,717 4,314 3,944 3,350 3,344 3,207 34,528

   Single 26,992 26,209 23,753 23,298 20,522 20,348 17,637 18,406 19,380 19,830 20,541 19,831 18,892 18,846 18,966 154,692

   Unknown 4,259 3,365 3,458 4,193 2,237 2,370 2,217 2,028 2,007 702 886 591 1,026 2,056 1,955 23,883 22,945 20,802 20,703 99,584

BY TYPE OF PROCEDURE

   Intrauterine instillation 24 13 321 274 177 154 103 13 5

   Prostaglandin instillation 591 769 767 674 401 582 838

   Instillation, all 615 782 1,088 948 578 736 941 866 813 381 629 2,627 3,803 3,602 3,330 4,023 2,482 116 154 5 20,771

   Medical (non-surgical) 0 1,095 2,482 3,848 4,310 4,552 3,701 3,584 4,626 5,037 4,679 5,071 42,985

   Sharp curettage 493 342 179 163 220 221 111 75 75 120 144 110

   Vacuum aspiration/suction curettage (may include dilation and evacuation) 38,133 35,534 33,119 34,201 31,160 27,908 28,055 27,014 24,931 24,409 26,205 22,449

   All curettage 38,626 35,876 33,298 34,364 31,380 28,129 28,166 27,089 25,006 24,529 26,349 22,559 18,960 17,974 16,544 14,689 16,376 20,221 18,920 17,720 15,948 15,470 221,730

   Other 498 413 0 0 0 232 186 522 1,895 1,942 202 12 4 317 182 0 1,687 207 183 175 0 0 2,969

   Unknown 0 0 141 0 237 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 188 170 162 524

BY PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS

   0 16,546

   1 8,057

   2 5,601

   3 2,200

   4 or more 904

   Unknown 3,763

BY PREVIOUS ABORTIONS

   0 17,715 12,420 12,447 12,506 12,353 11,765 11,191 11,671 11,285 11,051 8,934 103,203

   1 9,659 6,254 6,306 6,333 6,618 6,168 5,907 6,119 5,797 5,347 5,112 53,707

   2 4,213 2,862 3,014 2,898 3,123 2,903 2,907 3,017 3,045 2,605 2,492 26,004

   3 or more 2,548 1,875 1,927 1,940 2,194 2,161 2,132 2,204 2,266 1,953 1,791 18,568

   Unknown 2,936 3,441 3,486 26,293 1,572 1,453 1,369 1,131 1,235 1,735 2,927 22,945 20,802 2,374 87,322

year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 total 2000-2011

ABORTIONS, PERCENTAGE BREAKDOWNS, 1990-2011
(U.S. CDC data, Massachusetts occurrences)

year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 total 2000-2011

BY MOTHER'S AGE

   14 or less 0.54 0.51 0.59 0.61 0.55 0.49 0.51 0.59 0.51 0.47 0.38 0.30 0.32 0.39 0.40 0.43 0.30 0.34 0.23 0.31 0.26 0.18 0.32

   15-19 18.62 17.55 15.61 16.63 16.09 15.06 15.24 16.44 17.36 16.19 16.78 14.21 14.88 17.30 16.28 15.94 16.28 16.85 15.37 14.55 13.49 12.44 15.44

   15 0.95 0.87 0.90 0.95 0.97 1.03 0.98 1.07 1.06 0.86 0.86 0.61 0.69 0.97 1.01 0.92 0.88 0.92 0.75 0.78 0.66 0.50 0.80

   16 1.77 1.64 1.69 1.63 1.73 1.68 1.90 2.05 1.93 1.77 1.68 1.50 1.45 1.64 1.64 1.80 1.76 1.50 1.39 1.29 1.13 1.16 1.50

   17 2.95 2.69 2.46 2.43 2.59 2.68 2.61 3.05 3.09 2.84 2.72 2.17 2.47 2.73 2.72 2.55 2.72 2.75 2.27 2.33 1.90 1.98 2.46

   18 5.82 5.48 4.65 5.28 4.88 4.47 4.49 4.78 5.36 4.96 5.33 4.25 4.64 5.63 5.10 4.83 4.93 4.99 4.67 4.22 4.21 3.84 4.75

   19 7.14 6.87 5.91 6.34 5.91 5.20 5.26 5.49 5.92 5.75 6.20 5.68 5.64 6.34 5.81 5.84 5.98 6.69 6.28 5.92 5.59 4.97 5.93

   20-24 33.06 33.52 33.59 31.79 31.01 29.46 28.10 30.50 28.84 28.78 28.91 31.05 32.36 31.02 32.38 32.44 31.86 31.90 33.22 33.44 33.78 33.61 32.07

   25-29 24.19 23.36 23.59 22.93 23.19 22.15 22.37 23.29 22.26 21.67 21.42 21.59 22.75 21.87 22.24 22.07 23.43 22.99 23.51 23.68 24.20 25.18 22.84

   30-34 13.88 14.06 15.04 15.26 15.37 15.26 15.61 15.64 14.77 14.61 14.23 14.93 15.42 15.38 14.60 14.47 13.92 13.89 14.13 14.21 14.52 15.43 14.59

   35-39 7.30 7.35 8.12 7.92 8.66 8.88 9.05 9.50 8.83 9.53 9.35 9.43 9.87 9.94 9.64 10.55 9.99 9.84 9.52 9.53 9.48 9.15 9.69

   40 or more 1.91 2.04 2.45 2.69 2.80 2.94 3.06 3.42 3.12 3.28 3.74 3.94 4.10 3.90 3.76 4.01 4.06 4.02 3.97 4.28 4.27 3.99 4.00

   Unknown 0.50 1.61 1.01 2.17 2.33 5.77 6.07 0.63 4.31 5.47 5.19 4.56 0.29 0.19 0.71 0.10 0.16 0.15 0.04 0.31 0.26 0.18 1.10

BY RACE

   Black 18.25 18.13 21.34 20.52 19.19 19.30 19.19 19.77 13.50

   White 57.10 54.94 52.87 51.42 50.34 49.94 50.05 50.40 36.26

   Other 11.91 18.75 21.10 22.31 23.35 21.27 16.32 19.73 13.36

   Unknown 12.74 8.18 4.69 5.75 7.12 9.50 14.44 10.10 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 36.88

BY HISPANIC/NON-HISPANIC

   Hispanic 9.77

   Non-Hispanic 77.49

   Unknown 12.74

BY MARITAL STATUS

   Married 21.36 20.22 21.19 22.15 20.08 18.03 26.06 24.82 18.66 18.68 16.76 16.19 14.40 13.79 13.29 11.96

   Single 67.92 70.70 68.80 65.98 72.07 73.42 65.68 67.72 73.71 78.54 79.80 81.39 81.19 77.73 78.61 53.56

   Unknown 10.72 9.08 10.02 11.87 7.86 8.55 8.26 7.46 7.63 2.78 3.44 2.43 4.41 8.48 8.10 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 5.61

BY TYPE OF PROCEDURE

   Intrauterine instillation 0.06 0.04 0.93 0.78 0.55 0.53 0.35 0.06 0.02

   Prostaglandin instillation 1.49 2.07 2.22 1.91 1.25 2.00 2.86

   Instillation, all 1.55 2.11 3.15 2.68 1.80 2.53 3.21 3.04 2.93 1.42 2.31 9.99 15.06 13.99 13.67 17.29 10.24 0.48 0.64 0.00 0.02 0.00 7.19

   Medical (non-surgical) 0.00 4.16 9.83 14.95 17.69 19.56 15.26 14.85 19.37 21.95 22.49 24.49 14.88

   Sharp curettage 1.24 0.92 0.52 0.46 0.68 0.76 0.38 0.26 0.27 0.45 0.53 0.42

   Vacuum aspiration/suction curettage (may include dilation and evacuation) 95.96 95.85 95.92 96.85 96.79 95.91 95.77 94.86 89.96 90.90 96.41 85.38

   All curettage 97.20 96.78 96.44 97.32 97.47 96.67 96.15 95.13 90.23 91.35 96.94 85.80 75.09 69.83 67.90 63.13 67.54 83.81 79.22 77.23 76.67 74.72 76.78

   Other 1.25 1.11 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.80 0.63 1.83 6.84 7.23 0.74 0.05 0.02 1.23 0.75 0.00 6.96 0.86 0.77 0.76 0.00 0.00 1.03

   Unknown 0.00 0.00 0.41 0.00 0.74 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.82 0.82 0.78 0.18

BY PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS

   0 44.63

   1 21.73

   2 15.11

   3 5.93

   4 or more 2.44

   Unknown 10.15

BY PREVIOUS ABORTIONS

   0 47.79 46.25 45.79 49.53 47.99 48.28 48.10 48.14 46.77 46.27 43.15 35.73

   1 26.06 23.29 23.20 25.08 25.71 25.31 25.39 25.24 24.03 22.39 24.69 18.60

   2 11.36 10.66 11.09 11.48 12.13 11.91 12.49 12.44 12.62 10.91 12.04 9.00

   3 or more 6.87 6.98 7.09 7.68 8.52 8.87 9.16 9.09 9.39 8.18 8.65 6.43

   Unknown 7.92 12.81 12.83 100.00 6.23 5.64 5.62 4.86 5.09 7.19 12.26 100.00 100.00 11.47 30.24

year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 total 2000-2011

LIVE BIRTH DATA, 1990-2011
(Massachusetts Dept. of Health data, Massachusetts residents)

year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 total 2000-2011

OCCURRENCES 92,461 88,176 87,202 84,627 83,758 81,562 80,164 80,321 81,406 80,866 81,582 81,014 80,624 80,167 78,460 76,824 77,670 77,934 76,969 74,966 72,835 73,169 932,214

BY MOTHER'S AGE

   14 or less 124 90 78 73 56 42 59 56 49 40 51 39 31 664

   15-19 7,259 6,892 6,555 6,469 6,412 5,990 5,758 5,801 5,823 5,515 5,305 4,979 4,642 4,639 4,559 4,539 4,722 4,944 4,583 4,477 3,907 3,480 54,776

   20-24 18,115 11,965 12,029 11,880 11,894 11,670 11,805 12,420 12,598 12,475 12,048 11,298 11,145 143,227

   25-29 29,913 19,761 19,015 18,484 18,436 17,914 18,026 18,633 19,283 19,019 18,469 18,043 18,238 223,321

   30-34 25,687 26,873 26,948 27,163 26,829 25,804 24,140 23,611 23,334 23,152 23,143 23,158 24,016 298,171

   35-39 9,795 14,686 14,750 15,121 14,889 14,977 14,740 14,749 14,336 14,170 13,521 13,020 12,952 171,911

   40 or more 1,568 2,898 3,213 3,260 3,419 3,490 3,511 3,469 3,374 3,503 3,233 3,353 3303 40,026

   Unknown 0 4 2 1 5 4 4 10 16 27 24 17 4 118

BY RACE

   Black 7,729 7,352 7,203 6,916 6,713 6,299 5,946 6,182 6,337 6,524 6,445 6,555 6,649 6,561 6,698

   Black, non-Hispanic 7,158 6,737 6,419 6,262 5,858 5,491 5,482 5,549 5,844 5,755 5,862 5,948 5,902 6,053 6,077 6,452 6,462 6,652 6,945 6,794 6,999 75,901

   White 80,775 76,983 76,052 73,704 72,980 71,083 69,485 69,503 70,452 69,305 69,371 68,728 67,874 67,586 65,362

   White, non-Hispanic 72,483 68,619 65,487 64,589 63,043 61,829 61,204 61,764 60,402 60,051 59,115 58,136 57,604 55,322 53,469 52,675 52,620 51,760 49,759 48,466 45,973 644,950

   Other 3,688 3,566 3,582 3,664 3,790 3,817 3,950 4,217 4,248 4,615 5,205 5,279 5,793 5,688 5,906 5,251 5,469 5,758 5,958 7,097 5,922 6,810 70,136

   Unknown 269 275 365 343 275 363 783 419 369 422 561 452 308 332 494 12,027 13,074 13,094 12,599 11,165 10,675 13,387 88,168

BY HISPANIC/NON-HISPANIC

   Hispanic 8,406 8,477 8,250 8,429 8,077 7,756 8,211 8,665 8,815 9,247 9,410 9,543 9,764 9,798 10,061 10,696 10,861 10,895 10,986 10,588 12,777 124,626

   Non-Hispanic 83,786 79,424 76,034 75,054 73,122 71,625 71,691 72,372 71,629 71,774 71,152 70,773 70,071 68,168 66,665 66,891 66,964 65,932 63,801 62,160 59,782 804,133

   Unknown 269 275 343 275 363 783 419 369 422 561 452 308 332 494 98 83 109 142 179 87 610 3,455

BY MARITAL STATUS

   Married 69,624 65,324 64,590 62,282 61,456 60,705 59,911 59,681 60,215 59,418 59,961 59,394 59,020 57,905 56,084 53,654 52,693 51,924 50,823 48,937 47,615 47,820 645,830

   Single 22,837 22,852 22,612 22,345 22,302 20,857 20,253 20,640 21,191 21,448 21,621 21,620 21,604 22,262 22,376 23,170 24,977 26,010 26,146 26,029 25,220 25,349 286,384

year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 total 2000-2011

ABORTIONS, PERCENTAGE OF PREGNANCIES, 1990-2011
(U.S. CDC data for abortions, Massachusetts Dept. of Health data for births, live births and abortions only)

year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 total 2000-2011

OCCURRENCES 30.06 29.60 28.36 29.44 27.77 26.29 26.76 26.17 25.40 24.93 24.99 24.50 23.85 24.31 23.70 23.25 23.79 23.64 23.68 23.43 22.22 22.05 23.65

BY MOTHER'S AGE

   14 or less 63.53 53.37 50.00 52.90 64.33 69.78 62.89 56.25 62.88 58.33 58.54 58.51 54.41 58.50

   15-19 50.48 48.56 45.13 47.58 44.69 42.25 43.68 44.66 45.24 44.08 46.22 42.86 44.74 48.98 46.52 44.97 45.53 45.12 44.47 42.71 41.80 42.54 44.87

   20-24 42.04 39.64 40.43 40.75 40.17 40.34 39.00 38.35 37.93 38.88 38.91 38.35 38.44 39.27

   25-29 24.32 22.75 22.99 23.71 23.39 23.22 22.17 23.37 22.34 22.80 22.73 21.81 22.23 22.80

   30-34 17.68 12.59 12.72 12.54 12.86 12.11 12.24 12.51 12.56 12.72 12.35 11.54 11.74 12.38

   35-39 22.84 14.75 14.39 14.15 14.66 13.55 14.28 14.10 14.21 13.83 13.92 13.15 12.76 14.01

   40 or more 32.65 25.98 24.40 24.10 22.70 20.77 20.98 22.11 22.35 21.32 23.28 20.94 20.02 22.38

BY RACE

   Black 43.48 42.10 44.76 44.60 41.11

   White 18.28 17.37 16.43 16.38 15.80

   Other 38.35 48.29 47.91 50.24 49.07

BY HISPANIC/NON-HISPANIC

   Hispanic 22.31

   Non-Hispanic 22.69

BY MARITAL STATUS

   Married 10.87 10.30 10.17 11.16 8.74 7.66 10.54 10.11 7.63 7.40 6.93 6.57 5.88 5.97 5.82

   Single 54.17 53.42 51.23 51.04 49.86 48.99 45.12 45.98 47.27 47.86 47.99 46.99 44.91 43.00 42.17

year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 total 2000-2011

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year	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	total 2000-2011
OCCURRENCES	39,739	37,071	34,527	35,312	32,195	29,097	29,293	28,477	27,714	26,852	27,180	26,293	25,249	25,741	24,366	23,268	24,246	24,128	23,883	22,945	20,802	20,703	288,804
BY RESIDENCE								27,667	25,710	25,047	25,104	25,082	25,146	24,558	24,689	23,219	23,933	23,360	24,235	23,252	20,263	16,394	279,235

BY MOTHER'S AGE
14 or less	216	190	205	215	177	142	148	168	141	125	103	78	82	101	97	100	72	83	56	72	55	37	936
15-19	7,401	6,505	5,391	5,872	5,181	4,382	4,465	4,681	4,810	4,347	4,560	3,735	3,758	4,454	3,966	3,709	3,947	4,065	3,670	3,338	2,806	2,576	44,584
15	376	322	311	337	313	299	286	305	295	232	234	160	175	249	247	214	214	223	180	180	138	103	2,317
16	704	607	585	576	556	489	556	583	534	476	456	394	365	421	399	418	427	362	331	297	235	241	4,346
17	1,172	998	850	857	835	780	766	869	855	762	738	570	623	704	662	594	659	663	542	534	396	409	7,094
18	2,311	2,033	1,604	1,863	1,572	1,301	1,316	1,361	1,486	1,332	1,448	1,118	1,172	1,449	1,242	1,124	1,196	1,204	1,116	968	875	795	13,707
19	2,838	2,545	2,041	2,239	1,904	1,513	1,541	1,563	1,640	1,545	1,684	1,493	1,423	1,631	1,416	1,359	1,451	1,613	1,501	1,359	1,162	1,028	17,120
20-24	13,137	12,427	11,597	11,225	9,984	8,571	8,230	8,686	7,994	7,728	7,859	8,163	8,171	7,986	7,890	7,547	7,725	7,698	7,934	7,673	7,027	6,958	92,631
25-29	9,611	8,660	8,145	8,096	7,465	6,445	6,553	6,632	6,169	5,819	5,821	5,676	5,745	5,630	5,419	5,136	5,682	5,548	5,616	5,434	5,034	5,214	65,955
30-34	5,517	5,213	5,192	5,389	4,949	4,440	4,572	4,454	4,093	3,922	3,869	3,926	3,893	3,960	3,557	3,366	3,375	3,352	3,375	3,260	3,020	3,195	42,148
35-39	2,899	2,724	2,802	2,798	2,789	2,584	2,652	2,704	2,446	2,559	2,541	2,479	2,493	2,558	2,348	2,455	2,421	2,375	2,274	2,187	1,972	1,895	27,998
40 or more	760	757	847	949	900	854	896	973	866	882	1,017	1,037	1,035	1,004	915	932	985	971	949	981	888	827	11,541
Unknown	198	595	348	768	750	1,679	1,777	179	1,195	1,470	1,410	1,199	72	48	174	23	39	36	9	72	55	38	3,175

BY RACE
Black											4,959	4,766	5,388	5,281	4,675	4,491	4,653	4,769					38,982
White											15,519	14,445	13,348	13,235	12,266	11,619	12,136	12,161					104,729
Other											3,238	4,930	5,328	5,744	5,690	4,948	3,956	4,760					38,594
Unknown											3,464	2,152	1,185	1,481	1,735	2,210	3,501	2,438	23,883	22,945	20,802	20,703	106,499

BY HISPANIC/NON-HISPANIC
Hispanic											2,655
Non-Hispanic											21,061
Unknown											3,464

BY MARITAL STATUS
Married	8,488	7,497	7,316	7,821				5,718	4,996	6,998	6,746	4,906	4,717	4,314	3,944	3,350	3,344	3,207					34,528
Single	26,992	26,209	23,753	23,298				20,522	20,348	17,637	18,406	19,380	19,830	20,541	19,831	18,892	18,846	18,966					154,692
Unknown	4,259	3,365	3,458	4,193				2,237	2,370	2,217	2,028	2,007	702	886	591	1,026	2,056	1,955	23,883	22,945	20,802	20,703	99,584

BY TYPE OF PROCEDURE
Intrauterine instillation	24	13	321	274	177	154	103													13	5
Prostaglandin instillation	591	769	767	674	401	582	838
Instillation, all	615	782	1,088	948	578	736	941	866	813	381	629	2,627	3,803	3,602	3,330	4,023	2,482	116	154		5		20,771
Medical (non-surgical)								0				1,095	2,482	3,848	4,310	4,552	3,701	3,584	4,626	5,037	4,679	5,071	42,985
Sharp curettage	493	342	179	163	220	221	111	75	75	120	144	110
Vacuum aspiration/suction curettage (may include dilation and evacuation)	38,133	35,534	33,119	34,201	31,160	27,908	28,055	27,014	24,931	24,409	26,205	22,449
All curettage	38,626	35,876	33,298	34,364	31,380	28,129	28,166	27,089	25,006	24,529	26,349	22,559	18,960	17,974	16,544	14,689	16,376	20,221	18,920	17,720	15,948	15,470	221,730
Other	498	413	0	0	0	232	186	522	1,895	1,942	202	12	4	317	182	0	1,687	207	183	175	0	0	2,969
Unknown	0	0	141	0	237	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	188	170	162	524

BY PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS
0		16,546
1		8,057
2		5,601
3		2,200
4 or more		904
Unknown		3,763

BY PREVIOUS ABORTIONS
0		17,715								12,420	12,447		12,506	12,353	11,765	11,191	11,671	11,285	11,051			8,934	103,203
1		9,659								6,254	6,306		6,333	6,618	6,168	5,907	6,119	5,797	5,347			5,112	53,707
2		4,213								2,862	3,014		2,898	3,123	2,903	2,907	3,017	3,045	2,605			2,492	26,004
3 or more		2,548								1,875	1,927		1,940	2,194	2,161	2,132	2,204	2,266	1,953			1,791	18,568
Unknown		2,936								3,441	3,486	26,293	1,572	1,453	1,369	1,131	1,235	1,735	2,927	22,945	20,802	2,374	87,322
year	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	total 2000-2011

year	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	total 2000-2011
BY MOTHER'S AGE
14 or less	0.54	0.51	0.59	0.61	0.55	0.49	0.51	0.59	0.51	0.47	0.38	0.30	0.32	0.39	0.40	0.43	0.30	0.34	0.23	0.31	0.26	0.18	0.32
15-19	18.62	17.55	15.61	16.63	16.09	15.06	15.24	16.44	17.36	16.19	16.78	14.21	14.88	17.30	16.28	15.94	16.28	16.85	15.37	14.55	13.49	12.44	15.44
15	0.95	0.87	0.90	0.95	0.97	1.03	0.98	1.07	1.06	0.86	0.86	0.61	0.69	0.97	1.01	0.92	0.88	0.92	0.75	0.78	0.66	0.50	0.80
16	1.77	1.64	1.69	1.63	1.73	1.68	1.90	2.05	1.93	1.77	1.68	1.50	1.45	1.64	1.64	1.80	1.76	1.50	1.39	1.29	1.13	1.16	1.50
17	2.95	2.69	2.46	2.43	2.59	2.68	2.61	3.05	3.09	2.84	2.72	2.17	2.47	2.73	2.72	2.55	2.72	2.75	2.27	2.33	1.90	1.98	2.46
18	5.82	5.48	4.65	5.28	4.88	4.47	4.49	4.78	5.36	4.96	5.33	4.25	4.64	5.63	5.10	4.83	4.93	4.99	4.67	4.22	4.21	3.84	4.75
19	7.14	6.87	5.91	6.34	5.91	5.20	5.26	5.49	5.92	5.75	6.20	5.68	5.64	6.34	5.81	5.84	5.98	6.69	6.28	5.92	5.59	4.97	5.93
20-24	33.06	33.52	33.59	31.79	31.01	29.46	28.10	30.50	28.84	28.78	28.91	31.05	32.36	31.02	32.38	32.44	31.86	31.90	33.22	33.44	33.78	33.61	32.07
25-29	24.19	23.36	23.59	22.93	23.19	22.15	22.37	23.29	22.26	21.67	21.42	21.59	22.75	21.87	22.24	22.07	23.43	22.99	23.51	23.68	24.20	25.18	22.84
30-34	13.88	14.06	15.04	15.26	15.37	15.26	15.61	15.64	14.77	14.61	14.23	14.93	15.42	15.38	14.60	14.47	13.92	13.89	14.13	14.21	14.52	15.43	14.59
35-39	7.30	7.35	8.12	7.92	8.66	8.88	9.05	9.50	8.83	9.53	9.35	9.43	9.87	9.94	9.64	10.55	9.99	9.84	9.52	9.53	9.48	9.15	9.69
40 or more	1.91	2.04	2.45	2.69	2.80	2.94	3.06	3.42	3.12	3.28	3.74	3.94	4.10	3.90	3.76	4.01	4.06	4.02	3.97	4.28	4.27	3.99	4.00
Unknown	0.50	1.61	1.01	2.17	2.33	5.77	6.07	0.63	4.31	5.47	5.19	4.56	0.29	0.19	0.71	0.10	0.16	0.15	0.04	0.31	0.26	0.18	1.10

BY RACE
Black											18.25	18.13	21.34	20.52	19.19	19.30	19.19	19.77					13.50
White											57.10	54.94	52.87	51.42	50.34	49.94	50.05	50.40					36.26
Other											11.91	18.75	21.10	22.31	23.35	21.27	16.32	19.73					13.36
Unknown											12.74	8.18	4.69	5.75	7.12	9.50	14.44	10.10	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	36.88

BY HISPANIC/NON-HISPANIC
Hispanic											9.77
Non-Hispanic											77.49
Unknown											12.74

BY MARITAL STATUS
Married	21.36	20.22	21.19	22.15				20.08	18.03	26.06	24.82	18.66	18.68	16.76	16.19	14.40	13.79	13.29					11.96
Single	67.92	70.70	68.80	65.98				72.07	73.42	65.68	67.72	73.71	78.54	79.80	81.39	81.19	77.73	78.61					53.56
Unknown	10.72	9.08	10.02	11.87				7.86	8.55	8.26	7.46	7.63	2.78	3.44	2.43	4.41	8.48	8.10	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	5.61

BY TYPE OF PROCEDURE
Intrauterine instillation	0.06	0.04	0.93	0.78	0.55	0.53	0.35													0.06	0.02
Prostaglandin instillation	1.49	2.07	2.22	1.91	1.25	2.00	2.86
Instillation, all	1.55	2.11	3.15	2.68	1.80	2.53	3.21	3.04	2.93	1.42	2.31	9.99	15.06	13.99	13.67	17.29	10.24	0.48	0.64	0.00	0.02	0.00	7.19
Medical (non-surgical)								0.00				4.16	9.83	14.95	17.69	19.56	15.26	14.85	19.37	21.95	22.49	24.49	14.88
Sharp curettage	1.24	0.92	0.52	0.46	0.68	0.76	0.38	0.26	0.27	0.45	0.53	0.42
Vacuum aspiration/suction curettage (may include dilation and evacuation)	95.96	95.85	95.92	96.85	96.79	95.91	95.77	94.86	89.96	90.90	96.41	85.38
All curettage	97.20	96.78	96.44	97.32	97.47	96.67	96.15	95.13	90.23	91.35	96.94	85.80	75.09	69.83	67.90	63.13	67.54	83.81	79.22	77.23	76.67	74.72	76.78
Other	1.25	1.11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.80	0.63	1.83	6.84	7.23	0.74	0.05	0.02	1.23	0.75	0.00	6.96	0.86	0.77	0.76	0.00	0.00	1.03
Unknown	0.00	0.00	0.41	0.00	0.74	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.82	0.82	0.78	0.18

BY PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS
0		44.63
1		21.73
2		15.11
3		5.93
4 or more		2.44
Unknown		10.15

BY PREVIOUS ABORTIONS
0		47.79								46.25	45.79		49.53	47.99	48.28	48.10	48.14	46.77	46.27			43.15	35.73
1		26.06								23.29	23.20		25.08	25.71	25.31	25.39	25.24	24.03	22.39			24.69	18.60
2		11.36								10.66	11.09		11.48	12.13	11.91	12.49	12.44	12.62	10.91			12.04	9.00
3 or more		6.87								6.98	7.09		7.68	8.52	8.87	9.16	9.09	9.39	8.18			8.65	6.43
Unknown		7.92								12.81	12.83	100.00	6.23	5.64	5.62	4.86	5.09	7.19	12.26	100.00	100.00	11.47	30.24
year	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	total 2000-2011

year	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	total 2000-2011
OCCURRENCES	92,461	88,176	87,202	84,627	83,758	81,562	80,164	80,321	81,406	80,866	81,582	81,014	80,624	80,167	78,460	76,824	77,670	77,934	76,969	74,966	72,835	73,169	932,214

BY MOTHER'S AGE
14 or less	124										90	78	73	56	42	59	56	49	40	51	39	31	664
15-19	7,259	6,892	6,555	6,469	6,412	5,990	5,758	5,801	5,823	5,515	5,305	4,979	4,642	4,639	4,559	4,539	4,722	4,944	4,583	4,477	3,907	3,480	54,776
20-24	18,115										11,965	12,029	11,880	11,894	11,670	11,805	12,420	12,598	12,475	12,048	11,298	11,145	143,227
25-29	29,913										19,761	19,015	18,484	18,436	17,914	18,026	18,633	19,283	19,019	18,469	18,043	18,238	223,321
30-34	25,687										26,873	26,948	27,163	26,829	25,804	24,140	23,611	23,334	23,152	23,143	23,158	24,016	298,171
35-39	9,795										14,686	14,750	15,121	14,889	14,977	14,740	14,749	14,336	14,170	13,521	13,020	12,952	171,911
40 or more	1,568										2,898	3,213	3,260	3,419	3,490	3,511	3,469	3,374	3,503	3,233	3,353	3303	40,026
Unknown	0										4	2	1	5	4	4	10	16	27	24	17	4	118

BY RACE
Black	7,729	7,352	7,203	6,916	6,713	6,299	5,946	6,182	6,337	6,524	6,445	6,555	6,649	6,561	6,698
Black, non-Hispanic	7,158	6,737		6,419	6,262	5,858	5,491	5,482	5,549	5,844	5,755	5,862	5,948	5,902	6,053	6,077	6,452	6,462	6,652	6,945	6,794	6,999	75,901
White	80,775	76,983	76,052	73,704	72,980	71,083	69,485	69,503	70,452	69,305	69,371	68,728	67,874	67,586	65,362
White, non-Hispanic	72,483	68,619		65,487	64,589	63,043	61,829	61,204	61,764	60,402	60,051	59,115	58,136	57,604	55,322	53,469	52,675	52,620	51,760	49,759	48,466	45,973	644,950
Other	3,688	3,566	3,582	3,664	3,790	3,817	3,950	4,217	4,248	4,615	5,205	5,279	5,793	5,688	5,906	5,251	5,469	5,758	5,958	7,097	5,922	6,810	70,136
Unknown	269	275	365	343	275	363	783	419	369	422	561	452	308	332	494	12,027	13,074	13,094	12,599	11,165	10,675	13,387	88,168

BY HISPANIC/NON-HISPANIC
Hispanic	8,406	8,477		8,250	8,429	8,077	7,756	8,211	8,665	8,815	9,247	9,410	9,543	9,764	9,798	10,061	10,696	10,861	10,895	10,986	10,588	12,777	124,626
Non-Hispanic	83,786	79,424		76,034	75,054	73,122	71,625	71,691	72,372	71,629	71,774	71,152	70,773	70,071	68,168	66,665	66,891	66,964	65,932	63,801	62,160	59,782	804,133
Unknown	269	275		343	275	363	783	419	369	422	561	452	308	332	494	98	83	109	142	179	87	610	3,455

BY MARITAL STATUS
Married	69,624	65,324	64,590	62,282	61,456	60,705	59,911	59,681	60,215	59,418	59,961	59,394	59,020	57,905	56,084	53,654	52,693	51,924	50,823	48,937	47,615	47,820	645,830
Single	22,837	22,852	22,612	22,345	22,302	20,857	20,253	20,640	21,191	21,448	21,621	21,620	21,604	22,262	22,376	23,170	24,977	26,010	26,146	26,029	25,220	25,349	286,384
year	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	total 2000-2011

year	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	total 2000-2011
OCCURRENCES	30.06	29.60	28.36	29.44	27.77	26.29	26.76	26.17	25.40	24.93	24.99	24.50	23.85	24.31	23.70	23.25	23.79	23.64	23.68	23.43	22.22	22.05	23.65

BY MOTHER'S AGE
14 or less	63.53										53.37	50.00	52.90	64.33	69.78	62.89	56.25	62.88	58.33	58.54	58.51	54.41	58.50
15-19	50.48	48.56	45.13	47.58	44.69	42.25	43.68	44.66	45.24	44.08	46.22	42.86	44.74	48.98	46.52	44.97	45.53	45.12	44.47	42.71	41.80	42.54	44.87
20-24	42.04										39.64	40.43	40.75	40.17	40.34	39.00	38.35	37.93	38.88	38.91	38.35	38.44	39.27
25-29	24.32										22.75	22.99	23.71	23.39	23.22	22.17	23.37	22.34	22.80	22.73	21.81	22.23	22.80
30-34	17.68										12.59	12.72	12.54	12.86	12.11	12.24	12.51	12.56	12.72	12.35	11.54	11.74	12.38
35-39	22.84										14.75	14.39	14.15	14.66	13.55	14.28	14.10	14.21	13.83	13.92	13.15	12.76	14.01
40 or more	32.65										25.98	24.40	24.10	22.70	20.77	20.98	22.11	22.35	21.32	23.28	20.94	20.02	22.38

BY RACE
Black											43.48	42.10	44.76	44.60	41.11
White											18.28	17.37	16.43	16.38	15.80
Other											38.35	48.29	47.91	50.24	49.07

BY HISPANIC/NON-HISPANIC
Hispanic											22.31
Non-Hispanic											22.69

BY MARITAL STATUS
Married	10.87	10.30	10.17	11.16				8.74	7.66	10.54	10.11	7.63	7.40	6.93	6.57	5.88	5.97	5.82
Single	54.17	53.42	51.23	51.04				49.86	48.99	45.12	45.98	47.27	47.86	47.99	46.99	44.91	43.00	42.17
year	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	total 2000-2011