United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

70 Vital Statistics
No. 104. Legal Abortions—Number, Rate per 1,000 Women 15-44 years O ld, and Abortion/
Live Births Ratio, by State of Occurrence: 1973 to 1980
are *f?rn surveys ot hospitals, clinics, and physicians Identified as providers of abortion services
H?‘S d -by tha A]?11Guttmacher Institute. Abortion rates are computed per 1.000 women 15-44ySSa ol Ig " Jul^l .*
S 5 fi^ ^ r!ioH0r«llJa4U08ic o m p u ted as the number ot abortions per 1,000 live births from July 1, 1973 to June 30
^ M y . C s t o le ’ o ^ o ^ r c s ] 0' ’ fr° m JU'V 1979 '° JU" * * 198° ’ and fr0m July '■ 198“ * ° " T w R
S T A T E
NL M B E R O F A B O R T I O N S
(1,000)
R A T E P E R 1,000 W O M E N *
RATIO: A B O R T I O N S P E R
1,000 LIVE B IR T H S
1 9 7 3 1 9 7 5 1 9 7 9 1 9 8 0 1 9 7 3 1 9 7 5 1 9 7 9 I 9 6 0 1 9 7 3 1 9 7 5 1 9 7 9 1 9 8 0
United States..................... 744.6 1,034.2 1,497.7 1,553.9 16.3 22.2 28.6 29.3 2 3 9 3 3 1 4 2 2 4 2 8
New England............................
Mains.— „................... „......
23.1 64.1 81 . 4 83.9 9.0 20.4 2 8 . 6 28 . 9 1 5 2 3 7 2 5 1 1 5 3 0
.7 2 . 0 4 . 7 4.8 3 . 3 8 .8 1 8 .8 1 8 .6 4 7 1 3 6 2 9 6 2 6 9
.6 1.8 4.2 4.7 3.3 9.9 19.7 21.1 5 2 1 7 6 3 2 0 3 4 7
1.5 2.2 3.4 3.8 14.8 21 . 0 2 8 . 0 3 0 . 4 2 3 3 3 5 0 4 6 0 4 6 6
12.4 33.3 4S.1 45.6 10.1 26.4 3 3 . 6 3 3 . 5 1 7 3 4 8 B 6 1 5 6 0 9
1.1 3.3 5.6 6.6 5.8 16.5 2 6 . 5 30 . 7 9 6 2 9 8 4 5 3 5 2 9
6.8 11.4 18.4 18.4 10 . 4 17,1 25 . 0 25 . 6 1 6 8 3 2 6 4 9 6 5 6 1
Middle Atlantic......................... 2 5 2 . 9 25 0 . 8 2 9 9 .3 31 1 . 8 32 . 0 31.2 3 5 . 8 37.0 5 3 1 5 3 2 6 2 2 6 2 7
21 2 . 7 170.7 1 8 3 . 2 107.5 54.5 43,3 45.1 45.8 6 0 4 7 2 7 7 8 7 7 8 0
10.2 32.4 51.2 55,5 6.7 20.6 30 . 7 32.8 1 1 3 3 6 9 5 6 6 5 9 1
Pennsylvania.......................... 29.9 47.4 64.9 68.9 12 . 2 18.9 24 . 8 26.1 2 0 0 3 2 0 4 1 2 4 2 3
East North Central 97.4 166.6 2 3 7 . 5 2 4 2 . 9 11.1 18.4 2 4 . 7 24 . 9 1 6 1 2 8 0 3 5 8 3 6 9
17.3 44 . 6 64 . 4 67.1 7.4 18.8 2 5 . 9 26.8 1 0 9 2 9 0 3 8 1 3 9 7
1.8 7.7 t8.9 19.6 1.5 6.5 15.0 15.3 2 1 9 4 2 1 1 2 2 7
32.8 6 0 . 3 7 0 , 9 69.1 13.8 24.4 2 6 . 9 25.9 1 9 9 3 6 3 3 8 1 3 7 4
37.5 42.7 63,0 66.2 19.1 21.1 29.1 29.7 2 7 2 3 3 0 4 3 6 4 5 7
Wisconsin.............................. 6.2 11.3 20.2 21.8 8.6 11.5 19.0 20,1 1 2 9 1 7 6 2 7 1 2 9 2
West North Central................. 29.6 81.4 69 . 7 75.2 8.6 14.4 18.1 19.2 1 2 5 2 0 9 2 4 3 2 6 0
7.3 12.8 19.1 19.9 8.8 14.8 20 . 2 20.7 1 3 7 2 2 9 2 8 4 2 8 6
2.3 6.2 9.3 9 .3 4.0 10.4 14.5 14.3 5 9 1 5 0 1 9 2 1 9 5
3.4 11.0 17.7 21 . 6 3.5 10.7 16.1 19.4 4 9 1 5 6 2 2 1 2 7 3
North Dakota - .9 2.8 3.1 _ 6.7 19.6 21.5 8 0 2 1 9 2 3 5
South Dakota......................... 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.4 12.2 11.2 9.7 9.0 1 5 3 1 3 8 1 1 2 1 0 3
Nebraska................................ 2.3 4.6 5.7 6.4 7.2 14.2 16.2 17.9 99 1 9 3 2 0 7 2 2 7
Kansas................................... 12.6 14,3 13.7 13.6 26.5 29.2 2 6 . 2 25.6 4 1 3 4 4 0 3 5 8 3 4 3
South Atlantic........... .............. 114.4 172.4 2 4 7 . 3 2 5 4 . 5 16.0 22.8 2 9 . 3 29.4 2 3 3 3 6 2 4 5 9 4 6 2
2.1 2.4 3.6 3.7 16.3 17.9 25 . 7 25.9 2 5 5 2 8 0 3 8 9 3 9 5
11.1 21.8 2 8 . 0 30.5 12.2 23.1 27.3 29.2 241 4 8 5 5 4 5 5 7 1
District of Columbia................ 44.6 31.4 28.7 28.5 251.4 180.1 1 6 8 . 0 168.3 2 , 3 5 5 1 , 6 1 9 1 , 5 2 5 1 , 5 6 9
Virginia.................................... 8.4 20,3 SI.4 31.8 7.6 17.5 24.4 24.2 1 2 4 3 0 3 4 1 9 4 1 7
West Virginia...... .................... (2) .1 3.1 3.0 .1 .3 7 .3 6.9 2 4 1 0 3 1 0 4
North Carolina 12.3 20.0 3 0 . 4 31.9 10.2 16.0 22 . 2 22.8 1 4 6 2 5 2 3 5 6 3 7 7
South Carolina........ .............. . 2 .2 6.2 13.2 13.7 3.5 9.5 16.0 18.2 4 7 1 3 7 2 6 6 2 7 4
11.0 23.8 38,a 37 . 9 10.0 20.4 29.6 28.4 1 2 9 2 9 4 4 1 6 3 9 5
22.9 46.5 70 , 2 73.8 14.7 27.4 35.1 35.5 2 1 4 4 4 9 5 5 6 5 4 7
East South Central.................. 12.7 32.5 80.9 65 . 3 4.4 10.7 18.3 19.2 5 6 1 4 6 2 5 0 2 7 1
2.6 8.5 12.9 12.6 3.6 11.4 15.5 15.1 4 8 1 4 8 2 0 8 2 1 5
5.3 17 . 6 25.4 25.6 5.8 18.3 2 4 . 0 2 0 , 0 T 9 2 5 9 3 4 8 3 5 2
4,6 6.0 17.8 20.8 8.0 7.4 19.9 23.1 7 8 1 0 5 2 6 6 3 3 1
.1 .3 5.1 6.1 .2 1.0 9.0 10.6 3 7 1 0 7 1 3 2
Wsst South Central.................. 19.1 65 . 9 127.1 137.2 4.2 13.7 2 3 . 3 24.5 5 3 1 7 9 2 9 5 3 0 8
1.1 2.6 6.1 6.2 2.7 5.9 12.4 12.3 3 5 7 6 1 6 8 1 7 3
- 5,3 16.0 17.7 - 6.0 16.4 17.6 _
7 8 1 9 8 2 1 6
Oklahoma............................... .6 6.0 10.8 11.3 1.0 11,2 16,1 16.4 1 5 1 6 3 222 2 2 1
Texas.................................... 17.3 51.2 94.1 102.0 6,4 17.7 28 . 5 30.0 7 9 2 2 6 3 5 6 3 6 7
Mountain................................. . 17.1 33.6 6 3 . 6 66.2 8.3 1S.0 24.1 25.0 1 0 3 1 9 9 2 8 6 3 0 2
Montana................................. .5 1.5 3.6 3.7 3.0 9.3 19.9 20.1 3 9 1 2 4 2 5 4 2 6 5
.4 1.1 2.0 2.7 2.3 6.0 9,8 12,7 2 6 6 7 1 0 5 141
Wyoming.................. ............. .2 .5 1.0 1.1 2.2 5.9 9.4 9.5 3 0 7 9 1 1 0 1 0 7
Colorado..... .......................... 7.6 13.6 22.4 23.1 13.5 22.3 31.4 31.4 1 9 5 3 3 6 4 5 8 4 4 7
New Mexico........................... 4.7 5.1 8.0 8.4 18.9 19.2 26.5 27.0 2 2 7 2 4 9 3 0 8 3 5 8
2.8 6.7 14.5 15.8 6.1 13.4 23.9 25.0 7 8 1 7 0 2 9 9 3 1 0
.1 2.0 3.6 4.2 .4 7.0 11.5 12.3 4 6 0 88 9 7
Nevada 1.0 3.0 8.2 9.2 7.1 19.9 43.7 46.6 1 0 8 3 2 2 6 2 2 6 9 7
Pacific..................................... 178.5 2 0 7 , 3 3 1 0 . 8 31 4 . 9 28.5 31.2 41.6 41.0 4 4 9 4 9 0 5 6 8 5 6 1
Washington............................ 17.3 20 . 9 3 5 . 6 37.0 21.8 2 4 7 37.0 37.6 3 7 3 4 3 5 5 6 2 6 2 2
Oregon.................................. 11.4 13.3 17.7 17.7 23.3 25.1 29.2 28.3 3 5 6 3 8 1 4 0 2
California....... ....................... 143.9 16 5 . 6 248.1 250.4 30.5 33 . 2 44.4 43.7 4 8 5 5 2 3 6 4 4
Aaska..................... -______ 1.2 1.6 1 3 t.9 14.8 48.8 4 0 . 0 17.9 1 7 4 2 0 2 2 1 1
Hawaii..................,................LJi
6.9 7.6 8.0 24.9 29.5 33.7 34.4 3 0 3 3 6 3 4 2 0 4 4 1
- Represents zero. 2 Fewer than 60 legal abortions reported by providers ‘ Based on population estimates recalculated
by source using 1970 and 1980 census counts.
Source: Ash Gp«macher Institute New^York, N.Y. 1373 and 1375, derived from Sullivan, E., C. Tietze, and J. Dtvfoos "Leoal
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Pl.a n 0 lp 3 P e rs p e c tiv e s , vol. S. No. 3. f»77. 1979 a n d 1380, Henshawf's K 9ef
el.i Abortion in the United States, 1979-1980, F a m ily P fe n n in g P e rs p e c tiv e s , vol. 14, No. 1,1982. *