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Legal Abortion Ratios in the United States, 1973–2003

Characteristic Abortions per 100 live births1
1973 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 19994 20005 20015 20025 20036
Total 19.6 27.2 35.9 35.4 34.4 31.1 25.6 24.5 24.6 24.6 24.1
Age                      
Under 15 years 123.7 119.3 139.7 137.6 81.8 66.4 70.9 70.8 74.4 75.3 83.0
15–19 years 53.9 54.2 71.4 68.8 51.1 39.9 37.5 36.1 36.6 36.8 37.4
20–24 years 29.4 28.9 39.5 38.6 37.8 34.8 31.6 30.0 30.4 30.3 30.0
25–29 years 20.7 19.2 23.7 21.7 21.8 22.0 20.8 19.8 20.0 20.0 19.5
30–34 years 28.0 25.0 23.7 19.9 19.0 16.4 15.2 14.5 14.7 14.8 14.4
35–39 years 45.1 42.2 41.0 33.6 27.3 22.3 19.3 18.1 18.0 18.0 17.3
40 years and over 68.4 66.8 80.7 62.3 50.6 38.5 32.9 30.1 30.4 31.0 29.3
Race                      
White2 32.6 27.7 33.2 27.7 25.8 20.3 17.7 16.7 16.5 16.4 16.5
Black3 42.0 47.6 54.3 47.2 53.7 53.1 52.9 50.3 49.1 49.5 49.1
Marital status                      
Married 7.6 9.6 10.5 8.0 8.7 7.6 7.0 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.3
Unmarried 139.8 161.0 147.6 117.4 86.3 64.5 60.4 57.0 57.2 57.0 53.8
NOTE: Data are based on reporting by state health departments and by hospitals and other medical facilities.
1. For calculation of ratios according to each characteristic, abortions with the characteristic unknown have been distributed in proportion to abortions with the characteristic known.
2. For 1989 and later years, white race includes women of Hispanic ethnicity.
3. Before 1989 black race includes races other than white.
4. In 1989 and 1999, Alaska, California, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma did not report abortion data to CDC. For comparison, in 1997, the 48 corresponding reporting areas reported about 900,000 legal abortions.
5. In 2000, 2001, and 2002, Alaska, California, and New Hampshire did not report abortion date to CDC.
6. In 2003, California, New Hampshire, and West Virginia did not report abortion data to CDC.
Source: Health, United States, 2007, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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