TABLE 12. Number and percentage of reported abortions, by known method type and reporting area of occurrence — selected reporting areas,* United States, 2021.
| Area | Surgical† |
Medication |
Intrauterine instillation§ |
Hysterectomy or hysterotomy |
Total abortions reported by known method type |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surgical, ≤13 weeks’ gestation |
Surgical, >13 weeks’ gestation |
Surgical, unknown gestational age |
Medication, ≤9 weeks’ gestation |
Medication, >9 weeks’ gestation |
Medication, unknown gestational age |
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| No. (%)¶ | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (% of all reported abortions)** | |
| Alabama†† |
2,230 (34.4) |
593 (9.1) |
—§§ |
3,302 (50.9) |
345 (5.3) |
7 (0.1) |
0 (—) |
—§§ |
6,483 (99.9)
|
| Alaska |
705 (57.6) |
76 (6.2) |
0 (—) |
410 (33.5) |
32 (2.6) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
1,223 (99.7)
|
| Arizona |
5,832 (41.7) |
1,387 (9.9) |
—§§ |
6,254 (44.7) |
518 (3.7) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
—§§ |
13,993 (100.0)
|
| Arkansas†† |
1,535 (49.0) |
408 (13.0) |
0 (—) |
750 (23.9) |
440 (14.0) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
3,133 (100.0)
|
| Colorado |
2,866 (26.5) |
503 (4.7) |
7 (0.1) |
6,978 (64.6) |
447 (4.1) |
5 (0.0) |
—§§ |
—§§ |
10,810 (93.4)
|
| Connecticut¶¶ |
NA |
NA |
3,528 (35.0) |
NA |
NA |
6,552 (65.0) |
—§§ |
—§§ |
10,082 (99.4)
|
| Delaware |
490 (27.1) |
90 (5.0) |
7 (0.4) |
1,048 (57.9) |
157 (8.7) |
18 (1.0) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
1,810 (99.2)
|
| District of Columbia*** |
1,543 (39.9) |
333 (8.6) |
0 (—) |
NA |
NA |
1,994 (51.5) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
3,870 (100.0)
|
| Florida |
27,493 (35.8) |
2,833 (3.7) |
0 (—) |
45,835 (59.7) |
598 (0.8) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
8 (0.0) |
76,767 (96.2)
|
| Georgia |
13,238 (31.7) |
2,209 (5.3) |
—§§ |
25,172 (60.2) |
1,205 (2.9) |
—§§ |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
41,825 (100.0)
|
| Hawaii |
800 (36.3) |
158 (7.2) |
—§§ |
1,180 (53.6) |
61 (2.8) |
—§§ |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
2,203 (99.5)
|
| Idaho |
589 (38.0) |
62 (4.0) |
—§§ |
834 (53.7) |
57 (3.7) |
7 (0.5) |
—§§ |
0 (—) |
1,552 (99.9)
|
| Indiana |
3,544 (42.1) |
77 (0.9) |
—§§ |
4,640 (55.1) |
151 (1.8) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
—§§ |
8,414 (100.0)
|
| Iowa |
572 (15.2) |
196 (5.2) |
0 (—) |
2,792 (74.3) |
200 (5.3) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
3,760 (100.0)
|
| Kansas |
1,919 (24.5) |
586 (7.5) |
0 (—) |
4,940 (63.1) |
383 (4.9) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
7,828 (99.8)
|
| Kentucky |
1,784 (40.2) |
380 (8.6) |
0 (—) |
2,271 (51.1) |
—§§ |
—§§ |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
4,441 (100.0)
|
| Louisiana |
3,547 (47.7) |
691 (9.3) |
0 (—) |
3,003 (40.4) |
200 (2.7) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
7,441 (100.0)
|
| Maine |
654 (34.2) |
100 (5.2) |
—§§ |
1,070 (55.9) |
87 (4.5) |
—§§ |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
1,913 (99.9)
|
| Massachusetts††† |
NA |
NA |
8,483 (50.5) |
NA |
NA |
8,311 (49.5) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
16,794 (100.0)
|
| Michigan |
12,004 (40.2) |
2,466 (8.3) |
49 (0.2) |
14,526 (48.6) |
805 (2.7) |
36 (0.1) |
—§§ |
—§§ |
29,887 (99.4)
|
| Minnesota |
3,102 (30.6) |
853 (8.4) |
21 (0.2) |
5,633 (55.6) |
426 (4.2) |
96 (0.9) |
—§§ |
—§§ |
10,132 (100.0)
|
| Mississippi |
321 (8.4) |
141 (3.7) |
0 (—) |
3,051 (79.9) |
304 (8.0) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
3,817 (100.0)
|
| Montana |
396 (22.0) |
87 (4.8) |
—§§ |
1,224 (68.1) |
84 (4.7) |
6 (0.3) |
—§§ |
0 (—) |
1,798 (100.0)
|
| Nebraska |
484 (20.5) |
163 (6.9) |
—§§ |
1,573 (66.7) |
135 (5.7) |
—§§ |
0 (—) |
—†† |
2,360 (100.0)
|
| Nevada |
3,631 (43.2) |
333 (4.0) |
17 (0.2) |
4,099 (48.8) |
306 (3.6) |
21 (0.2) |
—§§ |
—§§ |
8,408 (96.1)
|
| New Mexico |
1,551 (36.2) |
490 (11.4) |
124 (2.9) |
1,610 (37.6) |
377 (8.8) |
129 (3.0) |
—§§ |
—§§ |
4,282 (87.5)
|
| New York |
29,952 (48.4) |
4,755 (7.7) |
1,412 (2.3) |
20,248 (32.7) |
2,360 (3.8) |
3,020 (4.9) |
78 (0.1) |
27 (0.0) |
61,852 (97.4)
|
| New York City |
21,275 (56.3) |
2,774 (7.3) |
—§§ |
13,033 (34.5) |
613 (1.6) |
—§§ |
—§§ |
—§§ |
37,803 (100.0)
|
| New York State |
8,677 (36.1) |
1,981 (8.2) |
—§§ |
7,215 (30.0) |
1,747 (7.3) |
—§§ |
—§§ |
—§§ |
24,049 (93.7)
|
| North Carolina |
8,589 (27.5) |
1,834 (5.9) |
36 (0.1) |
19,475 (62.4) |
1,243 (4.0) |
45 (0.1) |
—§§ |
—§§ |
31,223 (96.2)
|
| North Dakota |
232 (20.1) |
29 (2.5) |
0 (—) |
791 (68.6) |
101 (8.8) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
1,153 (100.0)
|
| Ohio |
9,418 (43.2) |
2,163 (9.9) |
0 (—) |
10,114 (46.4) |
118 (0.5) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
21,813 (100.0)
|
| Oklahoma |
1,516 (21.8) |
427 (6.1) |
—§§ |
4,639 (66.7) |
352 (5.1) |
18 (0.3) |
—§§ |
0 (—) |
6,954 (95.4)
|
| Oregon |
2,269 (31.9) |
583 (8.2) |
0 (—) |
4,011 (56.5) |
235 (3.3) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
5 (0.1) |
7,103 (99.9)
|
| Pennsylvania¶¶ |
NA |
NA |
14,774 (44.6) |
NA |
NA |
18,370 (55.4) |
—§§ |
—§§ |
33,150 (99.8)
|
| Rhode Island |
907 (41.8) |
147 (6.8) |
—§§ |
1,054 (48.5) |
59 (2.7) |
—§§ |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
2,172 (99.9)
|
| South Carolina†† |
1,341 (21.4) |
308 (4.9) |
—§§ |
3,267 (52.0) |
1,356 (21.6) |
0 (—) |
6 (0.1) |
—§§ |
6,279 (100.0)
|
| South Dakota |
—§§ |
—§§ |
—§§ |
55 (28.6) |
16 (8.3) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
—§§ |
192 (100.0)
|
| Tennessee |
4,021 (33.0) |
742 (6.1) |
—§§ |
6,785 (55.7) |
624 (5.1) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
—§§ |
12,174 (99.9)
|
| Texas†† |
21,788 (42.0) |
3,198 (6.2) |
—§§ |
26,441 (51.0) |
423 (0.8) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
—§§ |
51,853 (100.0)
|
| Utah |
1,160 (37.1) |
200 (6.4) |
0 (—) |
1,686 (53.9) |
76 (2.4) |
0 (—) |
7 (0.2) |
0 (—) |
3,129 (100.0)
|
| Vermont |
216 (20.9) |
74 (7.2) |
—§§ |
709 (68.6) |
32 (3.1) |
—§§ |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
1,033 (100.0)
|
| Virginia |
6,399 (39.8) |
537 (3.3) |
5 (0.0) |
8,957 (55.7) |
194 (1.2) |
—§§ |
0 (—) |
—§§ |
16,095 (99.7)
|
| Washington |
5,353 (33.1) |
1,143 (7.1) |
10 (0.1) |
9,274 (57.4) |
342 (2.1) |
39 (0.2) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
16,161 (98.9)
|
| West Virginia |
547 (39.8) |
70 (5.1) |
—§§ |
690 (50.2) |
67 (4.9) |
0 (—) |
—§§ |
0 (—) |
1,375 (100.0)
|
| Wisconsin¶¶,§§§ |
NA |
NA |
3,969 (61.3) |
NA |
NA |
2,503 (38.7) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
6,472 (100.0)
|
| Wyoming |
—§§ |
—§§ |
0 (—) |
102 (99.0) |
—§§ |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
103 (100.0)
|
| Total | 212,395 (37.6) | 36,147 (6.4) | —¶¶¶ | 299,449 (53.0) | 17,155 (3.0) | —**** | 99 (0.0) | 67 (0.0) | 565,312 (98.5)†††† |
Abbreviation: NA = not applicable.
* Data from 46 reporting areas; excludes six reporting areas (California, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, and New Jersey) that did not report, did not report by method type, or did not meet reporting standards. Areas reporting by method type with unknown gestational age or by method type where gestational age reported was not compatible with categorizations presented in this table are included.
† Includes uterine aspiration (might also be called dilation and curettage, aspiration curettage, suction curettage, manual vacuum aspiration, menstrual extraction, or sharp curettage) and dilation and evacuation procedures.
§ Intrauterine instillations reported at ≤12 weeks’ gestation were considered as unknown for method type.
¶ Percentages for the individual component categories might not add to 100% because of rounding.
** Percentage is calculated as the number of abortions reported by known method type divided by the sum of abortions reported by known and unknown method type. Values ≥99.95% are rounded to 100.0%.
†† Two weeks were added to the probable postfertilization age to provide a corresponding measure to gestational age based on the clinician’s estimate.
§§ Cells with a numerical value in the range of 1–4 and cells that would allow for calculation of these small values have been suppressed.
¶¶ Numbers for surgical abortions at ≤13 weeks and >13 weeks and medication abortions at ≤9 weeks versus >9 weeks are not presented as gestational age reported was not compatible with these categorizations.
*** Gestational age based on clinicians’ estimate. Numbers for medication abortions at ≤9 weeks versus >9 weeks are not presented because gestational age reported was not compatible with these categorizations.
††† Numbers for surgical abortions at ≤13 weeks versus >13 weeks and for medication abortions at ≤9 weeks versus >9 weeks are not presented because gestational age data were not provided by method type
§§§ Includes residents only. Wisconsin reports as surgical, unspecified and does not differentiate surgical abortions from hysterectomy or hysterotomy. All abortions were reported as surgical or chemically induced. For this report, all surgical abortions were classified as surgical and all chemical abortions as medication.
¶¶¶ For the total only, surgical abortions reported without a gestational age were distributed among the surgical abortion categories according to the distribution of surgical abortions at known gestational age.
**** For the total only, medication abortions reported without a gestational age were distributed among the medication abortion categories according to the distribution of medication abortions at known gestational age.
†††† Percentage based on a total of 573,924 abortions reported among the areas that met reporting standards for method type.