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. 2023 Nov 24;72(9):1–29. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.ss7209a1

TABLE 2. Number, rate,* and ratio of reported abortions, by reporting area of occurrence and number of abortions obtained by out-of-area residents§ — United States, 2021.

Area Abortions reported by area of occurrence**
Abortions obtained by out-of-area residents
No. Rate Ratio No. (%)
Alabama
6,489
6.6
112
1,143 (17.6)
Alaska
1,227
8.5
131
11 (0.9)
Arizona
13,998
10.0
180
83 (0.6)
Arkansas
3,133
5.4
87
387 (12.4)
Colorado
11,580
9.7
184
1,559 (13.5)
Connecticut
10,146
14.8
284
493 (4.9)
Delaware
1,825
9.8
174
162 (8.9)
District of Columbia
3,870
21.8
447
2,740 (70.8)
Florida
79,817
20.3
369
4,873 (6.1)
Georgia
41,833
18.8
337
7,013 (16.8)
Hawaii
2,214
8.4
142
58 (2.6)
Idaho
1,553
4.2
69
99 (6.4)
Illinois
51,797
20.8
392
11,307 (21.8)
Indiana
8,414
6.3
105
465 (5.5)
Iowa
3,761
6.2
102
598 (15.9)
Kansas
7,845
13.8
226
3,912 (49.9)
Kentucky
4,441
5.2
85
653 (14.7)
Louisiana
7,444
8.1
130
1,744 (23.4)
Maine
1,915
8.0
160
121 (6.3)
Massachusetts
16,795
11.9
243
792 (4.7)
Michigan
30,074
15.9
286
1,664 (5.5)
Minnesota
10,136
9.2
157
1,008 (9.9)
Mississippi
3,817
6.6
109
680 (17.8)
Missouri
150
0.1
2
34 (22.7)
Montana
1,798
8.8
160
252 (14.0)
Nebraska
2,360
6.2
96
292 (12.4)
Nevada
8,751
14.2
260
545 (6.2)
New Mexico
4,891
12.1
229
1,973 (40.3)
New York
63,487
16.3
301
3,755 (5.9)††
New York City
37,813
21.0
404
3,368 (8.9)
New York State
25,674
12.2
219
2,354 (9.2)
North Carolina
32,454
15.7
269
5,346 (16.5)
North Dakota
1,153
7.6
114
313 (27.1)
Ohio
21,813
9.7
168
1,097 (5.0)
Oklahoma
7,287
9.3
151
2,887 (39.6)
Oregon
7,109
8.5
174
695 (9.8)
Pennsylvania
33,206
13.7
250
2,352 (7.1)
Rhode Island
2,175
10.0
208
352 (16.2)
South Carolina
6,279
6.3
110
327 (5.2)
South Dakota
192
1.2
17
17 (8.9)
Tennessee
12,182
8.9
149
2,501 (20.5)
Texas
51,860
8.4
139
1,076 (2.1)
Utah
3,129
4.3
67
151 (4.8)
Vermont
1,033
8.6
192
215 (20.8)
Virginia
16,139
9.4
168
1,428 (8.8)
Washington
16,349
10.6
195
988 (6.0)
West Virginia
1,375
4.4
80
222 (16.1)
Wisconsin
6,579
5.9
106
107 (1.6)
Wyoming
103
0.9
17
32 (31.1)
Total 625,978 NA NA NA

Abbreviation: NA = not applicable.

* Number of abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years.

Number of abortions per 1,000 live births.

§ Additional details on the reporting area in which abortions were provided, cross-tabulated by the area of residence, are available at https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/data_stats/Abortion.htm.

Data from 48 reporting areas; excludes four reporting areas (California, Maryland, New Hampshire, and New Jersey) that did not report.

** The total abortions include those with known and unknown residence status.

†† Residents of New York State who had abortions in New York City and residents of New York City who had abortions in New York State were excluded from the number and percentage of abortions obtained by out-of-area residents in New York.