TABLE 5. Number and percentage of reported abortions among adolescents, by known age and reporting area of occurrence — selected reporting areas,* United States, 2021.
| Area | Age, yrs |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <15 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
Total no. | |
| No. (%)† | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | ||
| Alabama |
23 (3.8) |
27 (4.5) |
55 (9.1) |
74 (12.2) |
196 (32.4) |
230 (38.0) |
605
|
| Alaska |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§
|
| Arizona |
19 (1.5) |
41 (3.1) |
78 (6.0) |
139 (10.7) |
411 (31.5) |
616 (47.2) |
1,304
|
| Arkansas |
18 (5.7) |
17 (5.4) |
27 (8.5) |
45 (14.2) |
91 (28.8) |
118 (37.3) |
316
|
| Colorado |
25 (2.2) |
40 (3.5) |
94 (8.3) |
163 (14.5) |
333 (29.5) |
473 (41.9) |
1,128
|
| Delaware |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§
|
| District of Columbia |
5 (1.3) |
19 (4.8) |
40 (10.0) |
80 (20.1) |
103 (25.8) |
152 (38.1) |
399
|
| Florida |
144 (2.6) |
184 (3.3) |
415 (7.5) |
663 (12.0) |
1,603 (29.1) |
2,506 (45.4) |
5,515
|
| Georgia |
88 (2.9) |
116 (3.8) |
232 (7.6) |
346 (11.3) |
872 (28.5) |
1,408 (46.0) |
3,062
|
| Hawaii |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§
|
| Idaho |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§
|
| Indiana |
26 (3.6) |
41 (5.6) |
68 (9.3) |
99 (13.5) |
226 (30.9) |
272 (37.2) |
732
|
| Iowa |
15 (3.6) |
28 (6.8) |
45 (10.9) |
57 (13.8) |
100 (24.3) |
167 (40.5) |
412
|
| Kansas |
17 (2.3) |
33 (4.4) |
64 (8.5) |
88 (11.7) |
220 (29.3) |
329 (43.8) |
751
|
| Kentucky |
14 (3.7) |
20 (5.3) |
26 (6.9) |
46 (12.2) |
98 (26.0) |
173 (45.9) |
377
|
| Louisiana |
27 (4.3) |
31 (5.0) |
54 (8.6) |
78 (12.5) |
187 (29.9) |
249 (39.8) |
626
|
| Maine |
7 (3.7) |
10 (5.3) |
15 (7.9) |
29 (15.3) |
52 (27.4) |
77 (40.5) |
190
|
| Massachusetts |
26 (2.3) |
42 (3.7) |
75 (6.7) |
181 (16.1) |
331 (29.4) |
472 (41.9) |
1,127
|
| Michigan |
70 (3.1) |
86 (3.8) |
180 (7.9) |
347 (15.3) |
674 (29.7) |
914 (40.2) |
2,271
|
| Minnesota |
20 (2.3) |
34 (3.9) |
55 (6.3) |
100 (11.4) |
292 (33.4) |
373 (42.7) |
874
|
| Mississippi |
13 (4.1) |
12 (3.8) |
27 (8.4) |
36 (11.3) |
93 (29.1) |
139 (43.4) |
320
|
| Missouri |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§
|
| Montana |
7 (3.5) |
8 (4.0) |
14 (7.0) |
28 (14.0) |
45 (22.5) |
98 (49.0) |
200
|
| Nebraska |
11 (4.8) |
8 (3.5) |
19 (8.3) |
39 (17.1) |
56 (24.6) |
95 (41.7) |
228
|
| Nevada |
11 (1.5) |
26 (3.6) |
57 (7.9) |
125 (17.3) |
203 (28.1) |
300 (41.6) |
722
|
| New Mexico |
25 (4.3) |
39 (6.7) |
67 (11.5) |
82 (14.1) |
155 (26.6) |
214 (36.8) |
582
|
| New York |
121 (2.3) |
206 (3.8) |
482 (9.0) |
865 (16.1) |
1,502 (27.9) |
2,199 (40.9) |
5,375
|
| New York City |
56 (1.9) |
107 (3.7) |
270 (9.3) |
479 (16.5) |
808 (27.9) |
1,181 (40.7) |
2,901
|
| New York State |
65 (2.6) |
99 (4.0) |
212 (8.6) |
386 (15.6) |
694 (28.1) |
1,018 (41.1) |
2,474
|
| North Carolina |
59 (2.4) |
111 (4.5) |
188 (7.6) |
306 (12.4) |
741 (30.0) |
1,063 (43.1) |
2,468
|
| North Dakota |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§
|
| Ohio |
58 (3.1) |
75 (4.0) |
156 (8.3) |
250 (13.2) |
562 (29.7) |
789 (41.7) |
1,890
|
| Oklahoma |
50 (6.3) |
22 (2.8) |
62 (7.8) |
88 (11.1) |
226 (28.6) |
343 (43.4) |
791
|
| Oregon |
14 (2.0) |
17 (2.4) |
64 (9.1) |
114 (16.1) |
199 (28.2) |
298 (42.2) |
706
|
| Pennsylvania |
81 (3.1) |
112 (4.4) |
201 (7.8) |
293 (11.4) |
792 (30.8) |
1,094 (42.5) |
2,573
|
| Rhode Island |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§
|
| South Carolina |
19 (3.3) |
27 (4.8) |
38 (6.7) |
127 (22.4) |
146 (25.7) |
211 (37.1) |
568
|
| South Dakota |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§
|
| Tennessee |
26 (2.7) |
48 (4.9) |
87 (9.0) |
99 (10.2) |
285 (29.3) |
427 (43.9) |
972
|
| Texas |
108 (2.5) |
155 (3.6) |
300 (6.9) |
520 (12.0) |
1,324 (30.5) |
1,930 (44.5) |
4,337
|
| Utah |
5 (1.2) |
17 (4.1) |
26 (6.3) |
57 (13.7) |
137 (32.9) |
174 (41.8) |
416
|
| Vermont |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§
|
| Virginia |
23 (2.3) |
34 (3.3) |
64 (6.3) |
109 (10.7) |
316 (31.0) |
475 (46.5) |
1,021
|
| Washington |
44 (2.9) |
54 (3.5) |
120 (7.8) |
246 (16.0) |
454 (29.5) |
619 (40.3) |
1,537
|
| West Virginia |
5 (3.9) |
6 (4.7) |
10 (7.8) |
21 (16.3) |
40 (31.0) |
47 (36.4) |
129
|
| Wisconsin¶ |
11 (1.6) |
30 (4.5) |
58 (8.6) |
115 (17.1) |
192 (28.5) |
267 (39.7) |
673
|
| Wyoming |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§
|
|
Total
|
1,256 (2.7)
|
1,842 (4.0)
|
3,657 (7.9)
|
6,204 (13.4)
|
13,568 (29.3)
|
19,769 (42.7)
|
46,296
|
|
Abortion rate**
|
0.4
|
1.1
|
2.2
|
3.8
|
8.3
|
12.0
|
NA
|
| Abortion ratio†† | 789 | 479 | 422 | 352 | 400 | 329 | NA |
Abbreviation: NA = not applicable.
* Data from 46 reporting areas; excludes six reporting areas (California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, New Hampshire, and New Jersey) that did not report, did not report age among adolescents by individual year, or did not meet reporting standards.
† Percentages for the individual component categories might not add to 100% because of rounding.
§ 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.
¶ Includes residents only.
** Number of abortions obtained by women in a specific age group per 1,000 women in that same age group. Adolescents aged 13–14 years were used as the denominator for the group of adolescents aged <15 years. For the total abortion rate only, abortions for women of unknown age were distributed according to the distribution of abortions among women of known age.
†† Number of abortions obtained by women in a specific age group per 1,000 live births to women in that same age group. For the total abortion ratio only, abortions for women of unknown age were distributed according to the distribution of abortions among women of known age.