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

TABLE 8. Number and percentage of reported abortions, by known number of previous live births and reporting area of occurrence — selected reporting areas,* United States, 2021.

Area No. of previous live births
Total abortions reported by known number of previous live births
0
1
2
3
≥4
No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (% of all reported abortions)§
Alabama
2,238 (34.5)
1,825 (28.1)
1,329 (20.5)
672 (10.4)
420 (6.5)
6,484 (99.9)
Alaska
580 (47.3)
242 (19.7)
215 (17.5)
100 (8.1)
90 (7.3)
1,227 (100.0)
Arizona
6,223 (44.9)
2,837 (20.5)
2,535 (18.3)
1,315 (9.5)
946 (6.8)
13,856 (99.0)
Arkansas
993 (31.7)
774 (24.7)
708 (22.6)
389 (12.4)
269 (8.6)
3,133 (100.0)
Colorado
6,565 (57.3)
2,120 (18.5)
1,599 (14.0)
737 (6.4)
429 (3.7)
11,450 (98.9)
Delaware
712 (39.0)
475 (26.0)
353 (19.3)
170 (9.3)
115 (6.3)
1,825 (100.0)
Florida
30,721 (38.5)
20,302 (25.4)
16,371 (20.5)
7,505 (9.4)
4,918 (6.2)
79,817 (100.0)
Georgia
16,577 (39.6)
9,947 (23.8)
8,248 (19.7)
4,085 (9.8)
2,969 (7.1)
41,826 (100.0)
Hawaii
1,169 (52.9)
418 (18.9)
339 (15.3)
177 (8.0)
108 (4.9)
2,211 (99.9)
Idaho
727 (46.8)
335 (21.6)
269 (17.3)
131 (8.4)
91 (5.9)
1,553 (100.0)
Indiana
3,105 (36.9)
2,058 (24.5)
1,793 (21.3)
906 (10.8)
552 (6.6)
8,414 (100.0)
Iowa
1,607 (42.8)
772 (20.5)
718 (19.1)
391 (10.4)
271 (7.2)
3,759 (99.9)
Kansas
3,186 (40.6)
1,798 (22.9)
1,500 (19.1)
791 (10.1)
570 (7.3)
7,845 (100.0)
Kentucky
1,517 (34.2)
1,177 (26.5)
988 (22.2)
473 (10.7)
286 (6.4)
4,441 (100.0)
Louisiana
2,138 (28.7)
2,024 (27.2)
1,775 (23.8)
920 (12.4)
587 (7.9)
7,444 (100.0)
Maine
916 (47.9)
430 (22.5)
343 (17.9)
133 (7.0)
89 (4.7)
1,911 (99.8)
Massachusetts
6,420 (44.3)
3,507 (24.2)
2,763 (19.1)
1,216 (8.4)
593 (4.1)
14,499 (86.3)
Michigan
9,832 (32.7)
7,759 (25.8)
6,687 (22.2)
3,421 (11.4)
2,362 (7.9)
30,061 (100.0)
Minnesota
4,067 (40.1)
2,339 (23.1)
1,950 (19.2)
1,002 (9.9)
772 (7.6)
10,130 (99.9)
Mississippi
1,167 (30.6)
1,016 (26.6)
861 (22.6)
443 (11.6)
330 (8.6)
3,817 (100.0)
Missouri
45 (30.0)
45 (30.0)
31 (20.7)
—**
—**
150 (100.0)
Montana
907 (50.4)
370 (20.6)
286 (15.9)
151 (8.4)
84 (4.7)
1,798 (100.0)
Nebraska
945 (40.2)
486 (20.7)
497 (21.1)
250 (10.6)
175 (7.4)
2,353 (99.7)
Nevada
3,550 (40.7)
1,942 (22.2)
1,700 (19.5)
840 (9.6)
699 (8.0)
8,731 (99.8)
New Mexico
1,870 (42.9)
943 (21.6)
816 (18.7)
417 (9.6)
312 (7.2)
4,358 (89.1)
New York City
14,591 (44.5)
8,308 (25.4)
6,114 (18.7)
2,409 (7.4)
1,330 (4.1)
32,752 (86.6)
North Carolina
10,646 (36.2)
6,854 (23.3)
5,877 (20.0)
3,257 (11.1)
2,757 (9.4)
29,391 (90.6)
North Dakota
466 (40.4)
235 (20.4)
238 (20.6)
127 (11.0)
87 (7.5)
1,153 (100.0)
Ohio††
6,937 (34.2)
5,371 (26.5)
4,305 (21.3)
2,154 (10.6)
1,489 (7.4)
20,256 (92.9)
Oregon
3,625 (51.2)
1,473 (20.8)
1,151 (16.3)
509 (7.2)
324 (4.6)
7,082 (99.6)
Pennsylvania
12,132 (36.5)
8,525 (25.7)
6,974 (21.0)
3,415 (10.3)
2,160 (6.5)
33,206 (100.0)
Rhode Island
930 (42.8)
562 (25.9)
426 (19.6)
181 (8.3)
73 (3.4)
2,172 (99.9)
South Carolina
2,630 (41.9)
1,484 (23.6)
1,253 (20.0)
575 (9.2)
337 (5.4)
6,279 (100.0)
South Dakota
60 (31.3)
52 (27.1)
43 (22.4)
20 (10.4)
17 (8.9)
192 (100.0)
Tennessee
4,109 (33.7)
3,210 (26.4)
2,582 (21.2)
1,409 (11.6)
867 (7.1)
12,177 (100.0)
Texas
20,653 (39.8)
12,081 (23.3)
10,526 (20.3)
5,285 (10.2)
3,314 (6.4)
51,859 (100.0)
Utah
1,629 (52.4)
591 (19.0)
475 (15.3)
248 (8.0)
168 (5.4)
3,111 (99.4)
Vermont
540 (52.4)
202 (19.6)
172 (16.7)
80 (7.8)
37 (3.6)
1,031 (99.8)
Virginia
4,712 (29.2)
4,362 (27.0)
3,449 (21.4)
1,885 (11.7)
1,731 (10.7)
16,139 (100.0)
Washington
7,681 (47.1)
3,632 (22.3)
2,886 (17.7)
1,299 (8.0)
816 (5.0)
16,314 (99.8)
West Virginia
407 (29.6)
370 (26.9)
351 (25.5)
160 (11.6)
87 (6.3)
1,375 (100.0)
Wyoming
65 (63.1)
18 (17.5)
11 (10.7)
—**
—**
103 (100.0)
Total 199,590 (39.3) 123,271 (24.3) 101,507 (20.0) 49,672 (9.8) 33,645 (6.6) 507,685 (97.5)§§

* Data from 42 reporting areas; excludes 10 reporting areas (California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York State, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin) that did not report, did not report by number of previous live births, or did not meet reporting standards.

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 number of previous live births divided by the sum of abortions reported by known and unknown number of previous live births. Values ≥99.95% are rounded to 100.0%.

Recorded as the number of previous pregnancies carried to term.

** 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.

†† Recorded as the number of living children.

§§ Percentage based on a total of 520,625 abortions reported among the areas that met reporting standards for the number of previous live births.