TABLE 14. Number and percentage of reported abortions, by known weeks of gestation, age group, and race and ethnicity — selected reporting areas, United States, 2022.
| Characteristic | Weeks of gestation |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤6 |
7–9 |
10–13 |
14–15 |
16–17 |
18–20 |
≥21 |
||
| No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | |
|
Age group, yrs*,†
| ||||||||
| <15 |
191 (21.5) |
309 (34.8) |
226 (25.5) |
60 (6.8) |
34 (3.8) |
39 (4.4) |
29 (3.3) |
888 (100.0)
|
| 15–19 |
11,452 (33.7) |
13,174 (38.8) |
6,019 (17.7) |
1,324 (3.9) |
784 (2.3) |
694 (2.0) |
492 (1.4) |
33,939 (100.0)
|
| 20–24 |
45,505 (38.6) |
46,113 (39.1) |
18,079 (15.3) |
3,619 (3.1) |
1,945 (1.6) |
1,668 (1.4) |
979 (0.8) |
117,908 (100.0)
|
| 25–29 |
47,138 (40.8) |
45,201 (39.1) |
16,039 (13.9) |
3,150 (2.7) |
1,644 (1.4) |
1,497 (1.3) |
937 (0.8) |
115,606 (100.0)
|
| 30–34 |
34,775 (41.7) |
31,674 (38.0) |
11,474 (13.8) |
2,321 (2.8) |
1,210 (1.5) |
1,122 (1.3) |
786 (0.9) |
83,362 (100.0)
|
| 35–39 |
18,385 (42.4) |
16,110 (37.2) |
5,784 (13.3) |
1,250 (2.9) |
707 (1.6) |
676 (1.6) |
447 (1.0) |
43,359 (100.0)
|
| ≥40 |
6,695 (46.0) |
5,043 (34.7) |
1,711 (11.8) |
422 (2.9) |
270 (1.9) |
252 (1.7) |
154 (1.1) |
14,547 (100.0)
|
|
Total
|
164,141 (40.1)
|
157,624 (38.5)
|
59,332 (14.5)
|
12,146 (3.0)
|
6,594 (1.6)
|
5,948 (1.5)
|
3,824 (0.9)
|
409,609 (100.0)
|
|
Race and ethnicity*,§
| ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic | ||||||||
| Black |
47,820 (38.2) |
48,681 (38.9) |
20,098 (16.1) |
4,060 (3.2) |
1,942 (1.6) |
1,718 (1.4) |
730 (0.6) |
125,049 (100.0)
|
| White |
41,789 (42.1) |
38,105 (38.4) |
13,338 (13.4) |
2,615 (2.6) |
1,419 (1.4) |
1,314 (1.3) |
723 (0.7) |
99,303 (100.0)
|
| Other¶ |
9,668 (42.5) |
8,394 (36.9) |
3,063 (13.5) |
651 (2.9) |
353 (1.6) |
370 (1.6) |
248 (1.1) |
22,747 (100.0)
|
| Hispanic |
28,837 (43.4) |
25,529 (38.4) |
8,592 (12.9) |
1,603 (2.4) |
789 (1.2) |
764 (1.1) |
379 (0.6) |
66,493 (100.0)
|
| Total | 128,114 (40.9) | 120,709 (38.5) | 45,091 (14.4) | 8,929 (2.8) | 4,503 (1.4) | 4,166 (1.3) | 2,080 (0.7) | 313,592 (100.0) |
* Percentages for the individual component categories might not add to 100% because of rounding.
† Data from 40 reporting areas; excludes 12 reporting areas (California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York City, New York State, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin) that did not report, did not report weeks of gestation by age, or did not meet reporting standards.
§ Data from 30 reporting areas; excludes 22 reporting areas (Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York City, New York State, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Wisconsin) that did not report, did not report weeks of gestation by race and ethnicity, or did not meet reporting standards.
¶ Including Alaska Native, American Indian, Asian (Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, or other Asian), Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (Native Hawaiian, Guamanian or Chamorro, Samoan, or other Pacific Islander), other races, and multiple races.