Table 2.

Percentage of Unintended Pregnancies Ending in Abortion and Unintended Birth Rate for All Women and by Demographic Characteristics^a

Characteristics	Percentage of Unintended Pregnancies Ending in Abortionb		Unintended Birth Ratec
	2001	2006	2001	2006
All women	47%	43%	23	25
Aged
<15	50%	49%	1	1
15–19	39%	37%	35	32
15–17	37%	41%	21	16
18–19	40%	35%	54	57
20–24	47%	41%	47	56
25–29	49%	46%	31	33
30–34	47%	45%	20	22
35–39	56%	56%	7	7
≥ 40	47%	46%	3	4
Educational attainmente
Not HS graduate	34%	32%	41	46
HS graduate/GED	43%	40%	26	30
Some college/assoc. degree	59%	56%	17	19
College graduate	54%	49%	10	12
Race and ethnicityf
White non-Hispanic	42%	39%	17	18
Black non-Hispanic	57%	52%	35	37
Hispanic	40%	38%	42	45
Income as a percentage of poverty
<100%	40%	43%	63	66
100–199%	48%	38%	36	46
≥ 200%	51%	49%	11	10
Relationship status
Currently married	24%	22%	21	23
Never-married and not cohabiting	59%	61%	16	15
Formerly married and not cohabiting	66%	60%	12	17
Cohabiting	53%	39%	53	79
Parity
No previous births	u	44%	u	22
1	u	40%	u	45
≥ 2	u	46%	u	19
Religious affiliation
Protestant	u	38%	u	25
Mainstream	u	44%	u	26
Evangelical	u	32%	u	24
Catholic	u	44%	u	26
Other	u	47%	u	15
None	u	51%	u	30

^au denotes unavailable.

^bPregnancies exclude spontaneous fetal losses and stillbirths.

^cRates are per 1,000 women aged 15–44.

^dThe population denominator for the rates for women aged <15 is women 10–14; the denominator for the rates for women aged ≥40 is women 40–44.

^eAmong women aged ≥20.

^fExcludes women who self-identify as other non-Hispanic race/ethnic groups.