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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Womens Health Issues. 2012 Jul;22(4):e371–e377. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2012.05.002

Table 2.

Unplanned Pregnancies and Abortions by Race/Ethnicity and BPD diagnosis

Number of Unplanned Pregnancies
0 unplannedpregnancies 1 unplanned pregnancy 2+ unplanned pregnancies
White Women
    BPD diagnosis 67% 17% 17%
    No BPD diagnosis 61% 15% 24%
African-American Women
    BPD diagnosis 33% 26% 41%
    No BPD diagnosis 30% 27% 43%
Hispanic Women (any race)
    BPD diagnosis 29% 14% 57%
    No BPD diagnosis 67% 17% 17%

Number of Abortions
Elective Spontaneous

White Women
    BPD diagnosis 15% 9%
    No BPD diagnosis 21% 16%
African-American Women
    BPD diagnosis 21% 24%
    No BPD diagnosis 40% 30%
Hispanic Women (any race)
    BPD diagnosis 14% 29%
    No BPD diagnosis 33% 17%