Table 1.
Total Resident Abortions Reported by the CDC and New York State, 1971–72
| 1971 | 1972 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDC | NY | % NY± | CDC | NY | % NY | |
| Alabama | 1501 | 957 | 0.64 | 2100 | 828 | 0.39 |
| Alaska¥ | 1191 | 45 | 0.04 | 1166 | 10 | 0.01 |
| Arizona | 416 | 59 | 0.14 | 2865 | 58 | 0.02 |
| Arkansas | 1061 | 370 | 0.35 | 1555 | 699 | 0.45 |
| California¥ | 103929 | 236 | 0.00 | 106307 | 152 | 0.00 |
| Colorado* | 4589 | 662 | 0.14 | 5428 | 238 | 0.04 |
| Connecticut | 7808 | 6779 | 0.87 | 8333 | 6376 | 0.77 |
| Delaware* | 1667 | 540 | 0.32 | 2193 | 546 | 0.25 |
| DC¥ | 11618 | 364 | 0.03 | 7352 | 143 | 0.02 |
| Florida | 9235 | 8847 | 0.96 | 11624 | 8085 | 0.70 |
| Georgia* | 4989 | 3276 | 0.66 | 7070 | 4149 | 0.59 |
| Hawaii¥ | 4127 | 6 | 0.00 | 4534 | 12 | 0.00 |
| Idaho | 29 | 24 | 0.83 | 20 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Illinois | 15982 | 13440 | 0.84 | 14091 | 14353 | 1.02 |
| Indiana | 4989 | 4766 | 0.96 | 5481 | 5842 | 1.07 |
| Iowa | 2834 | 1821 | 0.64 | 2356 | 1607 | 0.68 |
| Kansas* | 4017 | 288 | 0.07 | 4843 | 286 | 0.06 |
| Kentucky | 2268 | 2184 | 0.96 | 3132 | 2839 | 0.91 |
| Louisiana | 1135 | 1049 | 0.92 | 1210 | 1269 | 1.05 |
| Maine | 1345 | 1300 | 0.97 | 41690 | 1848 | 1.09 |
| Maryland* | 10001 | 1136 | 0.11 | 14929 | 483 | 0.03 |
| Massachusetts | 13230 | 10757 | 0.81 | 17581 | 14035 | 0.80 |
| Michigan | 14361 | 13705 | 0.95 | 14626 | 15522 | 1.06 |
| Minnesota | 3351 | 2510 | 0.75 | 2227 | 2106 | 0.95 |
| Mississippi | 344 | 617 | 1.79 | 870 | 796 | 0.91 |
| Missouri | 4582 | 2113 | 0.46 | 6953 | 3699 | 0.53 |
| Montana | 420 | 402 | 0.96 | 172 | 178 | 1.03 |
| Nebraska | 1093 | 907 | 0.83 | 1797 | 791 | 0.44 |
| Nevada | 40 | 37 | 0.93 | 1630 | 36 | 0.02 |
| New | ||||||
| Hampshire | 1243 | 1179 | 0.95 | 1483 | 01595 | 1.08 |
| New Jersey | 21207 | 20465 | 0.97 | 22832 | 25733 | 1.13 |
| New Mexico* | 4936 | 41 | 0.01 | 1962 | 75 | 0.04 |
| New York¥ | 105642 | 112778 | 1.07 | 100615 | 116555 | 1.16 |
| North Carolina* | 6147 | 1703 | 0.28 | 11810 | 1257 | 0.11 |
| North Dakota | 252 | 229 | 0.91 | 148 | 145 | 0.98 |
| Ohio | 14209 | 13636 | 0.96 | 16666 | 17067 | 1.02 |
| Oklahoma | 1506 | 601 | 0.40 | 2843 | 453 | 0.16 |
| Oregon* | 6998 | 14 | 0.00 | 7178 | 18 | 0.00 |
| Pennsylvania | 20430 | 13466 | 0.66 | 22772 | 14255 | 0.63 |
| Rhode Island | 1697 | 1612 | 0.95 | 1869 | 2085 | 1.12 |
| South Carolina* | 2045 | 1283 | 0.63 | 3056 | 1820 | 0.60 |
| South Dakota | 170 | 128 | 0.75 | 116 | 91 | 0.78 |
| Tennessee | 2782 | 2681 | 0.96 | 4288 | 3247 | 0.76 |
| Texas | 2558 | 2358 | 0.92 | 16022 | 1131 | 0.07 |
| Utah | 51 | 31 | 0.61 | 730 | 33 | 0.05 |
| Vermont | 766 | 728 | 0.95 | 1052 | 889 | 0.85 |
| Viriginia* | 6995 | 2729 | 0.39 | 11187 | 1255 | 0.11 |
| Washington¥ | 14425 | 72 | 0.00 | 17809 | 27 | 0.00 |
| West Virginia | 896 | 844 | 0.94 | 1491 | 719 | 0.48 |
| Wisconsin | 5310 | 2010 | 0.38 | 3090 | 2400 | 0.78 |
| Wyoming | 190 | 72 | 0.38 | 269 | 49 | 0.18 |
| Total | 452607 | 257857 | 0.57 | 503423 | 277905 | 0.55 |
Source: Centers for Diseases Control (1972,1974); authors tablulations of abortions by state of residence performed in New York as collected by the New York State Department of Health.
±
Proportion of all CDC abortions obtained in New York.
¥
State repealed its abortion law.
*
State reformed its abortion law. Shaded states included in the 13-state sample.