TABLE 11. Reported abortions, by known method type and reporting area of occurrence — selected reporting areas,* United States, 2015.
| State/Area | Surgical† |
Medical |
Intrauterine instillation§ |
Hysterectomy/Hysterotomy |
Total abortions reported by known method type |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surgical, ≤13 weeks’ gestation |
Surgical, >13 weeks’ gestation |
Surgical, unknown gestational age |
Medical, ≤8 weeks’ gestation |
Medical, >8 weeks’ gestation |
Medical, unknown gestational age |
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| No. (%)¶ | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (% of all reported abortions)** | |
| Alabama |
3,355 (56.9) |
614 (10.4) |
0 (0.0) |
1,831 (31.0) |
95 (1.6) |
0 (0.0) |
—†† |
— |
5,897 (100.0)
|
| Alaska |
984 (73.9) |
— |
— |
302 (22.7) |
38 (2.9) |
— |
— |
0 (0.0) |
1,331 (99.8)
|
| Arizona |
7,494 (59.3) |
1,089 (8.6) |
— |
3,868 (30.6) |
178 (1.4) |
— |
— |
0 (0.0) |
12,636 (99.8)
|
| Arkansas |
2,552 (67.7) |
638 (16.9) |
0 (0.0) |
548 (14.5) |
33 (0.9) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
3,771 (100.0)
|
| Colorado |
4,826 (49.1) |
539 (5.5) |
23 (0.2) |
4,222 (42.9) |
212 (2.2) |
10 (0.1) |
— |
— |
9,833 (97.2)
|
| Connecticut§§ |
NA |
NA |
5,544 (55.8) |
NA |
NA |
4,392 (44.2) |
— |
— |
9,938 (100.0)
|
| Delaware |
1,415 (51.0) |
164 (5.9) |
— |
1,031 (37.1) |
163 (5.9) |
0 (0.0) |
— |
0 (0.0) |
2,776 (99.7)
|
| District of Columbia¶¶ |
845 (66.7) |
159 (12.5) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
22 (1.7) |
241 (19.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
1,267 (100.0)
|
| Georgia |
19,758 (64.1) |
3,478 (11.3) |
0 (0.0) |
7,186 (23.3) |
382 (1.2) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
30,804 (99.3)
|
| Idaho |
670 (52.7) |
41 (3.2) |
0 (0.0) |
497 (39.1) |
64 (5.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
1,272 (100.0)
|
| Illinois§§ |
NA |
NA |
24,811 (72.2) |
NA |
NA |
9,514 (27.7) |
53 (0.2) |
0 (0.0) |
34,378 (86.3)
|
| Indiana |
5,714 (71.8) |
20 (0.3) |
— |
2,115 (26.6) |
106 (1.3) |
— |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
7,957 (100.0)
|
| Iowa |
1,546 (38.8) |
254 (6.4) |
— |
2,076 (52.2) |
101 (2.5) |
— |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
3,980 (99.8)
|
| Kansas |
3,223 (46.5) |
612 (8.8) |
0 (0.0) |
2,673 (38.6) |
419 (6.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
6,927 (99.9)
|
| Kentucky |
1,597 (50.1) |
373 (11.7) |
0 (0.0) |
1,157 (36.3) |
61 (1.9) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
3,188 (100.0)
|
| Maine |
1,209 (65.8) |
85 (4.6) |
0 (0.0) |
417 (22.7) |
125 (6.8) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
1,836 (100.0)
|
| Massachusetts§§ |
NA |
NA |
12,933 (70.3) |
NA |
NA |
5,324 (28.9) |
145 (0.8) |
0 (0.0) |
18,402 (99.1)
|
| Michigan |
16,523 (61.0) |
3,023 (11.2) |
29 (0.1) |
6,737 (24.9) |
775 (2.9) |
5 (0.0) |
— |
— |
27,095 (99.8)
|
| Minnesota |
5,774 (58.6) |
920 (9.3) |
0 (0.0) |
2,833 (28.7) |
326 (3.3) |
0 (0.0) |
— |
— |
9,861 (100.0)
|
| Mississippi |
1,232 (47.1) |
172 (6.6) |
0 (0.0) |
1,057 (40.5) |
152 (5.8) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
2,613 (100.0)
|
| Missouri |
2,891 (60.7) |
609 (12.8) |
0 (0.0) |
1,065 (22.4) |
198 (4.2) |
0 (0.0) |
— |
— |
4,764 (100.0)
|
| Montana |
672 (41.7) |
157 (9.7) |
— |
724 (44.9) |
55 (3.4) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
— |
1,611 (100.0)
|
| Nebraska |
885 (44.2) |
154 (7.7) |
0 (0.0) |
922 (46.0) |
43 (2.1) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
2,004 (100.0)
|
| Nevada |
4,938 (72.7) |
263 (3.9) |
41 (0.6) |
1,456 (21.4) |
64 (0.9) |
31 (0.5) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
6,793 (95.5)
|
| New Jersey*** |
15,281 (66.5) |
3,442 (15.0) |
88 (0.4) |
3,854 (16.8) |
280 (1.2) |
— |
— |
35 (0.2) |
22,988 (100.0)
|
| New York |
59,533 (64.8) |
7,332 (8.0) |
4,677 (5.1) |
15,667 (17.1) |
3,107 (3.4) |
1,462 (1.6) |
71 (0.1) |
11 (0.0) |
91,860 (98.7)
|
| New York City |
46,636 (73.4) |
5,883 (9.3) |
25 (0.0) |
10,267 (16.2) |
644 (1.0) |
9 (0.0) |
45 (0.1) |
11 (0.0) |
63,520 (99.8)
|
| New York State |
12,897 (45.5) |
1,449 (5.1) |
4,652 (16.4) |
5,400 (19.1) |
2,463 (8.7) |
1,453 (5.1) |
26 (0.1) |
0 (0.0) |
28,340 (96.2)
|
| North Carolina |
13,606 (51.1) |
2,118 (7.9) |
194 (0.7) |
9,721 (36.5) |
577 (2.2) |
428 (1.6) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
26,644 (96.4)
|
| North Dakota |
1,065 (91.3) |
54 (4.6) |
0 (0.0) |
30 (2.6) |
15 (1.3) |
0 (0.0) |
— |
— |
1,166 (100.0)
|
| Ohio |
17,240 (82.2) |
2,556 (12.2) |
0 (0.0) |
1,154 (5.5) |
26 (0.1) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
20,976 (100.0)
|
| Oklahoma |
2,792 (59.6) |
66 (1.4) |
0 (0.0) |
1,822 (38.9) |
— |
0 (0.0) |
— |
0 (0.0) |
4,686 (99.5)
|
| Oregon |
4,675 (54.4) |
658 (7.7) |
40 (0.5) |
3,045 (35.4) |
162 (1.9) |
15 (0.2) |
— |
— |
8,598 (99.9)
|
| Pennsylvania |
16,651 (52.3) |
3,846 (12.1) |
0 (0.0) |
10,033 (31.5) |
1,281 (4.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
31,811 (100.0)
|
| Rhode Island |
1,615 (61.4) |
206 (7.8) |
11 (0.4) |
714 (27.2) |
73 (2.8) |
10 (0.4) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
2,629 (99.2)
|
| South Carolina |
3,022 (52.3) |
37 (0.6) |
0 (0.0) |
2,585 (44.8) |
127 (2.2) |
0 (0.0) |
— |
— |
5,775 (99.9)
|
| South Dakota |
266 (59.9) |
— |
— |
138 (31.1) |
38 (8.6) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
444 (100.0)
|
| Texas |
43,545 (80.7) |
4,369 (8.1) |
— |
5,917 (11.0) |
86 (0.2) |
— |
— |
— |
53,926 (100.0)
|
| Utah |
1,822 (57.6) |
216 (6.8) |
11 (0.3) |
1,005 (31.8) |
83 (2.6) |
24 (0.8) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
3,161 (99.5)
|
| Vermont |
587 (46.6) |
48 (3.8) |
— |
548 (43.5) |
77 (6.1) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
— |
1,261 (99.7)
|
| Virginia |
13,050 (70.0) |
437 (2.3) |
12 (0.1) |
5,060 (27.2) |
69 (0.4) |
7 (0.0) |
— |
— |
18,636 (99.9)
|
| Washington |
10,005 (58.5) |
1,435 (8.4) |
11 (0.1) |
5,352 (31.3) |
281 (1.6) |
7 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
17,091 (100.0)
|
| West Virginia |
1,212 (79.9) |
93 (6.1) |
0 (0.0) |
199 (13.1) |
12 (0.8) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
1,516 (100.0)
|
| Wisconsin§§,††† |
NA |
NA |
4,323 (79.2) |
NA |
NA |
1,138 (20.8) |
NA |
NA |
5,461 (96.5)
|
| Total | 340,475 (64.3) | 46,637 (8.8) | —§§§ | 130,309 (24.6) | 11,785 (2.2) | —¶¶¶ | 298 (0.1) | 59 (0.0) | 529,563 (98.3)**** |
Abbreviation: NA = not available.
* Data from 43 reporting areas; excludes nine reporting areas (California, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Wyoming) that did not report, did not report by method type, or did not meet reporting standards.
† Includes aspiration curettage, suction curettage, manual vacuum aspiration, menstrual extraction, sharp curettage, and dilation and evacuation procedures.
§ Intrauterine instillations reported at ≤12 weeks' gestation are not presented with abortions reported by known method type.
¶ 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 method type divided by the sum of abortions reported by known and unknown method type.
†† Cells with a value in the range of 1–4 or cells that would allow for calculation of these small values have been suppressed.
§§ Numbers for surgical procedures at ≤13 weeks versus >13 weeks and for medical abortion at ≤8 weeks versus >8 weeks are not presented because gestational age data were not provided or were provided in incompatible categories.
¶¶ Because reporting is not mandatory, information could not be obtained for all abortions performed in the District of Columbia.
*** Data from hospitals and licensed ambulatory care facilities only; because reporting is not mandatory for private physicians and women's centers, information could not be obtained for all abortions performed in New Jersey.
††† All abortions were reported as surgical or chemically induced. For this report, all surgical abortions were classified as surgical and all chemical abortions as medical.
§§§ Surgical abortions reported without a gestational age were distributed among the surgical abortion categories according to the distribution of surgical abortions at known gestational age.
¶¶¶ Medical abortions reported without a gestational age were distributed among the medical abortion categories according to the distribution of medical abortions at known gestational age.
**** Percentage is based on a total of 538,678 abortions reported among the areas that met reporting standards for method type.