TABLE 20. Reported abortions, by known weeks of gestation, age group, and race/ethnicity of women who obtained an abortion — selected reporting areas, United States, 2015.
| Characteristic | Weeks of gestation |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤8 |
9–13 |
14–15 |
16–17 |
18–20 |
≥21 |
|
| No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | |
|
Age group (yrs)*,†
| ||||||
| <15 |
441 (39.0) |
416 (36.8) |
81 (7.2) |
72 (6.4) |
55 (4.9) |
66 (5.8) |
| 15–19 |
23,096 (56.7) |
12,644 (31.0) |
1,855 (4.6) |
1,155 (2.8) |
1,133 (2.8) |
841 (2.1) |
| 20–24 |
83,216 (63.5) |
35,597 (27.2) |
4,950 (3.8) |
2,956 (2.3) |
2,625 (2.0) |
1,655 (1.3) |
| 25–29 |
77,945 (67.0) |
28,969 (24.9) |
3,889 (3.3) |
2,223 (1.9) |
2,010 (1.7) |
1,318 (1.1) |
| 30–34 |
51,351 (68.4) |
17,720 (23.6) |
2,322 (3.1) |
1,363 (1.8) |
1,368 (1.8) |
951 (1.3) |
| 35–39 |
29,596 (68.9) |
9,863 (23.0) |
1,374 (3.2) |
817 (1.9) |
792 (1.8) |
502 (1.2) |
| ≥40 |
10,790 (70.5) |
3,285 (21.5) |
460 (3.0) |
282 (1.8) |
290 (1.9) |
200 (1.3) |
|
Total
|
276,435 (65.4)
|
108,494 (25.7)
|
14,931 (3.5)
|
8,868 (2.1)
|
8,273 (2.0)
|
5,533 (1.3)
|
|
Race/Ethnicity*,§
| ||||||
| Non-Hispanic | ||||||
| White |
82,889 (67.7) |
29,683 (24.2) |
3,898 (3.2) |
2,213 (1.8) |
2,249 (1.8) |
1,510 (1.2) |
| Black |
70,937 (59.1) |
36,360 (30.3) |
4,931 (4.1) |
3,034 (2.5) |
2,909 (2.4) |
1,790 (1.5) |
| Other |
20,448 (70.3) |
6,252 (21.5) |
900 (3.1) |
584 (2.0) |
580 (2.0) |
343 (1.2) |
| Hispanic |
42,110 (67.5) |
14,970 (24.0) |
2,161 (3.5) |
1,248 (2.0) |
1,186 (1.9) |
703 (1.1) |
| Total | 216,384 (64.8) | 87,265 (26.1) | 11,890 (3.6) | 7,079 (2.1) | 6,924 (2.1) | 4,346 (1.3) |
* Row percentages might not add to 100 because of rounding.
† Data from 39 reporting areas; excludes 13 reporting areas (California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York State, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Wyoming) that did not report, did not report weeks of gestation by age, or did not meet reporting standards.
§ Data from 28 reporting areas; excludes 24 reporting areas (California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York State, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming) that did not report, did not report weeks of gestation by race/ethnicity, or did not meet reporting standards.