TABLE 13. Reported abortions, by known weeks of gestation, age group, and race/ethnicity — selected reporting areas, United States, 2018.
| Characteristic | Weeks of gestation |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤6 |
7–9 |
10–13 |
14–15 |
16–17 |
18–20 |
≥21 |
|
| No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | |
|
Age group (yrs)*,†
| |||||||
| <15 |
258 (22.9) |
363 (32.2) |
261 (23.2) |
80 (7.1) |
61 (5.4) |
56 (5.0) |
47 (4.2) |
| 15–19 |
14,520 (32.6) |
17,284 (38.9) |
8,090 (18.2) |
1,805 (4.1) |
1,089 (2.4) |
1,038 (2.3) |
653 (1.5) |
| 20–24 |
55,059 (38.3) |
55,392 (38.5) |
22,029 (15.3) |
4,706 (3.3) |
2,765 (1.9) |
2,556 (1.8) |
1,417 (1.0) |
| 25–29 |
60,885 (41.0) |
55,796 (37.5) |
21,179 (14.2) |
4,394 (3.0) |
2,654 (1.8) |
2,406 (1.6) |
1,329 (0.9) |
| 30–34 |
40,940 (42.5) |
35,299 (36.7) |
12,760 (13.3) |
2,841 (3.0) |
1,758 (1.8) |
1,592 (1.7) |
1,046 (1.1) |
| 35–39 |
23,700 (43.3) |
19,756 (36.1) |
7,169 (13.1) |
1,630 (3.0) |
926 (1.7) |
924 (1.7) |
638 (1.2) |
| ≥40 |
8,674 (46.9) |
6,339 (34.3) |
2,105 (11.4) |
526 (2.8) |
349 (1.9) |
321 (1.7) |
185 (1.0) |
|
Total
|
204,036 (40.2)
|
190,229 (37.5)
|
73,593 (14.5)
|
15,982 (3.1)
|
9,602 (1.9)
|
8,893 (1.8)
|
5,315 (1.0)
|
|
Race/Ethnicity*,§
| |||||||
| Non-Hispanic | |||||||
| White |
56,901 (42.5) |
49,684 (37.1) |
17,888 (13.4) |
3,796 (2.8) |
2,297 (1.7) |
2,214 (1.7) |
1,128 (0.8) |
| Black |
39,809 (34.7) |
44,253 (38.6) |
20,530 (17.9) |
4,481 (3.9) |
2,635 (2.3) |
2,215 (1.9) |
781 (0.7) |
| Other |
11,894 (45.1) |
9,210 (35.0) |
3,115 (11.8) |
888 (3.4) |
454 (1.7) |
473 (1.8) |
315 (1.2) |
| Hispanic |
33,522 (48.3) |
23,022 (33.2) |
8,257 (11.9) |
1,948 (2.8) |
1,127 (1.6) |
980 (1.4) |
477 (0.7) |
| Total | 142,126 (41.3) | 126,169 (36.6) | 49,790 (14.5) | 11,113 (3.2) | 6,513 (1.9) | 5,882 (1.7) | 2,701 (0.8) |
* Percentages for the individual component categories might not add to 100% because of rounding.
† Data from 42 reporting areas; excludes 10 reporting areas (California, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, and Wyoming) that did not report, did not report weeks of gestation by age, or did not meet reporting standards.
§ Data from 30 reporting areas; excludes 22 reporting areas (California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York City, New York State, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, and Wyoming) that did not report, did not report weeks of gestation by race/ethnicity, or did not meet reporting standards.