TABLE 14. Number of reported abortions, by known weeks of gestation, age group, and race/ethnicity — selected reporting areas, United States, 2019.
| Characteristic | Weeks of gestation |
Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤6 |
7–9 |
10–13 |
14–15 |
16–17 |
18–20 |
≥21 |
||
| No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | |
|
Age group (yrs)*,†
| ||||||||
| <15 |
306 (27.2) |
384 (34.1) |
214 (19.0) |
73 (6.5) |
53 (4.7) |
47 (4.2) |
50 (4.4) |
1,127 (100.0)
|
| 15–19 |
14,886 (35.7) |
15,785 (37.9) |
7,007 (16.8) |
1,536 (3.7) |
948 (2.3) |
962 (2.3) |
561 (1.3) |
41,685 (100.0)
|
| 20–24 |
56,003 (41.3) |
50,599 (37.3) |
19,052 (14.1) |
4,179 (3.1) |
2,398 (1.8) |
2,142 (1.6) |
1,226 (0.9) |
135,599 (100.0)
|
| 25–29 |
61,791 (43.3) |
52,298 (36.7) |
18,882 (13.2) |
3,925 (2.8) |
2,294 (1.6) |
2,189 (1.5) |
1,242 (0.9) |
142,621 (100.0)
|
| 30–34 |
43,257 (45.1) |
34,165 (35.6) |
11,747 (12.3) |
2,654 (2.8) |
1,523 (1.6) |
1,473 (1.5) |
1,022 (1.1) |
95,841 (100.0)
|
| 35–39 |
24,816 (46.1) |
18,652 (34.7) |
6,425 (11.9) |
1,501 (2.8) |
960 (1.8) |
880 (1.6) |
588 (1.1) |
53,822 (100.0)
|
| ≥40 |
9,053 (49.4) |
5,919 (32.3) |
1,990 (10.9) |
523 (2.9) |
344 (1.9) |
334 (1.8) |
165 (0.9) |
18,328 (100.0)
|
|
Total
|
210,112 (43.0)
|
177,802 (36.4)
|
65,317 (13.4)
|
14,391 (2.9)
|
8,520 (1.7)
|
8,027 (1.6)
|
4,854 (1.0)
|
489,023 (100.0)
|
|
Race/Ethnicity*,§
| ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic | ||||||||
| White |
51,748 (45.4) |
40,580 (35.6) |
14,205 (12.5) |
2,978 (2.6) |
1,741 (1.5) |
1,767 (1.6) |
963 (0.8) |
113,982 (100.0)
|
| Black |
49,644 (38.1) |
49,659 (38.1) |
20,818 (16.0) |
4,464 (3.4) |
2,543 (2.0) |
2,190 (1.7) |
903 (0.7) |
130,221 (100.0)
|
| Other |
11,606 (47.6) |
8,047 (33.0) |
2,861 (11.7) |
697 (2.9) |
409 (1.7) |
477 (2.0) |
279 (1.1) |
24,376 (100.0)
|
| Hispanic |
35,358 (49.5) |
23,471 (32.9) |
8,211 (11.5) |
1,897 (2.7) |
1,020 (1.4) |
962 (1.3) |
499 (0.7) |
71,418 (100.0)
|
| Total | 148,356 (43.6) | 121,757 (35.8) | 46,095 (13.6) | 10,036 (3.0) | 5,713 (1.7) | 5,396 (1.6) | 2,644 (0.8) | 339,997 (100.0) |
* Percentages for the individual component categories might not add to 100% because of rounding.
† Data from 43 reporting areas; excludes nine reporting areas (California, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York State, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin) that did not report, did not report weeks of gestation by age, or did not meet reporting standards.
§ Data from 29 reporting areas; excludes 23 reporting areas (California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York City, New York State, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington, and Wisconsin) that did not report, did not report weeks of gestation by race/ethnicity, or did not meet reporting standards.