TABLES: Abortion Incidence and Services In the United States in 2000

	Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health Volume 35, Number 1, January/February 2003
	Abortion Incidence and Services In the United States in 2000 TABLES

TABLE 1. Number of reported abortions, abortion rate and abortion ratio, United States, 1973-2000
Year	No. (in 000s)	Rate*	Ratio†
1973	744.6	16.3	19.3
1974	898.6	19.3	22.0
1975	1,034.2	21.7	24.9
1976	1,179.3	24.2	26.5
1977	1,316.7	26.4	28.6
1978	1,409.6	27.7	29.2
1979	1,497.7	28.8	29.6
1980	1,553.9	29.3	30.0
1981	1,577.3	29.3	30.1
1982	1,573.9	28.8	30.0
1983	(1,575)	(28.5)	(30.4)
1984	1,577.2	28.1	29.7
1985	1,588.6	28.0	29.7
1986	(1,574)	(27.4)	(29.4)
1987	1,559.1	26.9	28.8
1988	1,590.8	27.3	28.6
1989	(1,567)	(26.8)	(27.5)
1990	(1,609)	(27.4)	(28.0)
1991	1,556.5	26.3	27.4
1992	1,528.9	25.7	27.5
1993	(1,495)	(25.0)	(27.4)
1994	(1,423)	(23.7)	(26.6)
1995	1,359.4	22.5	25.9
1996	1,360.2	22.4	25.9
1997	(1,335)	(21.9)	(25.5)
1998	(1,319)	(21.5)	(25.1)
1999	1,314.8	21.4	24.6
2000	1,313.0	21.3	24.5
Abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 as of July 1 of each year. †Abortions per 100 pregnancies ending in abortion or live birth; for each year, the ratio is based on births occurring during the 12-month period starting in July of that year (to match times of conception for pregnancies ending in births with those for pregnancies ending in abortions). Notes:* Figures in parentheses are estimated by interpolation of numbers of abortions. Number of abortions for 1993-1996, abortion rates for 1992-1996 and abortion ratios for 1994-1996 are revised from previously published figures on the basis of a corrected 1996 abortion incidence figure and revised 1992-1996 populations. Sources: Number of abortions, 1973-1996; population data, 1973-1990; and birth data, 1973-1991: reference 1. Number of abortions, 1997-2000: 2001-2002 AGI Abortion Provider Survey and interpolations. Population data, 1991-2000: U.S. Census Bureau, Estimates for the population of the U.S., regions, divisions and states, by five-year age-groups and sex: time series estimates, July 1, 1990 to July 1, 1999 and April 1, 1990 census population counts, 2000, <http://eire.census.gov/popest/ archives/state/st-99-08.txt> [for 1991-1999], accessed Jun. 28, 2002; and Campbell PR, Population Projections for States by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1995 to 2025, Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census , 1996 [for 1999 and 2000]; both adjusted to 2000 U.S. census figures. Birth data, 1992-2000: National Center for Health Statistics, Advance report of final natality statistics, Monthly Vital Statistics Report, 1994, Vol. 43, No. 5, Suppl. [for 1992]; 1995, Vol. 44, No. 3, Suppl. [for 1993]; 1996, Vol. 44, No. 11 [for 1994]; Report of final natality statistics, Monthly Vital Statistics Report, 1997, Vol. 45, No. 11, Suppl. [for 1995]; 1998, Vol. 46, No. 11, Suppl. [for 1996]; Births: final data, National Vital Statistics Reports, 1999, Vol. 47, No. 18 [for 1997]; 2000, Vol. 48, No. 3 [for 1998]; 2001, Vol. 49, No.1 [for 1999]; and 2002, Vol. 50, No. 5 [for 2000].

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TABLE 2. Number of reported abortions and abortion rate, 1992, 1996 and 2000; and percentage change in rate, 1996-2000, by region and state in which the abortions occurred
Region and state	No.			Rate*
Region and state	1992	1996	2000	1992	1996	2000	% change 1996-2000
U.S. total	1,528,930	1,360,160	1,312,990	25.7	22.4	21.3	-5
Northeast	378,810	341,500	325,540	31.8	29.1	28.0	-4
Connecticut	19,720	16,230	15,240	25.9	21.9	21.1	-4
Maine	4,200	2,700	2,650	14.8	9.8	9.9	1
Massachusetts	40,660	41,160	30,410	28.1	28.8	21.4	-26
New Hampshire	3,890	3,470	3,010	14.6	12.9	11.2	-13
New Jersey	55,320	63,100	65,780	30.5	34.9	36.3	4
New York	195,390	167,600	164,630	45.7	39.7	39.1	-2
Pennsylvania	49,740	39,520	36,570	18.6	15.0	14.3	-5
Rhode Island	6,990	5,420	5,600	29.5	23.3	24.1	3
Vermont	2,900	2,300	1,660	21.5	17.3	12.7	-27
Midwest	262,150	238,710	221,230	18.8	16.9	15.9	-6
Illinois	68,420	69,390	63,690	25.2	25.3	23.2	-8
Indiana	15,840	14,850	12,490	12.0	11.1	9.4	-15
Iowa	6,970	5,780	5,970	11.3	9.3	9.8	5
Kansas	12,570	10,630	12,270	22.4	18.6	21.4	15
Michigan	55,580	48,780	46,470	25.1	22.1	21.6	-2
Minnesota	16,180	14,660	14,610	15.6	13.7	13.5	-2
Missouri	13,510	10,810	7,920	11.5	9.0	6.6	-27
Nebraska	5,580	4,460	4,250	15.6	12.2	11.6	-4
North Dakota	1,490	1,290	1,340	10.7	9.2	9.9	7
Ohio	49,520	42,870	40,230	19.5	17.1	16.5	-3
South Dakota	1,040	1,030	870	6.9	6.5	5.5	-15
Wisconsin	15,450	14,160	11,130	13.5	12.2	9.6	-21
South	450,330	424,740	418,630	21.8	19.8	19.0	-4
Alabama	17,450	15,150	13,830	18.1	15.5	14.3	-8
Arkansas	7,130	6,200	5,540	13.5	11.2	9.8	-12
Delaware	5,730	4,090	5,440	34.9	24.0	31.3	31
District of Columbia	21,320	15,220	9,800	134.6	104.5	68.1	-39
Florida	84,680	94,050	103,050	29.3	30.7	31.9	4
Georgia	39,680	37,320	32,140	23.7	20.8	16.9	-19
Kentucky	10,000	8,470	4,700	11.4	9.5	5.3	-44
Louisiana	13,600	14,740	13,100	13.5	14.5	13.0	-10
Maryland	31,260	31,310	34,560	26.2	26.2	29.0	11
Mississippi	7,550	4,490	3,780	12.4	7.1	6.0	-17
North Carolina	36,180	33,550	37,610	22.2	19.5	21.0	8
Oklahoma	8,940	8,400	7,390	12.5	11.6	10.1	-13
South Carolina	12,190	9,940	8,210	14.2	11.4	9.3	-18
Tennessee	19,060	17,990	19,010	16.2	14.6	15.2	4
Texas	97,400	91,270	89,160	23.0	20.2	18.8	-7
Virginia	35,020	29,940	28,780	22.6	19.0	18.1	-5
West Virginia	3,140	2,610	2,540	7.8	6.6	6.8	3
West	437,640	355,210	347,600	33.9	26.6	24.9	-6
Alaska	2,370	2,040	1,660	16.6	14.2	11.7	-18
Arizona	20,600	19,310	17,940	23.4	19.2	16.5	-14
California	304,230	237,830	236,060	41.8	32.8	31.2	-5
Colorado	19,880	18,310	15,530	23.6	19.9	15.9	-20
Hawaii	12,190	6,930	5,630	46.4	26.8	22.2	-17
Idaho	1,710	1,600	1,950	7.3	6.1	7.0	15
Montana	3,300	2,900	2,510	18.5	15.4	13.5	-12
Nevada	13,300	15,450	13,740	43.0	41.7	32.2	-23
New Mexico	6,410	5,470	5,760	17.7	14.1	14.7	4
Oregon	16,060	15,050	17,010	23.9	21.2	23.5	11
Utah	3,940	3,700	3,510	9.2	7.5	6.6	-11
Washington	33,190	26,340	26,200	27.7	20.9	20.2	-3
Wyoming	460	280	100	4.4	2.6	1.0	-64
Abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44. Notes:* Abortion rates for 1996 are revised from previously published fiugres on the basis of revised population data. Figures for the District of Columbia in 1996 are corrected from data originally published in 1998. Numbers of abortions are rounded to the nearest 10. Sources: see Table 1.

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TABLE 3. Number of providers, 1992, 1996 and 2000, and percentage change between 1996 and 2000; and number of counties, percentage of counties without an abortion provider and percentage of women aged 15-44 living in a county without a provider, 2000--all by region and state

Region and state No. of providers Counties, 2000

1992 1996 2000 % change
1996-2000 Total Without a provider

% of counties % of women*

U.S. total 2,380 2,042 1,819 -11 3,141 87 34

Northeast 620 562 536 -5 217 50 16

Connecticut 43 40 50 25 8 25 9

Maine 17 16 15 -6 16 63 45

Massachusetts 64 51 47 -8 14 21 7

New Hampshire 16 16 14 -13 10 50 26

New Jersey 88 94 86 -9 21 10 3

New York 289 266 234 -12 62 42 8

Pennsylvania 81 61 73 20 67 75 39

Rhode Island 6 5 6 20 5 80 39

Vermont 16 13 11 -15 14 43 23

Midwest 260 212 188 -11 1,055 94 49

Illinois 47 38 37 -3 102 90 30

Indiana 19 16 15 -6 92 93 62

Iowa 11 8 8 0 99 95 64

Kansas 15 10 7 -30 105 96 54

Michigan 70 59 50 -15 83 83 31

Minnesota 14 13 11 -15 87 95 58

Missouri 12 10 6 -40 115 97 71

Nebraska 9 8 5 -38 93 97 46

North Dakota 1 1 2 100 53 98 77

Ohio 45 37 35 -5 88 91 50

South Dakota 1 1 2 100 66 98 78

Wisconsin 16 11 10 -9 72 93 62

South 620 505 442 -12 1,425 91 45

Alabama 20 14 14 0 67 93 59

Arkansas 8 6 7 17 75 97 79

Delaware 8 7 9 29 3 33 17

District of Columbia 15 18 15 -17 1 0 0

Florida 133 114 108 -5 67 70 19

Georgia 55 41 26 -37 159 94 56

Kentucky 9 8 3 -63 120 98 75

Louisiana 17 15 13 -13 64 92 61

Maryland 51 47 42 -11 24 67 24

Mississippi 8 6 4 -33 82 98 86

North Carolina 86 59 55 -7 100 78 44

Oklahoma 11 11 6 -45 77 96 56

South Carolina 18 14 10 -29 46 87 66

Tennessee 33 20 16 -20 95 94 56

Texas 79 64 65 2 254 93 32

Virginia 64 57 46 -19 136 84 47

West Virginia 5 4 3 -25 55 96 83

West 880 763 653 -14 444 78 15

Alaska 13 8 7 -13 27 85 39

Arizona 28 24 21 -13 15 80 18

California 554 492 400 -19 58 41 4

Colorado 59 47 40 -15 63 78 26

Hawaii 52 44 51 16 4 0 0

Idaho 9 7 7 0 44 93 67

Montana 12 11 9 -18 56 91 43

Nevada 17 14 13 -7 17 82 10

New Mexico 20 13 11 -15 33 88 48

Oregon 40 35 34 -3 36 78 26

Utah 6 7 4 -43 29 93 51

Washington 65 57 53 -7 39 74 17

Wyoming 5 4 3 -25 23 91 88

*Population counts are for April 1, 2000. Note: Numbers of abortions are rounded to the nearest 10. Sources: Providers, 1992 and 1996: reference 1. Providers, 2000: 2001-2002 AGI Abortion Provider Survey. Population data, 2000: U.S. Census Bureau, American fact finder, summary file 2, detailed table PCT3, <http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet /DTGeoSearchByListServlet?ds_name=DEC_2000_SF2_U&_lang=
en&_ts=55786803406>, accessed May 21, 2002.

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TABLE 4. Percentage of counties with no abortion providers and with no large providers, and percentage of women aged 15-44 living in those counties, by metropolitan status, selected years
Provider and metropolitan status	1978	1985	1992	1996	2000
Provider and metropolitan status	1978	1985	1992	1996	Based on 1990 status	Based on 1999 status
COUNTIES
No provider	77	82	84	86	87	87
Metropolitan	47	50	51	55	57	61
Nonmetropolitan	85	91	94	95	96	97
No large provider*	93	92	92	92	92	92
Metropolitan	69	65	68	66	67	70
Nonmetropolitan	99	99	99	>99	>99	>99
WOMEN
No provider in county	27	30	30	32	34	34
Metropolitan	12	15	16	18	19	21
Nonmetropolitan	69	79	85	87	86	91
No large provider in county*	43	43	41	41	41	41
Metropolitan	25	26	27	27	27	29
Nonmetropolitan	96	98	97	98	94	99
Provider of at least 400 abortions per year. Note:* The classification of some counties as metropolitan areas changed between 1990 and 1999. Figures for 1978-1996 use 1990 definitions. Sources: 1978-1996: reference 1. 2000: 2001-2002 AGI Abortion Provider Survey.

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TABLE 5. Number and percentage distribution of all abortion providers and all abortions, and number and percentage of providers and abortions represented by each type of facility, by caseload
Caseload	All		Abortion clinics		Other clinics		Hospitals		Physicians' offices*
Caseload	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Providers	1,819	100	447	25	386	21	603	33	383	21
1-29	523	29	1	<1	33	2	332	18	157	9
30-399	599	33	19	1	112	6	242	13	226	12
400-999	264	15	91	5	154	8	19	1	na	na
1,000-4,999	405	22	313	17	82	5	10	1	na	na
>=5,000	28	2	23	1	5	<1	0	0	na	na
Abortions	1,312,990	100	927,200	71	292,710	22	65,590	5	27,490	2
1-29	5,340	<1	0	0	470	<1	2,970	<1	1,900	<1
30-399	78,240	6	4,840	<1	19,440	1	28,370	2	25,600	2
400-999	177,450	14	65,150	5	100,920	8	11,390	1	na	na
1,000-4,999	858,340	65	701,900	53	133,570	10	22,860	2	na	na
>=5,000	193,620	15	155,310	12	38,310	3	0	0	na	na
Physicians' offices reporting 400 or more abortions a year are classified as clinics (either abortion clinics, if at least half of patient visits are for abortion services, or other clinics). Notes:* na=not applicable. Abortion counts may not sum to totals and percentages may not add to 100 because of rounding.

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TABLE 6. Estimated number and percentage of providers performing early medical abortion; and among nonhospital abortions, number and percentage that were medical, and percentage of medical abortions that used mifepristone--all by selected characteristics of providers, January-June 2001
Characteristic	Providers		Nonhospital abortions
Characteristic	No.	%*	No. that were medical †	% that were wedical	% of medical that used mifepristone
Total	603	33	35,300	6	72
Provider type
Abortion clinics	229	51	25,900	6	75
Other clinics	174	45	8,600	6	77
Hospitals	112	19	u	u	u
Physicians' offices	88	23	800	6	54
Region
Northeast	201	38	9,800	6	81
Midwest	82	44	6,000	6	70
South	148	33	13,300	7	64
West	173	26	6,200	4	73
2000 abortion caseload
1-29	74	14	200	18	57‡
30-399	138	23	1,300	5	u
400-999	128	48	6,200	7	75
1,000-4,999	245	60	22,900	6	78‡
>=5,000	19	68	4,600	5	u
The denominator is the provider universe for the year 2000. †Rounded to the nearest 100. ‡Caseload category 1-29 includes 30-399, and category 1,000-4,999 includes >=5,000, because cell sizes are too small to break them out individually. Note:* u=unavailable.

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TABLE 3. Number of providers, 1992, 1996 and 2000, and percentage change between 1996 and 2000; and number of counties, percentage of counties without an abortion provider and percentage of women aged 15-44 living in a county without a provider, 2000--all by region and state
Region and state	No. of providers				Counties, 2000
	1992	1996	2000	% change 1996-2000	Total	Without a provider
	1992	1996	2000	% change 1996-2000	Total	% of counties	% of women*
U.S. total	2,380	2,042	1,819	-11	3,141	87	34
Northeast	620	562	536	-5	217	50	16
Connecticut	43	40	50	25	8	25	9
Maine	17	16	15	-6	16	63	45
Massachusetts	64	51	47	-8	14	21	7
New Hampshire	16	16	14	-13	10	50	26
New Jersey	88	94	86	-9	21	10	3
New York	289	266	234	-12	62	42	8
Pennsylvania	81	61	73	20	67	75	39
Rhode Island	6	5	6	20	5	80	39
Vermont	16	13	11	-15	14	43	23
Midwest	260	212	188	-11	1,055	94	49
Illinois	47	38	37	-3	102	90	30
Indiana	19	16	15	-6	92	93	62
Iowa	11	8	8	0	99	95	64
Kansas	15	10	7	-30	105	96	54
Michigan	70	59	50	-15	83	83	31
Minnesota	14	13	11	-15	87	95	58
Missouri	12	10	6	-40	115	97	71
Nebraska	9	8	5	-38	93	97	46
North Dakota	1	1	2	100	53	98	77
Ohio	45	37	35	-5	88	91	50
South Dakota	1	1	2	100	66	98	78
Wisconsin	16	11	10	-9	72	93	62
South	620	505	442	-12	1,425	91	45
Alabama	20	14	14	0	67	93	59
Arkansas	8	6	7	17	75	97	79
Delaware	8	7	9	29	3	33	17
District of Columbia	15	18	15	-17	1	0	0
Florida	133	114	108	-5	67	70	19
Georgia	55	41	26	-37	159	94	56
Kentucky	9	8	3	-63	120	98	75
Louisiana	17	15	13	-13	64	92	61
Maryland	51	47	42	-11	24	67	24
Mississippi	8	6	4	-33	82	98	86
North Carolina	86	59	55	-7	100	78	44
Oklahoma	11	11	6	-45	77	96	56
South Carolina	18	14	10	-29	46	87	66
Tennessee	33	20	16	-20	95	94	56
Texas	79	64	65	2	254	93	32
Virginia	64	57	46	-19	136	84	47
West Virginia	5	4	3	-25	55	96	83
West	880	763	653	-14	444	78	15
Alaska	13	8	7	-13	27	85	39
Arizona	28	24	21	-13	15	80	18
California	554	492	400	-19	58	41	4
Colorado	59	47	40	-15	63	78	26
Hawaii	52	44	51	16	4	0	0
Idaho	9	7	7	0	44	93	67
Montana	12	11	9	-18	56	91	43
Nevada	17	14	13	-7	17	82	10
New Mexico	20	13	11	-15	33	88	48
Oregon	40	35	34	-3	36	78	26
Utah	6	7	4	-43	29	93	51
Washington	65	57	53	-7	39	74	17
Wyoming	5	4	3	-25	23	91	88
Population counts are for April 1, 2000. Note:* Numbers of abortions are rounded to the nearest 10. Sources: Providers, 1992 and 1996: reference 1. Providers, 2000: 2001-2002 AGI Abortion Provider Survey. Population data, 2000: U.S. Census Bureau, American fact finder, summary file 2, detailed table PCT3, <http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet /DTGeoSearchByListServlet?ds_name=DEC_2000_SF2_U&_lang= en&_ts=55786803406>, accessed May 21, 2002.