Abortions, by State, 2003

This chart shows data for 2003. This is the latest data available from the government as of November 2006.

In this chart:

Abortions	= total number of legal abortions
Per births	= number of abortions for every 1000 live births
Per women	= number of abortions for every 1000 women

State	Abortions	Per births	Per women
Alabama	10,979	184	12
Alaska	1,806	179	13
Arizona	10,316	113	9
Arkansas	5,408	143	10
California	*	*	*
Colorado	8,952	142	10
Connecticut	12,404	289	17
Delaware	4,178	369	24
Dist. of Columbia	5,121	672	36
Florida	88,247	416	26
Georgia	34,363	253	18
Hawaii	3,608	199	14
Idaho	911	42	3
Illinois	42,247	231	16
Indiana	11,458	133	9
Iowa	5,916	155	10
Kansas	11,600	294	20
Kentucky	3,621	66	4
Louisiana	10,642	164	11
Maine	2,550	184	10
Maryland	11,485	153	10
Massachusetts	25,741	321	18
Michigan	29,540	225	14
Minnesota	14,091	201	13
Mississippi	3,753	89	6
Missouri	8,350	108	7
Montana	2,213	194	12
Nebraska	3,990	154	11
Nevada	9,323	277	20
New Hampshire	*	*	*
New Jersey	32,762	280	18
New Mexico	5,832	210	15
New York	124,957	509	30
--City	90,820	758
--State	34,137	272
North Carolina	31,006	262	17
North Dakota	1,354	170	10
Ohio	35,319	236	15
Oklahoma	6,644	130	9
Oregon	12,622	275	17
Pennsylvania	36,908	253	15
Rhode Island	5,538	419	24
South Carolina	6,573	118	7
South Dakota	819	74	5
Tennessee	17,610	223	14
Texas	79,166	210	16
Utah	3,576	72	7
Vermont	1,679	255	13
Virginia	26,437	261	17
Washington	25,084	312	19
West Virginia	*	*	*
Wisconsin	10,557	151	9
Wyoming	7
Total	848,163	241	16

* California and New Hampshire quit reporting abortion statistics in 1998. West Virginia quit reporting in 2002. Alaska and Oklahoma quit reporting in 1998 but have since resumed.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Surveillance Summaries, Novembeer 24, 2006. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), 2006;55 (No. SS-11).

Posted 28 May 2007.

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