Teen Pregnancy Demographic Characteristics of Teen Abortion Patients by County

Demographic Characteristics of Abortion Patients by County and Age
Jefferson County 1997-1999
    10-17 <15 15 16 17 18 19 20+ N.S. Total
Total Abortions   13 0 2 8 3 4 7 104 0 128
Ethnicity/Race White (Non-Hispanic) 7 0 2 5 0 1 2 52 0 62
  Hispanic (All Races) 4 0 0 2 2 1 3 22 0 30
  African American 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  American Indian 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 29 0 35
  Other Nonwhite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
  Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marital Status Married 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 38 0 39
  Unmarried 13 0 2 8 3 4 6 64 0 87
  Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Education Grade School 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 0 8
  9th Grade 6 0 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 8
  10th Grade 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 6 0 10
  11th Grade 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 10 0 14
  High School Graduate 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 55 0 61
  Some College 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 0 25
  College Graduate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
  Postbaccalaureate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Children
Now Alive
None 12 0 2 8 2 4 5 14 0 35
  One 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 41 0 44
  Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 29
  Three + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 20
  Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Previous
Abortions
None 13 0 2 8 3 3 7 60 0 83
  One 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 29 0 30
  Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9
  Three+ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6
  Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gestation Eight Weeks or Less 5 0 0 4 1 1 2 55 0 63
  9-12 6 0 2 3 1 3 4 30 0 43
  13-16 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 10 0 13
  17+ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9
  Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contraceptive
Used
None Used 9 0 2 4 3 1 4 61 0 75
  Pills Used 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 0 14
  Condom Used 3 0 0 3 0 3 3 24 0 33
  Other/Unknown
Contraceptive
Used
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6
  Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Medical
Procedure
Suction Curettage 12 0 2 8 2 4 7 89 0 112
  Dilation Evacuation 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 0 16
  Other Specified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0