Oregon Vital Statistics Annual Report 1995, Volume 1
TABLE 4-11.
DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF ABORTION PATIENTS BY AGE, OREGON RESIDENTS, 1995
DEMOGRAPHICS TOTAL ABORTION PATIENT'S AGE
OF PATIENT ==================================================================
0-15 15 16 17 18 19 15-19 20+ N.S.
TOTAL 12,710 87 205 368 543 769 770 2,655 9,943 25
ETHNICITY/RACE
WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) 10,231 64 162 298 438 627 608 2,133 8,019 15
HISPANIC (ALL RACES) 841 8 12 23 41 54 55 185 645 3
AFRICAN AMERICAN 624 11 10 16 38 41 50 155 454 4
INDIAN 171 2 5 8 10 12 10 45 124 -
OTHER NON-WHITE 587 2 12 13 8 27 36 96 489 -
UNKNOWN 256 - 4 10 8 8 11 41 212 3
MARITAL STATUS
MARRIED 2,298 1 1 5 5 22 30 63 2,229 5
SINGLE 10,012 86 199 357 522 734 722 2,534 7,373 19
UNKNOWN 400 - 5 6 16 13 18 58 341 1
EDUCATION
GRADE SCHOOL 369 62 38 13 9 11 16 87 220 -
9TH GRADE 429 18 111 79 16 22 12 240 169 2
10TH GRADE 800 1 44 190 108 47 45 434 363 2
11TH GRADE 1,095 - 2 62 279 165 72 580 513 2
12TH GRADE 4,665 1 - 13 108 432 385 938 3,716 10
SOME COLLEGE 3,290 - - - 10 79 224 313 2,973 4
COLLEGE 1,114 - - - - - 2 2 1,109 3
POST-BACCALAUREATE 484 - - - - - - - 484 -
UNKNOWN 464 5 10 11 13 13 14 61 396 2
CHILDREN NOW ALIVE
ONE 2,950 2 10 27 62 125 163 387 2,558 3
TWO 2,266 - - - 7 17 29 53 2,206 7
THREE + 1,180 - - - 1 1 4 6 1,171 3
UNKNOWN 64 1 1 1 - 2 - 4 59 -
PREVIOUS ABORTIONS
NONE 6,943 85 194 326 459 617 583 2,179 4,668 11
ONE 3,466 1 8 38 72 133 151 402 3,055 8
TWO 1,343 - 1 2 10 11 28 52 1,288 3
THREE + 859 - - - 1 3 8 12 845 2
NOT STATED 99 1 2 2 1 5 - 10 87 1
GESTATION
EIGHT WEEKS OR LESS 7,445 33 90 179 272 384 402 1,327 6,074 11
9-12 3,791 31 80 137 201 278 279 975 2,775 10
13-16 786 12 20 26 39 59 49 193 578 3
17+ 688 11 15 26 31 48 40 160 516 1
UNKNOWN 59 1 2 - - 5 1 8 50 -
CONTRACEPTIVE USED
NONE USED 7,539 59 132 247 345 452 474 1,650 5,814 16
PILLS USED 1,117 2 8 18 33 58 75 192 923 -
CONDOM USED 2,869 25 61 97 145 228 184 715 2,123 6
OTHER CONTRACEPTIVE 1,161 1 3 5 18 26 37 89 1,068 3
MEDICAL PROCEDURE
SUCTION CURETTAGE 11,791 74 184 338 511 700 711 2,444 9,250 23
DILATION EVACUATION 789 13 21 30 32 60 48 191 583 2
OTHER SPECIFIED 130 - - - - 9 11 20 110 -
- Quantity is zero.
Includes all abortions known to have been obtained out-of-state by Oregon residents.
Both ethnicity and race are unknown, or if non-Hispanic, race is unknown.
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