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INDUCED ABORTIONS, PROCEDURE BY WEEKS OF GESTATION
ARKANSAS RESIDENTS 2002
TOTAL <7 7-8 9-10 11-12 13-15 16-20 21+ UNKNOWN
TOTAL 5,280 1,280 1,486 754 512 321 281 70 576
SUCTION CURETTAGE 4,701 1,263 1,479 752 511 313 272 58 53
SHARP CURETTAGE 12 2 1 1 1 4 3 0 0
DILATION AND EVACUATION 14 0 0 1 0 4 3 6 0
INTRA-UTERINE
SALINE INSTILLATION 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
INTRA-UTERINE
PROSTAGLANDIN INSTILLATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HYSTEROTOMY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HYSTERECTOMY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OTHER 29 15 6 0 0 0 2 6 0
UNKNOWN 523 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 523
INDUCED ABORTIONS, AGE OF FEMALE BY RACE
ARKANSAS RESIDENTS 2002
AGE TOTAL WHITE BLACK OTHER UNKNOWN
TOTAL 5,280 2,763 1,567 238 712
<15 46 23 19 3 1
15-17 293 176 103 8 6
18-19 544 340 172 18 14
20-24 1,694 922 617 70 85
25-29 1,112 631 386 53 42
30-34 576 354 157 48 17
35-39 342 215 78 29 20
40+ 121 87 23 8 3
UNKNOWN 552 15 12 1 524
INDUCED ABORTIONS BY MARITAL STATUS OF FEMALE
ARKANSAS RESIDENTS 2002
NUMBER PERCENT
MARRIED 905 17.1
UNMARRIED 3,761 71.2
UNKNOWN 614 11.6
TOTAL 5,280 100.0
INDUCED ABORTIONS BY HISPANIC ORIGIN OF FEMALE
ARKANSAS RESIDENTS 2002
NUMBER PERCENT
NON-HISPANIC 4,384 83.0
HISPANIC 117 2.2
UNKNOWN 779 14.8
TOTAL 5,280 100.0
NOTE: DATA RECEIVED FROM OTHER STATES CONTAINS LIMITED FIELDS. THIS
ACCOUNTS FOR THE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF UNKNOWNS.
SOURCE: Center for Health Statistics, Division of Health, DHHS
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