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INDUCED ABORTIONS, PROCEDURE BY WEEKS OF GESTATION
ARKANSAS RESIDENTS 1998
TOTAL <7 7-8 9-10 11-12 13-15 16-20 21+ UNKNOWN
TOTAL 5,675 666 1,872 1,280 595 322 243 8 689
SUCTION CURETTAGE 4,707 663 1,844 1,272 569 223 42 1 93
SHARP CURETTAGE 41 2 24 6 3 6 0 0 0
DILATION AND EVACUATION 327 0 4 2 23 93 201 4 0
INTRA-UTERINE
SALINE INSTILLATION 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 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 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
UNKNOWN 596 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 596
INDUCED ABORTIONS, AGE OF FEMALE BY RACE
ARKANSAS RESIDENTS 1998
AGE TOTAL WHITE BLACK OTHER UNKNOWN
TOTAL 5,675 3,501 1,990 111 73
<15 66 33 32 0 1
15-17 480 325 140 7 8
18-19 788 515 253 15 5
20-24 1,986 1,113 811 33 29
25-29 1,173 714 425 22 12
30-34 646 429 192 15 10
35-39 357 253 87 14 3
40+ 131 90 34 3 4
UNKNOWN 48 29 16 2 1
INDUCED ABORTIONS BY MARITAL STATUS OF FEMALE
ARKANSAS RESIDENTS 1998
NUMBER PERCENT
MARRIED 878 15.5
UNMARRIED 4,123 72.7
UNKNOWN 674 11.9
TOTAL 5,675 100.0
NOTE: THE ONLY DATA WE RECEIVE FROM TENNESSEE AND TEXAS IS STATE OF
RESIDENCE AND AGE. THIS ACCOUNTS FOR THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE
IN THE AMOUNT OF UNKNOWNS.
SOURCE: CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
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