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INDUCED ABORTIONS, PROCEDURE BY WEEKS OF GESTATION
ARKANSAS RESIDENTS 1999
TOTAL <7 7-8 9-10 11-12 13-15 16-20 21+ UNKNOWN
TOTAL 5,592 1,088 1,679 909 502 356 299 22 737
SUCTION CURETTAGE 4,723 1,083 1,671 903 473 252 53 3 285
SHARP CURETTAGE 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
DILATION AND EVACUATION 409 5 4 6 28 102 243 15 6
INTRA-UTERINE
SALINE INSTILLATION 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
INTRA-UTERINE
PROSTAGLANDIN INSTILLATION 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
HYSTEROTOMY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HYSTERECTOMY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OTHER 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN 450 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 446
INDUCED ABORTIONS, AGE OF FEMALE BY RACE
ARKANSAS RESIDENTS 1999
AGE TOTAL WHITE BLACK OTHER UNKNOWN
TOTAL 5,592 3,377 2,030 155 30
<15 43 17 26 0 0
15-17 380 257 116 5 2
18-19 734 469 233 23 9
20-24 1,918 1,072 791 42 13
25-29 1,280 742 502 33 3
30-34 650 410 211 28 1
35-39 386 285 86 15 0
40+ 119 82 31 6 0
UNKNOWN 82 43 34 3 2
INDUCED ABORTIONS BY MARITAL STATUS OF FEMALE
ARKANSAS RESIDENTS 1999
NUMBER PERCENT
MARRIED 993 17.8
UNMARRIED 4,467 79.9
UNKNOWN 132 2.4
TOTAL 5,592 100.0
INDUCED ABORTIONS BY HISPANIC ORIGIN OF FEMALE
ARKANSAS RESIDENTS 1999
NUMBER PERCENT
NON-HISPANIC 4,933 88.2
HISPANIC 102 1.8
UNKNOWN 557 10.0
TOTAL 5,592 100.0
NOTE: DATA RECEIVED FROM OTHER STATES CONTAINS LIMITED FIELDS. THIS
ACCOUNTS FOR THE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF UNKNOWNS.
SOURCE: CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
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