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INDUCED ABORTIONS, PROCEDURE BY WEEKS OF GESTATION
ARKANSAS RESIDENTS 1995
TOTAL <7 7-8 9-10 11-12 13-15 16-20 21+ UNKNOWN
TOTAL 5,886 581 2,132 1,553 718 393 294 22 193
SUCTION CURETTAGE 5,511 575 2,119 1,546 709 315 47 11 189
SHARP CURETTAGE 338 5 12 7 7 74 231 0 2
DILATION AND EVACUATION 19 1 1 0 2 2 7 6 0
INTRA-UTERINE
SALINE INSTILLATION 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
INTRA-UTERINE
PROSTAGLANDIN INSTILLATION 9 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 1
HYSTEROTOMY 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
HYSTERECTOMY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OTHER 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
INDUCED ABORTIONS, AGE OF FEMALE BY RACE
ARKANSAS RESIDENTS 1995
AGE TOTAL WHITE BLACK OTHER UNKNOWN
TOTAL 5,886 3,810 1,887 103 86
<15 69 39 29 0 1
15-17 535 350 177 7 1
18-19 831 549 265 7 10
20-24 2,044 1,248 735 34 27
25-29 1,089 713 331 22 23
30-34 750 514 205 17 14
35-39 424 302 106 9 7
40+ 107 78 21 6 2
UNKNOWN 37 17 18 1 1
INDUCED ABORTIONS BY MARITAL STATUS OF FEMALE
ARKANSAS RESIDENTS 1995
NUMBER PERCENT
MARRIED 1,214 20.6
UNMARRIED 4,606 78.3
UNKNOWN 66 1.1
TOTAL 5,886 100.0
SOURCE: CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
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