ERIC Number: ED288114
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Sep-8
Pages: 39
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Induced Terminations of Pregnancy: Reporting States, 1984.
Powell-Griner, Eve
Monthly Vital Statistics Report, v36 n5 suppl 2 Sep 8 1987
This document presents National Center for Health Statistics abortion data for 1984 based on individual reports of induced abortions submitted to state vital registration offices in Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, and Virginia. Data analysis is included for number of abortions and abortion ratios, age and race, marital status, educational attainment, previous live births, previous induced terminations, periods of gestation, type of procedure and reported complications, and residence patterns. Highlights reported include: (1) 306,792 abortions reported for residents of the 13 states in 1984 represent an increase of 2,296 over the 1983 number; (2) changes between 1983 and 1984 reflect greater increases for whites than for blacks, for married women than for unmarried women, and for younger women than for older women; (3) highest ratios of induced abortions were among the youngest and the oldest women; (4) abortion ratios were twice as high for blacks as for whites; (5) abortion ratios were lower among married women than unmarried women; (6) suction curettage was used in 95.1% of reported abortions; (7) complications were reported in less than one percent of abortions; and (8) the abortion ratio among metropolitan residents was two and one-half times that of nonmetropolitan residents. Three figures and 21 data tables are included. (ABL)
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Research; Collected Works - Serials
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Center for Health Statistics (DHHS/PHS), Hyattsville, MD.
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