Reported characteristics of abortions in Texas

Reported characteristics of abortions in Texas, 1994-2003

compiled from Texas Dept. of Health annual reports
last updated 10 August 2005

	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	% change, 1994-2003
TOTAL	89365	87501	91619	84870	81834	80739	76121	77537	79929	79166	-10.6

BY RESIDENCE
Texas	84823	83419	87677	81526	78887	77291	73155	74101	76278	76019	-11.4
Out-of-state	4488	4025	3904	3322	2947	3110	2807	3031	2971	2874	-36.0
Unknown	54	57	38	22	0	338	159	405	680	273	+405.6

BY AGE
11 or less	4	7	7	14	18	28	10	3	5	2	-50.0
12-13	71	78	83	82	69	102	92	85	73	38	-46.5
14-15	1345	1285	1245	1022	915	845	768	741	744	740	-45.0
16-17	4762	4976	5161	4405	3792	3823	2960	2744	2677	2789	-41.4
18-19	9776	9737	10522	9544	8485	8586	735	7448	7301	7080	-27.6
20-24	30950	29141	30544	27619	24927	25616	25492	25808	25705	26619	-14.0
25-29	20424	20402	2020	20691	18472	18440	17170	17615	17324	18129	-11.2
30-34	12589	12323	12233	11280	10169	10478	10369	10909	11145	11561	-8.2
35-39	6967	7043	7173	6761	6156	6262	5815	5853	5847	5899	-15.3
40 or more	2258	2273	2352	2306	2233	2240	2079	2238	2330	2558	+13.3
Unknown	219	236	279	1146	3651	871	565	657	3127	604	+175.8

BY RACE
Asian	3107	2879	2930	2976	2600	2942	2780	3121	2773	2971	-4.4
Black	18154	16718	19604	18404	15615	16049	15716	15590	16458	16249	-10.5
Hispanic	26408	26357	27186	26633	23612	25687	24978	27102	28183	27502	+4.1
Native American	264	233	230	234	124	114	91	112	100	99	-62.5
White	37463	35928	37002	33753	29480	28717	26247	26081	26240	26843	-28.3
Other	595	833	989	670	772	568	391	500	622	597	+0.3
Unknown	3374	4553	3678	2200	6684	3214	2952	1595	1902	1758	-47.9

BY MARITAL STATUS
Married	19191	19795	19277	17168	16126	16208	15410	15876	15714	15338	-20.1
Single	64492	63307	67908	65791	60581	58686	54900	56562	59196	59354	-8.0
Unknown	5682	4399	4434	1911	2180	2397	2845	1663	1368	1327	-76.6

BY FACILITY
Abortion clinic	77103	72631	74625	67678	64340	68175	64407	63713	65726	75125	-2.6
Ambulatory surgical center	144	95	87	40	37	18	3	0	0	37	-74.3
Hospital	539	386	493	507	689	473	305	339	218	280	-48.1
Physician's office	9539	12557	14409	15115	13673	8536	8264	9921	10279	386	-96.0
Other		1639	1856	1340
Unknown	2040	193	149	190
Out-of-state					148	89	176	128	55	191

BY WEEKS OF GESTATION
8 or less	49405	49211	51267	47715	44958	45299	43201	45211	47177	47422	-4.0
9-10	18923	18162	18777	17558	15659	15034	13549	13413	12852	12701	-32.9
11-12	9674	8952	9383	8510	7973	7225	6854	6760	6992	6917	-28.5
13-14	4523	4322	4488	4129	3978	4019	3617	3611	3536	3609	-20.2
15-16	2777	2620	2840	2273	2193	2117	1900	2019	2073	2000	-28.0
17-20	2650	2473	2771	2037	1925	2092	1726	1818	2163	2016	-23.9
21-24	1165	1171	1375	965	897						-38.2
21-25						829	766	646	769	779
25 or more	168	174	210	103	106
26 or more						60	54	58	43	45
Unknown	80	416	508	1580	1198	616	1488	565	673	530	+562.5

BY TYPE OF PROCEDURE
Dilation and evacuation	10993	10491	10461	7124	7171	6258	7419	7542	6858	8435	-23.3
Hysterotomy/hysterectomy	14	14	11	7	5	5	2	8	5	6	-57.1
Induction	330	241	254
Intra-uterine				41	63	44	12	30	6	32
Medical (non-surgical)				2539	1069	1359	970	2843	5678	8322
Sharp curettage (D&C)				480	261	64	66	46	22	33
Vacuum aspiration/suction curettage	76700	75652	78789	73553	69351	68749	64473	62859	62224	58734	-23.4
Other	1039	940	1973	51	69	58	48	49	64	48	-95.4
Unknown	289	163	131	1075	898	484	165	724	1421	409	+41.5

BY PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS
0	44334	42141	43627	36594	32131	31375	29660	58041	28842	28837	-35.0
1	21859	22250	23686	23392	22095	21565	19820	7162	21199	21171	-3.1
2	14806	14784	15569	15761	15117	15386	14787	5452	16060	16116	+8.8
3	5485	5479	5772	5974	5884	5974	5752	2190	6576	6425	+17.1
4	1800	1869	1930	1832	1911	1888	1957	746	2234	2189	+21.6
5 or more	939	907	953	878	1069	934	956	387	1168	976	+3.9
Unknown	142	71	82	439	680	169	223	123	199	305	+114.8

BY PREVIOUS ABORTIONS
0	55810	54764	57431	50025	46368	45601	43154	43174	44172	43718	-21.7
1	22682	22206	2983	23044	21301	21037	19445	20234	20322	20341	-10.3
2	7211	7007	7290	7592	6887	6922	6727	6918	7513	7456	+3.4
3	2190	2170	2244	2369	2129	2205	2247	2216	2415	2523	+15.2
4	728	744	739	748	811	757	702	769	849	831	+14.1
5 or more	469	482	555	537	545	546	492	574	684	659	+40.5
Unknown	275	128	377	555	846	223	388	216	323	491	+78.5

BY MOTHER'S SURVIVAL
Survivors	84822	83419	87676	81525	78887	77291	73154	74100	76277	76019	-10.4
Deaths	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	-100.0

Sources:

Texas Department of Health, 1995, Texas Vital Statistics: 1994 Annual Report, on line, Texas Department of Health [http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/stats94/annrpt.htm].
Texas Department of Health, 1996, Texas Vital Statistics: 1995 Annual Report, on line, Texas Department of Health [http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/stats95/annrpt.htm].
Texas Department of Health, 1997, Texas Vital Statistics: 1996 Annual Report, on line, Texas Department of Health [http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/stats96/annrpt.htm].
Texas Department of Health, 1998, Texas Vital Statistics: 1997 Annual Report, on line, Texas Department of Health [http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/stats97/annrpt.htm].
Texas Department of Health, 1999, Texas Vital Statistics: 1998 Annual Report, on line, Texas Department of Health [http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/stats98/annrpt.htm].
Texas Department of Health, 2000, Texas Vital Statistics: 1999 Annual Report, on line, Texas Department of Health [http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/stats99/annrpt.htm].
Texas Department of Health, 2001, Texas Vital Statistics: 2000 Annual Report, on line, Texas Department of Health [http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/stats00/annrpt.htm].
Texas Department of Health, 2002, Texas Vital Statistics: 2001 Annual Report, on line, Texas Department of Health [http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/stats01/annrpt.htm].
Texas Department of Health, 2004, Texas Vital Statistics: 2002 Annual Report, on line, Texas Department of Health [http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/stats02/annrpt.htm].
Texas Department of Health, 2005, Texas Vital Statistics: 2003 Annual Report, on line, Texas Department of Health [http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/CHS/VSTAT/vs03/t33.shtm].

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Last modified 10 August 2005.
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