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INDUCED ABORTIONS, PROCEDURE BY WEEKS OF GESTATION
ARKANSAS RESIDENTS 2004
TOTAL <7 7-8 9-10 11-12 13-15 16-20 21+ UNKNOWN
TOTAL 3,999 1,447 992 616 351 298 241 29 25
SUCTION CURETTAGE 3,579 1,430 989 616 351 154 13 3 23
SHARP CURETTAGE 20 17 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
DILATION AND EVACUATION 398 0 1 0 0 144 227 24 2
INTRA-UTERINE
SALINE INSTILLATION 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
INDUCED ABORTIONS, AGE OF FEMALE BY RACE
ARKANSAS RESIDENTS 2004
AGE TOTAL WHITE BLACK OTHER UNKNOWN
TOTAL 3,999 2,438 1,343 136 82
<15 40 20 19 1 0
15-17 285 179 97 6 3
18-19 427 276 133 14 4
20-24 1,276 762 456 37 21
25-29 929 516 359 35 19
30-34 567 350 172 25 20
35-39 333 234 77 12 10
40+ 133 98 25 5 5
UNKNOWN 9 3 5 1 0
INDUCED ABORTIONS BY MARITAL STATUS OF FEMALE
ARKANSAS RESIDENTS 2004
NUMBER PERCENT
MARRIED 595 14.9
UNMARRIED 3,396 84.9
UNKNOWN 8 0.2
TOTAL 3,999 100.0
INDUCED ABORTIONS BY HISPANIC ORIGIN OF FEMALE
ARKANSAS RESIDENTS 2004
NUMBER PERCENT
NON-HISPANIC 3,841 96.0
HISPANIC 141 3.5
UNKNOWN 17 0.4
TOTAL 3,999 100.0
NOTE: DATA RECEIVED FROM OTHER STATES CONTAINS LIMITED FIELDS. THIS
ACCOUNTS FOR THE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF UNKNOWNS.
SOURCE: CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
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