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Induced terminations of pregnancy: reporting states, 1979

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    Burnham, Drusilla
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    National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
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    Numbers of induced abortions and induced abortion ratios increased between 1978 and 1979 for the multi- State area reporting this information to the National Center for Health Statistics. This represents a con­ tinuation of the pattern of increase noted for 1977– 78. The peak age for induced abortions in 1979 was

    18 years for white women and21 for black women. The highest ratios were reported for the youngest and the oldest women, a pattern observed for both white and black women, although ratios for black women were higher at almost every age than for white women. Between 1978 and 1979, for comparable multi-State areas, ratios increased more than twice as much for black as for white women and increases were greater among younger than older women. The ratio of induced abortion is related to marital status and educational attainment. Induced abortion ratios are lower for mar­ ried women than unmarried women, and they are lower for women (25 years of age and over) with more education than less education. The greatest increases in induced abortion ratios by marital status between 1978 and 1979 were among black married women; the smallest among white married women. In terms of previous pregnancy history, about 6 out of 10 women having induced terminations in 1979 had no previous live births, and about two-thirds had never had an induced termination. The median gestational duration of women having induced terminations in 1979 was 9.2 weeks. It was longer for black women on the average than for white women; and it was longer for less educated women; it was also longer for women having out-of-State induced terminations than for women having in-State induced terminations. Suction curet­ tage accounted for 92.8 percent of induced termin­ ations occurring in 1979, and complications were reported for less than 1 percent of all induced abortions.

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    Monthly vital statistics report ; v. 31, no. 8, suppl. ; DHEW publication ; no. (PHS) 83-1120
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    Monthly Vital Statistics Reports
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    Statistics
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    36 Pages
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