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Description:Between 1980 and 1981 the ratio of induced abortions to live births increased less than 1 percent for the 12 States reporting this information to the National Center for Health Statistics. This reverses the decline reported in 1980 and represents a resumption of the pattern of increase reported for each of the other years since 1978. The number of abortions continued to increase from 1980 to 1981 as it has in the past for the reporting States. In 1981, the abortion ratio was 391.0 abortions per 1,000 live births. The ratio for black women of all ages combined was two times that for white women. Although the ratios for black women 20 years and over were higher than for white women, the ratios for black teenagers were lower than for white teenagers. The peak age for induced abortions in 1981 was 18–19 years for white women and 21 for black women. The highest ratios were reported for the youngest and the oldest women, a pattern observed for both white and black women. From 1980 to 1981, ratios increased for both white and black women.
Suggested Citation: National Center for Health Statistics, K. Prager. Induced terminations of pregnancy: Reporting States, 1981. Monthly Vital Statistics Report. Vol. 34, No. 4 SUPP. (2). DHHS Pub. No. 85–1 120. Public Health Service. Hyattsville, Md., July 30, 1985.
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