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Induced terminations of pregnancy : reporting states, 1984
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September 8, 1987
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Description:In 1984, there were 306,792 abortions reported as occur- ring to residents within the 13-State reporting are% an increase of 2,296 (1 percent) over the number for the previous year. The abortion ratio of 364.3 abortions per 1,000 live births was slightly higher than the figure for 1983 (360.8J the increase continues the general upward trend since 1978. Changes in the abortion ratio between 1983 and 1984 largely reflect greater increases for white women than for black women, for married women than for umnarned women, and for women under age 30 years than for older women for whom abortion ratios de clined between the two years.
Suggested citation: National Center for Health Statistics, E. Powell- Griner: Induced terminations of pregnancy: Reporting States, 1984. Montly Vital Statistics Report. Vol. 36, No. 5, Supp. (2). DHHS Pub. No, 87–1120. Public Health Service. Hyattsville, Md., September 8, 1987.
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