Demographic Characteristics of Abortion Patients by County and Age, Oregon Residents, 2000-2002
Multnomah County


10-17 <15 15 16 17 18 19 20+ N.S. Total
Total Abortions 724 45 95 220 364 636 772 11182 11 13325
Ethnicity/Race White
(Non-Hispanic)
471 22 63 137 249 373 495 7548 5 8892
Hispanic (All Races) 64 8 8 25 23 65 87 967 2 1185
African American 142 12 20 45 65 123 135 1546 0 1946
American Indian 19 1 3 8 7 15 10 212 1 257
Other Nonwhite 47 3 5 15 24 69 60 1059 2 1237
Unknown 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 36 1 40
Marital Status Married 7 0 1 1 5 18 38 2582 5 2650
Unmarried 704 44 91 216 353 602 717 8300 6 10329
Unknown 13 1 3 3 6 16 17 300 0 346
Education Grade School 75 35 19 12 9 17 24 298 0 414
9th Grade 135 7 59 51 18 19 20 170 0 344
10th Grade 200 2 14 98 86 41 47 346 2 636
11th Grade 209 0 1 43 165 129 90 461 2 891
High School
Graduate
90 0 0 15 75 361 401 3961 4 4817
Some College 5 0 0 0 5 58 179 3162 3 3407
College Graduate 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2133 0 2136
Post-
baccalaureate
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 498 0 499
Unknown 9 1 2 1 5 10 9 153 0 181
Children
Now Alive
None 634 43 87 195 309 447 516 4739 3 6339
One 85 1 7 25 52 162 207 2886 7 3347
Two 3 1 1 0 1 26 46 2256 0 2331
Three + 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 1297 1 1303
Unknown 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 5
Previous
Abortions
None 613 41 90 195 287 490 538 5276 7 6924
One 98 4 5 22 67 117 163 3163 3 3544
Two 9 0 0 2 7 21 46 1502 0 1578
Three+ 2 0 0 1 1 7 21 1203 1 1234
Unknown 2 0 0 0 2 1 4 38 0 45
Gestation Eight Weeks
or Less
372 23 45 101 203 339 445 7369 6 8531
9-12 228 12 33 77 106 183 210 2565 4 3190
13-16 62 5 8 23 26 69 57 637 0 825
17+ 58 4 8 19 27 41 59 570 1 729
Unknown 4 1 1 0 2 4 1 41 0 50
Contraceptive
Used
None Used 534 32 74 167 261 445 538 7220 7 8744
Pills Used 41 2 3 11 25 53 76 1081 2 1253
Condom Used 130 11 16 38 65 114 132 2040 2 2418
Other/Unknown
Contraceptive
Used
17 0 1 3 13 22 33 941 0 1013
Unknown 7 1 1 1 4 8 6 103 0 124
Medical
Procedure
Suction Curettage 649 41 86 198 324 557 675 9721 10 11612
Dilation
Evacuation
58 4 6 18 30 53 60 628 0 799
Other Specified 17 0 3 4 10 26 37 828 1 909
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5