TABLE 4-11.
Demographic Characteristics of Abortion Patients by County and
Age,
Oregon Residents, 1993-1995
DOUGLAS COUNTY
| Demographics of
Patient |
10-17 |
<15 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
| Total Abortions |
114 |
7 |
19 |
36 |
52 |
49 |
37 |
| Ethnicity/Race |
White (Non-Hispanic) |
107 |
7 |
19 |
33 |
48 |
43 |
33 |
| Hispanic (All Races) |
3 |
|
|
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| African American |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
| American Indian |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Other Nonwhite |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Unknown |
2 |
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Marital Status |
Married |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
| Single |
104 |
6 |
17 |
34 |
47 |
39 |
31 |
| Education |
Grade School |
7 |
3 |
3 |
|
1 |
2 |
|
| 9th Grade |
20 |
4 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
|
|
| 10th Grade |
41 |
|
7 |
23 |
11 |
8 |
|
| 11th Grade |
32 |
|
|
5 |
27 |
11 |
3 |
| 12th Grade |
10 |
|
|
1 |
9 |
24 |
27 |
| Some College |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
7 |
| Unknown |
4 |
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
| Children Now Alive |
None |
109 |
6 |
18 |
35 |
50 |
36 |
26 |
| One |
4 |
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
13 |
10 |
| Two |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Previous Abortions |
None |
10 |
|
|
2 |
8 |
7 |
3 |
| One |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
3 |
| Gestation |
Eight Weeks or Less |
70 |
6 |
10 |
23 |
31 |
29 |
15 |
| 9-12 |
31 |
1 |
4 |
11 |
15 |
15 |
16 |
| 13-16 |
7 |
|
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
| 17+ |
5 |
|
3 |
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
| Unknown |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
1 |
| Contraceptive Used |
None Used |
67 |
4 |
11 |
21 |
31 |
31 |
20 |
| Pills Used |
11 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
4 |
6 |
| Condom Used |
29 |
2 |
5 |
9 |
13 |
10 |
9 |
| Other Contraceptive Used |
5 |
|
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
| Medical Procedure |
Suction Curettage |
106 |
7 |
16 |
34 |
49 |
46 |
35 |
| Dilation Evacuation |
7 |
|
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |