TABLE 4-11.
Demographic Characteristics of Abortion Patients by County and
Age,
Oregon Residents, 1993-1995
LINN COUNTY
| Demographics of
Patient |
10-17 |
<15 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
| Total Abortions |
88 |
8 |
15 |
22 |
43 |
46 |
40 |
| Ethnicity/Race |
White (Non-Hispanic) |
79 |
6 |
15 |
21 |
37 |
41 |
36 |
| Hispanic (All Races) |
5 |
2 |
|
|
3 |
4 |
2 |
| American Indian |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
| Other Nonwhite |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
| Unknown |
3 |
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
|
| Marital Status |
Married |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
| Single |
82 |
8 |
15 |
19 |
40 |
43 |
30 |
| Education |
Grade School |
7 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
| 9th Grade |
12 |
4 |
8 |
|
|
1 |
|
| 10th Grade |
19 |
|
4 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
| 11th Grade |
27 |
|
1 |
8 |
18 |
6 |
5 |
| 12th Grade |
18 |
|
|
2 |
16 |
29 |
22 |
| Some College |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
6 |
9 |
| Unknown |
4 |
|
|
1 |
3 |
|
|
| Children Now Alive |
None |
82 |
8 |
15 |
20 |
39 |
37 |
24 |
| One |
5 |
|
|
2 |
3 |
9 |
15 |
| Two |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
| Previous Abortions |
None |
6 |
|
|
2 |
4 |
7 |
6 |
| One |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
1 |
| Not Stated |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
| Gestation |
Eight Weeks or Less |
42 |
6 |
7 |
10 |
19 |
18 |
20 |
| 9-12 |
38 |
2 |
5 |
10 |
21 |
21 |
13 |
| 13-16 |
2 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
5 |
2 |
| 17+ |
3 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
1 |
2 |
| Unknown |
3 |
|
1 |
2 |
|
1 |
3 |
| Contraceptive Used |
None Used |
49 |
7 |
10 |
10 |
22 |
25 |
25 |
| Pills Used |
9 |
|
1 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
| Condom Used |
29 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
16 |
17 |
11 |
| Other Contraceptive Used |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Medical Procedure |
Suction Curettage |
83 |
8 |
13 |
21 |
41 |
43 |
37 |
| Dilation Evacuation |
5 |
|
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |