Teen Pregnancy Demographic Characteristics of Teen Abortion Patients by County

Demographic Characteristics of Abortion Patients by County and Age Linn County 1996-1998
		10-17	<15	15	16	17	18	19	20+	N.S.	Total
Total Abortions		87	6	19	35	27	46	54	553	1	741
Ethnicity/Race	White (Non-Hispanic)	82	6	18	32	26	40	49	522	0	693
	Hispanic (All Races)	2	0	1	1	0	3	2	19	0	26
	African American	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
	American Indian	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	6
	Other Nonwhite	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	5	1	10
	Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	4
Marital Status	Married	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	174	0	177
	Unmarried	87	6	19	35	27	43	53	370	1	554
	Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	10
Education	Grade School	9	3	5	0	1	1	1	5	0	16
	9th Grade	13	2	7	4	0	0	3	7	0	23
	10th Grade	33	0	7	23	3	3	1	33	0	70
	11th Grade	24	1	0	7	16	6	11	31	0	72
	High School Graduate	8	0	0	1	7	32	28	277	0	345
	Some College	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	154	1	167
	College Graduate	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	0	29
	Postbaccalaureate	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	7
	Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	0	12
Children Now Alive	None	83	6	18	35	24	32	33	152	1	301
	One	3	0	1	0	2	13	20	200	0	236
	Two	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	120	0	123
	Three +	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	81	0	81
	Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Previous Abortions	None	80	6	17	33	24	35	38	290	1	444
	One	6	0	2	2	2	8	13	163	0	190
	Two	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	73	0	79
	Three+	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	25	0	26
	Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
Gestation	Eight Weeks or Less	40	3	5	18	14	28	26	329	1	424
	9-12	33	3	10	11	9	10	18	161	0	222
	13-16	10	0	4	3	3	2	4	29	0	45
	17+	3	0	0	2	1	6	6	32	0	47
	Unknown	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3
Contraceptive Used	None Used	61	6	13	26	16	30	34	336	0	461
	Pills Used	3	0	0	1	2	5	3	51	0	62
	Condom Used	20	0	5	8	7	10	12	111	1	154
	Other/Unknown Contraceptive Used	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	49	0	54
	Unknown	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	6	0	10
Medical Procedure	Suction Curettage	73	6	13	29	25	36	45	488	1	643
	Dilation Evacuation	9	0	4	4	1	5	8	34	0	56
	Other Specified	5	0	2	2	1	5	1	31	0	42
	Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0