2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
e
Percent of Abortions
b
White non-Hispanic
48.1
42.9
42.4
48.6
49.6
45.6
47.4
47.4
17.5
14.5
19.0
Hispanic or Latino
33.9
36.5
29.8
30.1
35.5
30.1
32.9
30.9
31.4
25.9
31.6
Black or African American
4.9
5.9
5.6
5.5
6.4
7.2
7.3
4.3
1.1
0.9
1.4
American Indian Alaska Native
3.5
2.8
3.4
3.3
3.0
2.9
3.0
2.0
0.4
0.3
0.5
Asian or Pacific Islander
2.7
3.6
3.6
3.7
4.3
4.0
3.9
2.3
0.4
0.6
0.8
Multiple races
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
32.7
22.7
32.1
Unknown
6.9
8.4
15.2
8.8
1.2
10.4
5.6
13.1
16.7
35.2
14.6
AbortionRates
c
White non-Hispanic
6.9
7.7
5.7
7.2
7.3
6.5
6.4
8.2
3.7
2.9
3.8
Hispanic or Latino
10.2
12.9
8.6
8.1
9.2
7.6
8.0
8.1
10.0
7.6
9.2
Black or African American
11.8
17.7
13.0
10.3
12.7
13.8
13.3
8.5
2.5
2.0
3.2
American Indian Alaska Native
5.1
5.1
5.1
4.4
3.8
3.6
3.6
3.2
0.6
0.6
0.9
Asian or Pacific Islander
8.3
14.7
11.3
9.3
10.4
9.3
8.7
5.2
0.9
1.6
2.3
Multiple races
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
NA
Unknown
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
NA
AbortionRatio
d
White non-Hispanic
126
134
112
119
123
113
115
135
62
49
66
Hispanic or Latino
88
110
74
70
81
73
86
100
129
102
126
Black or African American
164
225
170
150
162
173
168
110
33
24
40
American Indian Alaska Native
61
56
56
54
48
47
49
38
44
7
11
Asian or Pacific Islander
108
170
135
125
133
120
115
77
8
21
32
Multiple races
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
NA
Unknown
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
NA
TABLE1D-2
PROPORTION, RATES, ANDRATIOS
a
OFABORTIONSBYRACE/ETHNICITYPERYEAR, ARIZONA, 2003-2013
Race and Ethnicity
Year
Notes:
a
Number of resident abortions performed in Arizona per 1,000 resident live births in specified race/ethnicity group;
b
Proportion of total abortions by ethnicity and/or race
represented as a percentage. Percentages are calculated using the total number of reported abortions as the denominator and the number of reported abortions for a specific ethnicity
and/or race as the numerator. Percents do not add up to a 100 due to rounding errors, multiple race and unknown ethnicity/race categories;
c
Calculated using the number of abortions
obtained bywomen, ages 15-44 in a given race and/or ethnic group per 1,000women in the same group;
d
Calculated using the number of abortions obtained bywomen, ages 15-44 in a
given race and/or ethnic group per 1,000 live births towomen in the same group;
e
Beginning 2011, rates and ratios should be interpretedwith caution due to the addition of theMultiple
Race and Unknown categories. Single race selections are the best estimates for rates and ratios.
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