TABLE 4-11.
Demographic Characteristics of Abortion Patients by County and
Age,
Oregon Residents, 1993-1995
COLUMBIA COUNTY
| Demographics of Patient |
10-17 |
<15 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
| Total Abortions |
57 |
2 |
6 |
25 |
24 |
29 |
26 |
| Ethnicity/Race |
White (Non-Hispanic) |
55 |
2 |
6 |
25 |
22 |
28 |
25 |
| Hispanic (All Races) |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
| American Indian |
2 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
| Marital Status |
Married |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
2 |
| Single |
56 |
2 |
6 |
24 |
24 |
29 |
22 |
| Education |
Grade School |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
| 9th Grade |
11 |
|
4 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
|
| 10th Grade |
23 |
|
1 |
17 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
| 11th Grade |
16 |
|
|
3 |
13 |
6 |
1 |
| 12th Grade |
4 |
|
|
|
4 |
16 |
18 |
| Some College |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
4 |
| Unknown |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Children Now Alive |
None |
53 |
2 |
6 |
23 |
22 |
23 |
20 |
| One |
4 |
|
|
2 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
| Two |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
| Previous Abortions |
None |
3 |
|
|
2 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
| One |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Not Stated |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
| Gestation |
Eight Weeks or Less |
18 |
|
1 |
6 |
11 |
14 |
12 |
| 9-12 |
27 |
1 |
3 |
13 |
10 |
11 |
8 |
| 13-16 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| 17+ |
3 |
|
|
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| Unknown |
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
| Contraceptive Used |
None Used |
40 |
1 |
3 |
17 |
19 |
12 |
13 |
| Pills Used |
6 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
| Condom Used |
9 |
|
2 |
6 |
1 |
11 |
10 |
| Other Contraceptive Used |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
1 |
| Medical Procedure |
Suction Curettage |
55 |
2 |
5 |
24 |
24 |
29 |
23 |
| Dilation Evacuation |
2 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
3 |