TABLE 4-11.
Demographic Characteristics of Abortion Patients by County and
Age,
Oregon Residents, 1993-1995
LANE COUNTY
| Demographics of
Patient |
10-17 |
<15 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
| Total Abortions |
291 |
15 |
55 |
93 |
128 |
189 |
261 |
| Ethnicity/Race |
White (Non-Hispanic) |
237 |
13 |
48 |
69 |
107 |
162 |
208 |
| Hispanic (All Races) |
23 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
12 |
15 |
24 |
| African American |
9 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
| American Indian |
6 |
|
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
| Other Nonwhite |
4 |
|
|
3 |
1 |
3 |
10 |
| Unknown |
12 |
|
1 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
15 |
| Marital Status |
Married |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
4 |
3 |
| Single |
246 |
11 |
52 |
75 |
108 |
162 |
205 |
| Education |
Grade School |
37 |
12 |
12 |
8 |
5 |
7 |
6 |
| 9th Grade |
60 |
2 |
32 |
21 |
5 |
9 |
3 |
| 10th Grade |
74 |
|
8 |
41 |
25 |
12 |
13 |
| 11th Grade |
80 |
|
|
18 |
62 |
43 |
18 |
| 12th Grade |
26 |
|
|
1 |
25 |
93 |
104 |
| Some College |
2 |
|
|
|
2 |
22 |
100 |
| College |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Unknown |
12 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
16 |
| Children Now Alive |
None |
264 |
15 |
53 |
85 |
111 |
150 |
202 |
| One |
20 |
|
2 |
5 |
13 |
31 |
46 |
| Two |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
5 |
7 |
| Three + |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Unknown |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
| Previous Abortions |
None |
31 |
1 |
2 |
11 |
17 |
37 |
56 |
| One |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
7 |
| Two |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
3 |
| Three+ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Not Stated |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
| Gestation |
Eight Weeks or Less |
160 |
9 |
29 |
47 |
75 |
102 |
151 |
| 9-12 |
104 |
4 |
21 |
32 |
47 |
69 |
78 |
| 13-16 |
10 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
8 |
12 |
| 17+ |
8 |
|
1 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
12 |
| Unknown |
9 |
|
3 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
| Contraceptive Used |
None Used |
176 |
8 |
28 |
62 |
78 |
107 |
151 |
| Pills Used |
20 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
6 |
19 |
19 |
| Condom Used |
84 |
4 |
22 |
21 |
37 |
51 |
75 |
| Other Contraceptive Used |
10 |
1 |
|
2 |
7 |
11 |
14 |
| Medical Procedure |
Suction Curettage |
276 |
13 |
52 |
86 |
125 |
176 |
249 |
| Dilation Evacuation |
14 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
9 |
11 |
| Other Specified |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
1 |