Teen Pregnancy Demographic Characteristics of Teen Abortion Patients by County

Demographic Characteristics of Abortion Patients by County and Age
Douglas County 1997-1999
    10-17 <15 15 16 17 18 19 20+ N.S. Total
Total Abortions   94 9 14 30 41 42 56 451 2 645
Ethnicity/Race White (Non-Hispanic) 91 9 13 30 39 39 49 413 1 593
  Hispanic (All Races) 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 14 1 20
  African American 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6
  American Indian 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 12 0 18
  Other Nonwhite 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 7
  Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 4
Marital Status Married 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 149 0 153
  Unmarried 94 9 14 30 41 40 51 292 1 478
  Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 14
Education Grade School 14 7 4 1 2 0 0 3 0 17
  9th Grade 19 2 7 8 2 0 4 11 1 35
  10th Grade 27 0 3 16 8 5 3 17 0 52
  11th Grade 22 0 0 4 18 8 7 41 0 78
  High School Graduate 12 0 0 1 11 26 33 209 1 281
  Some College 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 123 0 133
  College Graduate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 25
  Postbaccalaureate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 11
  Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 0 13
Children
Now Alive
None 85 9 13 28 35 35 35 103 1 259
  One 8 0 0 2 6 7 15 144 0 174
  Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 138 0 143
  Three + 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 65 0 66
  Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3
Previous
Abortions
None 87 9 14 28 36 33 44 255 1 420
  One 7 0 0 2 5 7 6 121 0 141
  Two 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 52 0 58
  Three+ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 0 23
  Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3
Gestation Eight Weeks or Less 49 3 6 18 22 21 30 269 0 369
  9-12 35 6 7 7 15 16 15 126 2 194
  13-16 6 0 0 2 4 1 5 33 0 45
  17+ 4 0 1 3 0 3 5 23 0 35
  Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Contraceptive
Used
None Used 59 5 11 17 26 28 40 266 1 394
  Pills Used 6 1 0 3 2 4 6 40 1 57
  Condom Used 25 3 2 10 10 7 10 84 0 126
  Other/Unknown
Contraceptive
Used
4 0 1 0 3 4 0 58 0 66
  Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5
Medical
Procedure
Suction Curettage 84 9 13 23 39 39 48 408 1 580
  Dilation Evacuation 7 0 1 5 1 2 7 30 0 46
  Other Specified 3 0 0 2 1 1 1 13 1 19
  Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0