Rate of abortion among U.S. young women by state 2017

This statistic depicts the rate of abortion per 1,000 U.S. females aged 15 to 19 in the year 2017, by state. According to the data, the District of Columbia had the highest abortion rate among teenage females aged 15-19 years. The abortion rate in the District of Columbia for the year 2017 was 20 abortions per 1,000 females aged 15 to 19 years.

Abortion rate among U.S. women aged 15 to 19 years in 2017, by state

Characteristic	Rate per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
District of Columbia	19.8
New York	16.2
New Jersey	14.9
Maryland**	12.7
California*	9.6
Connecticut	9.3
Florida	9.1
Nevada	9
Illinois	8.6
Delaware	8.4
Hawaii	8.3
Washington	8.1
Rhode Island	7.7
Georgia	7.4
Oregon	7.2
Pennsylvania	7.2
New Mexico	7.2
Michigan	7.1
South Carolina	6.9
North Carolina	6.7
Alaska	6.6
Maine	6.4
Colorado	6.2
Massachusetts	6.1
Virginia	5.9
Montana	5.9
Louisiana	5.8
Arizona	5.4
New Hampshire**	5.3
Ohio	5.3
Missouri	5.3
Texas	5.2
Vermont	5.1
Mississippi	5.1
Alabama	5.1
Indiana	4.8
Minnesota	4.7
Wyoming**	4.6
Tennessee	4.4
North Dakota	4.3
West Virginia	4.1
Arkansas	4
Wisconsin	3.9
Oklahoma	3.8
Kansas	3.7
Iowa	3.5
Idaho	3.4
South Dakota	3.3
Kentucky	3.3
Nebraska	3.2
Utah	3.1

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Release date

March 2021

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2017

Age group

15-19 years

Special properties

female teens

Supplementary notes

"All rates are the number of events per 1,000 women aged 15-19."
* Estimate based on the number of abortions among all women in the state and the proportion of abortions obtained by women of the same age nationally.
** Estimate based on the number of abortions among all women in the state and the proportion of abortions obtained by women of the same age in neighboring or similar states.

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