The 2017 Ohio abortion rate was 8.9 per 1,000 resident women ages 15-44 years old; unchanged from the rate in 2016 . The 2017 Ohio resident abortion ratio was 144 abortions per 1,000 live births; slightly increased from the ratio in 2016.
More than half of all induced abortions involved pregnancies of less than nine weeks (56%), with approximately 29% involving pregnancies of nine to 12 weeks (Table 2). The proportion involving abortions of less than nine weeks increased from 49% in 1997, while the proportion between nine and 12 weeks declined from 35% to 29% (Figure 7). There were 454 abortions in 2017 involving pregnancies of 19 or more completed weeks of gestation (Table 2). That represents a decrease from the 508 reported in 2016.
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TOTAL Abortions by Lucas County Residents 866 (774 in 2016)
TOTAL Abortions by Fulton County residents 28 (27 in 2016) TOTAL Abortions by Ottawa County Residents 28 (26 in 2016) TOTAL Abortions by Wood County Residents 104 (101 in 2016) Total Abortions in Ohio 19,615 |
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