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  1. Legal Abortions--Estimated Number, Rate, and Ratio, by Race:                            1972 - 1987                    Women       ____________Abortions____________                     15-44                  Rate per   Ratio per                  years old      Number      1,000       1,000Year               (1,000)      (1,000)      women    live births
  2.  
  3.     All Races(1)
  4. 1972               44,588         586.8       13.2         184
  5. 1975               47,606       1,034.2       21.7         331
  6. 1976               48,721       1,179.3       24.2         361
  7. 1977               49,814       1,316.7       26.4         400
  8. 1978               50,920       1,409.6       27.7         417
  9. 1979               52,016       1,497.7       28.8         422
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  11. 1980               53,048       1,553.9       29.3         428
  12. 1981               53,901       1,577.3       29.3         429
  13. 1982               54,679       1,573.9       28.8         428
  14. 1983               55,340       1,575.0       28.5         436
  15. 1984               56,061       1,577.2       28.1         422
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  17. 1985               56,754       1,588.6       28.0         425
  18. 1986               57,483       1,574.0       27.4         416
  19. 1987               57,964       1,559.1       27.1         406
  20.  
  21.  
  22.     White
  23. 1972               38,532         455.3       11.8         175
  24. 1975               40,857         701.2       17.2         276
  25. 1976               41,721         784.9       18.8         296
  26. 1977               42,567         888.8       20.9         333
  27. 1978               43,427         969.4       22.3         356
  28. 1979               44,266       1,062.4       24.0         373
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  30. 1980               44,942       1,093.6       24.3         376
  31. 1981               45,494       1,107.8       24.3         377
  32. 1982               46,049       1,095.2       23.8         373
  33. 1983               46,506       1,084.4       23.3         376
  34. 1984               47,023       1,086.6       23.1         366
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  36. 1985               47,512       1,075.6       22.6         360
  37. 1986               48,010       1,044.7       21.8         350
  38. 1987               48,288       1,017.3       21.1         338
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  40.  
  41.     Black & Other
  42. 1972                6,056         131.5       21.7         223
  43. 1975                6,749         333.0       49.3         565
  44. 1976                7,000         394.4       56.3         638
  45. 1977                7,247         427.9       59.0         679
  46. 1978                7,493         440.2       58.7         665
  47. 1979                7,750         435.3       56.2         625
  48.  
  49. 1980                8,106         460.3       56.5         642
  50. 1981                8,407         469.6       55.9         645
  51. 1982                8,630         478.7       55.5         646
  52. 1983                8,834         490.6       55.5         670
  53. 1984                9,038         490.6       54.3         646
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  55. 1985                9,242         512.9       55.5         659
  56. 1986                9,473         529.3       55.9         661
  57. 1987                9,676         541.8       56.0         648
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  60. 1. Includes other races not shown separately.
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  62. Source:U.S. Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA.; The Alan
  63.        Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY.
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