murdock
Abortion in the Giuliani Years
Abortions in the USA, New York State, Upstate New York, and New York City: 1993-2001
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
1993 v. 2001
USA all abortions — (Guttmacher Institute)
1,495,000
1,423,000
1,359,400
1,360,200
1,335,000
1,319,000
1,314,800
1,313,000
1,303,000
-12.8%
USA all abortions — (Guttmacher) .10 scale*
149,500
142,300
135,940
136,020
133,500
131,900
131,480
131,300
130,300
-12.8%
New York City all — (NYS Vital Stats Bureau)
103,997
97,871
90,490
102,041
104,344
97,478
95,981
89,037
86,466
-16.9%
NYS Upstate all —                        "
48,973
45,827
43,915
43,428
40,990
37,209
36,700
36,109
35,805
-26.9%
NY State all —                              "
152,970
143,698
134,405
145,469
145,334
134,687
132,681
125,146
122,271
-20.1%
NYC Medicaid abortions — (NYS VSB)
45,006
44,195
40,320
46,378
47,508
41,217
39,681
36,327
34,722
-22.9%
NYS Upstate Medicaid abortions —  "
11,599
10,955
10,477
10,442
9,769
9,240
8,511
8,547
9,084
-21.7%
NYS Medicaid abortions —               "
56,605
55,150
50,797
56,620
57,277
50,457
48,192
44,874
43,806
-22.6%
USA abortion ratio — (Guttmacher)
274
266
259
259
255
251
246
245
245
-10.6%
NYC abortion ratio —             (CDC)
890
839
785
889
849
867
858
780
767
-13.8%
NYS Upstate abortion ratio —     "
311
307
307
310
288
258
256
256
263
-15.4%
NYS abortion ratio —                  "
570
549
525
580
547
541
537
501
500
-12.3%

Sources:
ayery
Lawrence B. Finer and Stanley K. Henshaw, "Estimates of U.S. Abortion Incidence, 2001–2003"; Guttmacher Institute, August 3, 2006.

Table 24: "Induced Abortions by Resident County and Financial Coverage," Annual Vital Statistics Tables: 1993-2001. New York State Vital Statistics Bureau
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State and local data from Table 3: "Reported number, ratio, and rates of legal abortions," Abortion Surveillance Reports, 1993 - 2001, Centers for Disease Control.
(e.g., http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5309a1.htm)
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*Guttmacher figures are represented in full and also x 0.10. The latter permits easier graphical comprisons with New York trends, which occurred at a similar scale.
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Note: Rudolph W. Giuliani was the 107th Mayor of the City of New York from January 1, 1994 through December 31, 2001.
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This spreadsheet and its accompanying graphs were prepared by Deroy Murdock, National Review Online, May 14, 2007