TABLE 5

NUMBER OF PREGNANCIES1 BY PREGNANCY OUTCOME, ETHNIC GROUP AND YEAR
AMONG FEMALES AGED 17 AND YOUNGER WITH RATES2, ARIZONA, 1985-1995



Ethnicity/Pregnancy

Outcome





1985



1986



1987



1988



1989



1990



1991



1992



1993



1994



1995		 Average annual

rates for

1985-1995
WHITE,3 total:

Births

Abortions

 2,124

1,268

856

 2,174

1,304

870

 2,344

1,400

944

 2,256

1,390

866

 1,898

1,251

647

 1,956

1,274

682

 1,996

1,338

658

 1,954

1,394

560

 1,927

1,394

533

 2,046

1,453

593

 1,903

1,389

514

 17.8

11.7

5.9
HISPANIC, total:

Births

Abortions

 1,126

978

148

 1,265

1,104

161

 1,400

1,244

156

 1,452

1,280

172

 1,527

1,375

152

 1,869

1,642

227

 2,029

1,809

220

 2,184

1,943

241

 2,185

1,939

219

 2,425

2,204

221

 2,608

2,374

234

 34.7

30.9

3.7
BLACK, total:

Births

Abortions

 232

172

60

 295

215

80

 292

220

72

 319

259

60

 280

244

36

 308

258

50

 328

273

55

 313

249

64

 306

253

53

 286

237

49

 240

202

38

 39.7

32.0

7.7
AMERICAN INDIAN, total:

Births

Abortions

 390

371

19

 450

432

18

 482

460

22

 528

507

21

 474

459

15

 440

420

20

 488

472

16

 446

424

22

 460

439

21

 470

453

17

 439

412

27

 27.4

26.3

1.1
ALL ETHNIC GROUPS,4 total:

Births

Abortions

 4,020

2,798

1,198

 4,263

3,066

1,183

 4,627

3,342

1,256

 4,684

3,460

1,201

 4,272

3,352

898

 4,689

3,611

1,057

 4,982

3,919

1,028

 5,036

4,026

969

 5,059

4,057

960

 5,425

4,378

998

 5,406

4,407

962

 24.1

18.5

5.4
PREGNANCY RATE, total:

Fertility rate5

Abortion rate

 21.5

15.0

6.4

 22.1

15.9

6.1

 23.5

17.0

6.4

 23.4

17.3

6.0

 20.9

16.4

4.4

 23.6

18.2

5.3

 24.5

19.3

5.1

 24.1

19.3

4.6

 23.5

18.8

4.5

 24.2

19.7

4.5

 23.6

19.2

4.2

1 Fetal deaths are included in the total count of pregnancies for all ethnic groups but not distributed by race/ethnicity.
2 All rates per 1,000 females 10-17 years old. The 1990 census counts multiplied by eleven were used as denominators for average annual rate calculation.
3 Not of Hispanic origin.
4 Includes other and unspecified ethnicity.
5 Number of births per 1,000 females 10-17 years old.