title: Repeat abortions in New York City, 2010.
abstract: This study aims to describe factors associated with the number of past abortions obtained by New York City (NYC) abortion patients in 2010. We calculated rates of first and repeat abortion by age, race/ethnicity, and neighborhood-level poverty and the mean number of self-reported past abortions by age, race/ethnicity, neighborhood-level poverty, number of living children, education, payment method, marital status, and nativity. We used negative binomial regression to predict number of past abortions by patient characteristics. Of the 76,614 abortions reported for NYC residents in 2010, 57% were repeat abortions. Repeat abortions comprised >50% of total abortions among the majority of sociodemographic groups we examined. Overall, mean number of past abortions was 1.3. Mean number of past abortions was higher for women aged 30-34 years (1.77), women with ≥5 children (2.50), and black non-Hispanic women (1.52). After multivariable regression, age, race/ethnicity, and number of children were the strongest predictors of number of past abortions. This analysis demonstrates that, although socioeconomic disparities exist, all abortion patients are at high risk for repeat unintended pregnancy and abortion.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epidemic Intelligence Service, Atlanta, GA, USA, atoprani@health.nyc.gov.
authors.forename: Amita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toprani
authors.forename: Betsy L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Cadwell
authors.forename: Wenhui
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sackoff
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Begier
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017533:Marital Status; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011275:Pregnancy, Unwanted; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult