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November 21, 2001
Michigan Department of Community Health Director, James K. Haveman, Jr., today released the Michigan Induced Abortion Report for the year 2000. While there was a slight increase in the number of induced abortions reported in Michigan in 2000, there has been a 45.4 percent decrease since 1987. There were 26,807 induced abortions performed in Michigan during 2000 compared to 26,207 induced abortions performed in 1999, a 2.3 percent increase.
"Since 1987, the year with the highest number of abortions performed, abortions have declined 45.4 percent in Michigan," said Haveman. "While we have made dramatic progress on this issue over the years, we will be closely examining this slight increase."
In 2000, 51.1 percent of women receiving an induced abortion were under 25 years of age compared to 67.3 percent in 1980. In 2000, 19.2 percent of women receiving an induced abortion were less than 20 years old compared to 31.4 percent in 1980. Of the women receiving induced abortions, 83.7 percent were not married, a decrease from 84 percent in 1999.
Over half, 59.6 percent, of the women obtaining induced abortions in 2000 had a previous term pregnancy, up from 56.9 percent in 1999. Abortions performed in physicians' private offices represented 76 percent of all reported induced abortions in 2000. Those performed in free-standing outpatient surgical facilities comprised 22.5 percent, with the remainder occurring in hospitals or at their satellite clinics.
Among all induced abortions reported in 2000 in Michigan, 86.9 percent involved pregnancies of 12 weeks or less and suction was the most frequent induced abortion procedure used at 84.6 percent.
Most reports indicate no immediate complications. In 2000, immediate complications were reported in 26 cases or one of each 1,000 induced abortions performed. Shock was the most frequent immediate complication reported.
Information on complications subsequent to an abortion was collected for the first time in 2000. This information was required to be reported on a separate reporting form by any physician who provided care to a woman suffering from a physical complication that was the result of an abortion occurring within seven days of the abortion. Seven reports of subsequent complications were submitted in 2000.
Information on the method used to confirm the pregnancy and the source of payment for the abortion was also collected for the first time in 2000. For those records where source of payment was reported, self-pay was the most frequent response. For those records where the method used to confirm the pregnancy was reported, ultrasound was the most common method reported, followed by clinical lab urine test.
The report is a result of physician reporting to the Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics in the Michigan Department of Community Health.
The report is available on the Michigan Department of Community Health web site at http://www.mdch.state.mi.us and by clicking on "Health Statistics and Vital Records" and then "Natality and Pregnancy Statistics."