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The Illinois Department of Public Health says 38,382 abortions were performed statewide in 2016.
That's according to a report issued in December by the Illinois Department of Public Health, which tracks abortions performed on an annual basis.
The report also tracks the age and marital status of the abortion recipient and the pregnancy term at the time of the abortion. Counties with fewer than 50 abortions in a year don't report their precise number.
More than half of abortions performed in Illinois in 2016 involved women age 20 to 29. More than 7 in 10 involved women age 19 to 34.
More than 6 in 10 Illinois abortions involved single women. About 8 percent were performed "late term," or after 12 weeks of gestation, according to the IDPH report.
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2016 Illinois Abortions by County
County | Population | Abortions |
Cook | 5,227,992 | 21,747 |
DuPage | 927,418 | 1,504 |
Will | 681,590 | 1,202 |
Lake | 701,219 | 817 |
Kane | 521,306 | 815 |
St. Clair | 268,714 | 519 |
Peoria | 187,255 | 472 |
Madison | 267,899 | 391 |
McHenry | 307,729 | 360 |
Sangamon | 199,269 | 319 |
Winnebago | 291,844 | 288 |
McLean | 172,295 | 229 |
Tazewell | 136,122 | 197 |
DeKalb | 104,622 | 167 |
Kendall | 118,108 | 165 |
La Salle | 112,944 | 141 |
Kankakee | 112,847 | 132 |
Macon | 109,978 | 114 |
Champaign | 203,435 | 111 |
Jackson | 60,113 | 80 |
Vermilion | 80,715 | 65 |
Williamson | 66,714 | 65 |
Knox | 52,254 | 62 |
Grundy | 50,208 | 61 |
Ogle | 52,850 | 51 |
Rock Island | 147,514 | <50 |
Adams | 67,243 | <50 |
Whiteside | 57,832 | <50 |
Coles | 53,659 | <50 |
Henry | 50,177 | <50 |
2016 Illinois Abortions by Age
Age | # of abortions | % of total |
0-14 | 104 | 0.3% |
15-17 | 993 | 2.6% |
18-19 | 2,014 | 5.2% |
20-24 | 10,007 | 26.1% |
25-29 | 9,229 | 24.0% |
30-34 | 5,762 | 15.0% |
40-44 | 1,021 | 2.7% |
45+ | 97 | 0.3% |
Not Reported | 95 | 0.2% |
2016 Illinois Abortions by Pregnancy Term
Term | # of abortions | # of total |
0-3 Weeks | <50 | 0.0% |
4-7 Weeks | 16,029 | 41.8% |
8-11 Weeks | 9,230 | 24.0% |
12-15 Weeks | 2,868 | 7.5% |
2016 Illinois Abortions by Marital Status
Age | # of abortions | % of total |
Married | 3,267 | 8.5% |
Single | 24,293 | 63.3% |
Unknown | 5,103 | 13.3% |