State of Alaska
Induced Termination
of Pregnancy Statistics
2007
Alaska Department of Health
and Social Services
Bureau of Vital Statistics
February 2008
Alaska Induced Termination of Pregnancy
Statistics 2007
Sarah Palin
Governor
State of Alaska
Karleen Jackson, PhD
Commissioner
Department of Health and Social Services
Beverly K. Wooley
Director
Division of Public Health
Phillip Mitchell, MS
Section Chief
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Prepared by the Research Unit of the Bureau of Vital Statistics
2007 Report
Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics
2007 Report Introduction
Alaska Induced Termination of Pregnancy Statistics, 2007, published by the Bureau of Vital
Statistics of the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, contains information about
induced terminations that occurred in Alaska during calendar year 2007.
Why is induced termination reporting important? Induced termination data can be used to:
• Monitor trends in the number, rate, and ratio of induced terminations.
• Assess changes in the types of procedures used to end a pregnancy and the gestational
age (in weeks) when induced terminations are performed.
• Calculate pregnancy rates.
• Identify the characteristics of women who may be at risk for unintended pregnancy.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of family planning programs and programs to prevent
unintended pregnancy.
Unintended pregnancy refers to pregnancies that are unwanted or when the mother wanted
to be pregnant at a later date.





This report contains information on induced terminations that occurred in Alaska. In the past
several years over 200 Alaska women on average obtained induced terminations out of state. For
example, 223 Alaska women obtained induced terminations in Washington State during 2006.
It is unknown how many Alaska women obtained induced terminations in states other than
Washington. Since the out of state occurrence data is incomplete, it is not included in this report.

• A total of 1,701 induced terminations were reported in Alaska in 2007, with Alaska residents
accounting for 98.4 percent of the induced terminations that occurred in Alaska.
• Most (51.6 percent) of the women who obtained induced terminations in 2007 were less than
25 years of age. In the most recent year for which national data are available (2004), 50.2
percent of women who obtained an induced termination were less than 25 years of age.
• Women age 15 to 17 accounted for 7.5 percent of all induced terminations in Alaska during
2007, an increase from 6.3 percent in 2006.
• Teens (age 15 to 19 years) received 18.6 percent of the induced terminations in 2007. In 2004,
17.4 percent of women in the U.S. who obtained an induced termination were 19 or under.

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