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Pazol, K., Zane, S. B., Parker, W. Y., Hall, L. R., Berg, C., & Cook, D. A. (2011, November 25). //Abortion Surveillance--United States, 2008.//. Retrieved August 14, 2012, from EBSCOhost.
 * 1) In 2008, 825,564 abortions were reported to the CDC.
 * 2) The abortion rate was 16 for every 1000 women of the ages fifteen to forty-four.
 * 3) The abortion ratio was 234 abortions for every 1000 live births.
 * 4) The number of reported abortions dropped three percent from 1999 to 2008.
 * 5) From 2007 to 2008, the abortion ratio increased by one percent.
 * 6) Women ages 20 to 29 accounted for 57.1% of all abortions reported in 2008.
 * 7) Women in this same age range (20 to 29) had the highest reported abortion rates.
 * 8) There were 29.6 abortions per 1000 women ages 20 to 24.
 * 9) There were 21.6 abortions per 1000 women ages 25 to 29.
 * 10) Women ages 15 to 19 accounted for 16.2% of all abortion reported in 2008.
 * 11) Young adults ranging from ages 15 to 19 had an abortion rate of 14.3 abortions per one thousand women.
 * 12) Women aged 35 years or older accounted for only 11.9% of all abortions.
 * 13) The abortion rate for women at or older than 40 was 2.7 abortions for every 1000 women.
 * 14) In 2008, the abortion ratios were highest for women younger than or at nineteen years of age.
 * 15) From 1999 to 2008, abortion rates decreased in all age groups except for those younger than 15.