Massachusetts abortions and live births by health subarea of residence, 1977

Note: For Massachusetts, reported abortions for geographic subregions are only available for a two-month period of 1977. These figures and official estimates for the year 1977 are given below.

health region and subarea	health subarea	Aug-Sep 1977	1977
		reported	estimated
1-1	Berkshire	41	246
1-2	Northern Valley	215	1,290
1-3	Southern Valley	380	2,280
2-1	Central/North	163	978
2-2	Central/Central	198	1,188
2-3	Central/South	152	912
3-1	Lowell-Tewksbury	138	828
3-2	Lawrence-Andover	127	762
3-3	Greater Newbury	86	516
4-1	Central Metro	1,222	7,332
4-2	Northwest Metro	417	2,502
4-3	West Metro	374	2,244
4-4	Southwest Metro	136	816
4-5	South Metro	229	1,374
5-1	Attleboro	31	186
5-2	Brockton	162	972
5-3	Plymouth	88	528
5-4	Taunton	53	318
5-5	Fall River	72	432
5-6	New Bedford	55	330
5-7	Cape Cod	209	1,254
6-1	Cape Ann	100	600
6-2	Danvers-Salem	113	678
6-3	Greater Lynn	133	798
6-4	Eastern Middlesex	74	444
6-5	Tri-Cities	156	936
	TOTAL MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENCE	5,124	30,744
	unknown	216	1,300
	nonresidents	486	2,920
	TOTAL OCCURRENCES	5,826	34,960

county	1977
1-1	Berkshire	1,743
1-2	Northern Valley	1,803
1-3	Southern Valley	6,073
2-1	Central/North	2,930
2-2	Central/Central	2,795
2-3	Central/South	3,063
3-1	Lowell-Tewksbury	3,147
3-2	Lawrence-Andover	1,980
3-3	Greater Newbury	1,437
4-1	Central Metro	8,279
4-2	Northwest Metro	4,724
4-3	West Metro	4,903
4-4	Southwest Metro	1,613
4-5	South Metro	3,036
5-1	Attleboro	1,232
5-2	Brockton	2,756
5-3	Plymouth	2,044
5-4	Taunton	1,362
5-5	Fall River	1,864
5-6	New Bedford	1,978
5-7	Cape Cod	1,982
6-1	Cape Ann	1,163
6-2	Danvers-Salem	1,753
6-3	Greater Lynn	1,551
6-4	Eastern Middlesex	1,220
6-5	Tri-Cities	1,767
	TOTAL MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENCE	67,838