Table 2 Proportion of Abortions by Distance Category, Medi-Cal 2011–2012
From: Distance traveled for Medicaid-covered abortion care in California
|  | n | %0–24 Miles | %25–49 Miles | %50–99 Miles | %100+ Miles | Median distance Traveled (miles) | Chi-squared, K-sample equality of medians test |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  Total (N) | 35431 | 26683 | 4540 | 2740 | 1468 | 10.5 |  |
  Total (%) |  | 75.3 | 12.8 | 7.7 | 4.1 |  |  |
Sociodemographics | |||||||
 Age, yearsa |  |  |  |  |  |  | <0.001 |
  17 or younger | 1154 | 68.7 | 16.3 | 9.4 | 5.6 | 11.9 |  |
  18–24 | 14272 | 74.2 | 13.1 | 8.3 | 4.4 | 11.2 |  |
  25–34 | 15561 | 75.9 | 12.6 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 10.2 |  |
  35 or older | 4438 | 78.8 | 11.8 | 6.1 | 3.2 | 9.3 |  |
 Race/ethnicity |  |  |  |  |  |  | <0.001 |
  Non-Hispanic white | 8951 | 60.4 | 19.3 | 13.9 | 6.4 | 17.0 |  |
  Non-Hispanic black | 4432 | 79.9 | 9.6 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 10.3 |  |
  Hispanic/Latina | 17768 | 80.5 | 10.8 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 8.9 |  |
  Asian | 1934 | 82.4 | 10.8 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 9.4 |  |
  Other | 1269 | 75.6 | 11.0 | 8.0 | 5.5 | 9.4 |  |
Declined to state/missing | 1077 | 81.1 | 11.3 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 11.0 | Â |
 Residence |  |  |  |  |  |  | <0.001 |
  Urban | 31734 | 82.0 | 10.7 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 9.2 |  |
  Rural | 3697 | 19.1 | 30.9 | 31.5 | 19.5 | 50.7 |  |
Characteristics of abortion | |||||||
 Abortion procedure |  |  |  |  |  |  | <0.001 |
  Medication abortion | 10037 | 79.5 | 12.1 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 8.7 |  |
  1st Trimester aspiration | 19819 | 76.6 | 12.6 | 7.4 | 3.5 | 10.2 |  |
  2nd Trimester or later | 5575 | 63.2 | 15.0 | 12.3 | 9.4 | 15.8 |  |
 Source of care |  |  |  |  |  |  | <0.001 |
  Hospital | 2528 | 68.8 | 11.3 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 9.6 |  |
 Outpatient clinic | 20015 | 75.2 | 14.0 | 7.5 | 3.3 | 11.0 |  |
  Physician’s office/Physician’s group | 12888 | 76.8 | 11.3 | 7.6 | 4.3 | 9.9 |  |
 Data year |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.184 |
  2011 | 19215 | 75.3 | 12.7 | 7.9 | 4.1 | 10.6 |  |
  2012 | 16216 | 75.4 | 13.0 | 7.5 | 4.2 | 10.4 |  |