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NDNorth Dakota
MidwestCapital · BismarckPop · 779,094In the CDC countTotal ban in effect
Civic facts

The basics

Capital
Bismarck
Largest city
Fargo
Population (2020)
779,094
Area
70,698 sq mi
Admitted
1889
Region
Midwest
U.S. House seats
1
Who represents it

Officials & delegation

Governor
Kelly Armstrong
Republican
U.S. Senator
John Hoeven
Republican
U.S. Senator
Kevin Cramer
Republican
U.S. House
1 seat
2020 apportionment
Reporting & the law

What North Dakota reports

Federal participation
Submits data to CDCDid the jurisdiction submit abortion data to the CDC for the most recent surveillance year?
yes
Reporting to CDC is voluntary; the non-reporting set can change year to year.
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State mandate
State reporting mandateDoes state law require providers to report abortions to the state?
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Statute citationExact code section creating the reporting requirement.
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-02.1-07
“Records required — Reporting of practice of abortion”: the attending physician submits abortion data and complication reports to DHHS within stated deadlines.
✓ primary code
Reporting frequencyHow often providers must file (monthly, quarterly, annually).
per_procedure
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Data granularityIndividual-level records (no names) vs aggregate statistics.
individual
Individual-level records exclude patient names.
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What is collected
Patient demographicsAge, race, ethnicity, marital status, prior births.
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Gestational durationGestational age at time of abortion.
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Method / typeProcedural vs medication abortion and specific method.
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Patient residenceState/county of residence -- needed to measure interstate travel.
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Facility / clinician identityNames of facility and provider. Central to the privacy debate.
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Reason for abortionPatient's stated reason for seeking care.
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Fetal viabilityWhether the fetus was viable.
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Counseling complianceWhether counseling requirements were met.
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Parental involvement complianceWhether parental consent/notice requirements were met.
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Born-alive reportingRequires reporting on infants born alive / surviving attempted abortion.
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Health outcomes
Complications / adverse eventsWhether the state requires reporting of physical complications. This is the field that speaks to health outcomes; incidence counts do not.
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Complication definition standardWhether the state defines reportable complications, and how.
Physician/facility-determined post-abortion complications; no explicit statutory list.
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Publishes a public annual reportWhether the state publishes its collected data publicly.
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Legal context
Total abortion ban in effectWhether a total/near-total ban is currently in effect.
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Detail & equity
Gestational-stage breakdownReports counts by gestational age — what makes late-term (21+ wk) figures visible.
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Late-term (21+ wk) tablePublishes a gestational-age table that isolates a 21+ week (late-term) bracket.
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Payment source (Medicaid vs private)Whether the report captures who paid — Medicaid/public funds vs private insurance vs self-pay.
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Marital status
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Patient educationA socioeconomic indicator.
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Reproductive historyPrior pregnancies / live births / prior abortions.
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