Table 1. Bivariate Correlations Among Physician Workforce, Reproductive Health Indicators, and State Contextual Factors Across 50 US States and Washington, DC (2020-2024 Publicly Available Data; Two-Tailed Pearson’s Correlation)
Family docs per 100KInternists per 100KOb/ gyns per 100KPregnancy rate per 1,000 women ages 15-44Abortion rate per 1,000 women ages 15-441,000 women per abortion clinicRural population percent
Pregnancy rate -.385 (.005).007 (.962).097 (.496)
Abortion rate -.541 (< .001).668 (< .001).607 (< .001).553 (< .001)
1K women per abortion clinic .331 (.018)-.173 (.226)-.119 (.405)-.218
(.124)		-.287 (.041)
Rural population percent .578 (< .001)-.453 (< .001)-.363 (.009)-.381 (.006)-.604 (< .001).344 (.013)
Law: Abortions banned -.023 (.872)-.389 (.005)-.315 (.024).095
(.506)		-.409 (.003).112 (.432).423
(.002)
Law: Abortions 6-12 weeks LMP -.061 (.673)-.164 (.251)-.146 (.307).078
(.587)		.009 (.950)-.133 (.351).006
(.968)
Law: Abortions >18 weeks LMP .061
(.670)		.463 (< .001).384 (.005)-.138
(.333)		.368 (.008)-.015 (.918)-.391
(.005)

Note: 100K means 100,000 population

Abbreviation: LMP = last menstrual period