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Table 11.  Induced Abortions with Secondary Management Occurring Within State by Type, 2007
                                 Weeks of Gestation1                                 
Type of Procedure Total Under 9  9-12 13-15 16-19 20 + Unk
State Total2 300 198 53 8 20 15 6
State Rate3 12.1 8.0 2.1 0.3 0.8 0.6 0.2
Suction Curettage 140 82 50 5 0 0 3
Dilation and Evacuation (D&E) 27 0 3 3 16 5 0
Medical (nonsurgical) 117 109 0 0 3 2 3
Intrauterine Instillation 8 0 0 0 1 7 0
Sharp Curettage 7 7 0 0 0 0 0
Hysterotomy/Hysterectomy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Procedure 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Unknown Procedure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown if Sec. Mgmt. 19 10 7 1 1 0 0
No Secondary Management 24,531 14,929 6,515 1,401 1,036 578 72
Footnotes:  See bottom of page.
Table 12.  Induced Abortions with Secondary Management Occurring Within State by Type  of Secondary Management and Weeks of Gestation, 2007
                                 Weeks of Gestation1                                            
Type of Management Care Total Under 9  9-12 13-15 16-19 20 + Unk
State Total2 300 198 53 8 20 15 6
State Rate3 12.1 8.0 2.1 0.3 0.8 0.6 0.2
Resuction 262 187 45 5 11 8 6
Hospitalization 26 5 5 2 8 6 0
Laparoscopy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Transfusion 3 2 0 0 0 1 0
Laparotomy 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple Management4 6 2 2 1 1 0 0
Unknown if Sec. Mgmt. 19 10 7 1 1 0 0
No Secondary Management 24,531 14,929 6,515 1,401 1,036 578 72
1 Weeks of gestation are estimated by the physician and may differ from weeks calculated from last known menses.
2 The total number of patients receiving secondary management care was 300; total number of secondary care procedures was 308.
3 Rate equals the number of abortion patients with complications per 1,000 abortions occurring in Washington. Abortions occurring in Washington was 24,850 in 2007.
Source:  Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 09/2008.

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