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Table 13.  Induced Abortions with Complications Occurring Within State by Type of Complication and Weeks of Gestation, 2007
                             Weeks of Gestation1                                             
Type of Complication Total Under 9  9-12 13-15 16-19 20 + Unk
Patients w/Complic.2 298 198 54 8 16 13 9
State Rate3 12.0 8.0 2.2 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.4
Retained Products 185 130 35 4 5 6 5
Failed Abortion 31 29 1 0 0 0 1
Hemorrhage > 500 cc 10 1 2 2 4 1 0
Infection 8 3 4 0 0 1 0
Cervical Laceration 14 7 2 0 2 2 1
Uterine Perforation 4 1 2 1 0 0 0
Other Complications4 44 26 8 1 5 3 1
Multiple Complications5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Unknown if Complications Present 10 5 4 1 0 0 0
No Complications 24,542 14,934 6,517 1,401 1,041 580 69
Footnotes:  See bottom of page.
Table 14.  Induced Abortions with Complications Occurring Within State by Type of Complication and Secondary Management Procedure, 2007
                           Secondary Management Procedure                        
Type of Complication Total Resection Hospital-ization Transfusion Laparo-scopy Lapa-rotomy Multiple
Mgmt.6
None Unk
State Total 24,850 262 26 1 3 2 6 24,531 19
Patients w/Complic.2 298 260 14 1 2 1 6 14 0
Retained Products 185 177 2 0 0 0 1 5 0
Failed Abortion 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hemorrhage > 500 cc 10 2 4 0 2 0 1 1 0
Infection 8 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 0
Cervical Laceration 14 6 4 0 0 0 1 3 0
Uterine Perforation 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Other Complications4 44 39 2 1 0 0 0 2 0
Multiple Complications5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown if Complications 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
No Complications 24,542 2 12 0 1 1 0 24,517 9
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 with complications was 298; total complications was 298. 
3 Rate equals the number of abortion patients with complications per 1,000 abortions occurring in Washington.
4Other complications include: 8 bleeding, 1 PAS, 2 endometritis, 13 hematometria, 2 pain.
5 Includes: 1 infection.
6 Includes 2 patients with hospitalization, 1 transfusion, 1 laparotomy, and 1 laparoscopy.
Source:  Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 09/2008.

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