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Table 13. Induced Abortions with Complications Occurring Within State by Type of Complication and Weeks of Gestation, 2010
    Weeks of Gestation1
Type of Complication Total Under 9 9-12 13-15 16-19 20 + Unk
Patients w/Complic.2 306 205 53 12 17 15 4
State Rate3 14.5 9.7 2.5 0.6 0.8 0.7 *
Retained Products 158 123 23 4 7 0 1
Failed Abortion 44 37 4 0 0 0 3
Hemorrhage > 500 cc 9 0 4 1 2 2 0
Infection 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
Cervical Laceration 17 13 1 0 2 1 0
Uterine Perforation 18 3 4 4 1 6 0
Other Complications4 48 24 12 3 3 6 0
Multiple Complications5 10 4 5 0 1 0 0
Unknown if Complications Present 13 7 4 1 1 0 0
No Complications 20,805 13,818 4,494 1,152 738 543 60
Footnotes: See bottom of page.
Table 14. Induced Abortions with Complications Occurring Within State by Type of Complication and Secondary Management Procedure, 2010
    Secondary Management Procedure
Type of Complication Total Resection Hospital-ization Transfusion Laparo-scopy Lapa-rotomy Multiple
Mgmt.6		 None Unk
State Total 21,124 263 26 0 0 0 7 20,813 15
Patients w/Complic.2 306 259 12 0 0 0 7 28 0
Retained Products 158 150 1 0 0 0 5 2 0
Failed Abortion 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hemorrhage > 500 cc 9 5 1 0 0 0 1 2 0
Infection 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Cervical Laceration 17 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uterine Perforation 18 9 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
Other Complications4 48 31 3 0 0 0 0 14 0
Multiple Complications5 10 7 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Unknown if Complications 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12
No Complications 20,805 4 14 0 0 0 0 20,784 3
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 306; total complications was 316.
3 Rate equals the number of abortion patients with complications per 1,000 abortions occurring in Washington.
4 Other complications include: 4 clots, 3 bleeding, 3 failed abortions, , 15 hematometria, 3 hypertension, 1 DVT, 1 seizure, 1 fever, 1 thrombocytopenia, 1 bicornate uterus, 2 fetal demise, 1 cardiac obstruc., 4 aspiration, 4 remaining tissue, 3 not specified.
5 Includes: 7 retained products, 3 hemotometria, 4 infections.
6 Includes 9 patients with hospitalization and resuction.
Source: Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 12/2011.
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