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| Table 9. Induced Abortions Occurring Within State by Type of Procedure and Weeks of Gestation, 2010 | ||||||||||
| Weeks of Gestation1 | ||||||||||
| Type of Procedure | Total | Under 9 | 9-12 | 13-15 | 16-19 | 20 + | Unk | |||
| State Total | 21,124 | 14,030 | 4,551 | 1,165 | 756 | 558 | 64 | |||
| Suction Curettage | 14,333 | 9,335 | 4,316 | 613 | 24 | 4 | 41 | |||
| Dilation and Evacuation (D&E) | 1,935 | 8 | 156 | 543 | 712 | 510 | 6 | |||
| Medical (nonsurgical) | 4,767 | 4673 | 65 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||
| Intrauterine Instillation | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Sharp Curettage | 23 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Hysterotomy/Hysterectomy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Other Procedure2 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 0 | |||
| Unknown | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1 Weeks of gestation are estimated by the physician and may differ from weeks calculated from last known menses. | ||||||||||
| 2 Other procedures includes: 25 inductions of labor, 2 laminaria, 2 prostaglandin. | ||||||||||
| Table 10. Induced Abortions with Complications Occurring Within State by Type of Procedure and Weeks of Gestation, 2010 | ||||||||||
| Weeks of Gestation1 | ||||||||||
| Type of Procedure | Total | Under 9 | 9-12 | 13-15 | 16-19 | 20 + | Unk | |||
| State Total2 | 306 | 205 | 53 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 4 | |||
| State Rate3 | 14.5 | 9.7 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | * | |||
| Suction Curettage | 113 | 58 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Dilation and Evacuation (D&E) | 27 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Medical (nonsurgical) | 156 | 147 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Intrauterine Instillation | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sharp Curettage | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hysterotomy/Hysterectomy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Other Procedure4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Unknown Procedure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | |||
| 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 number of complications was 316. | ||||||||||
| 3 Rate equals the number of abortion patients with complications per 1,000 abortions occurring in Washington. Abortions occurring in Washington was 21,124 in 2010. | ||||||||||
| *Rate not calculated because number was less than 5. | ||||||||||
| Source: Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 12/2011. | ||||||||||
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