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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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