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Table 11.  Induced Abortions with Secondary Management Occurring Within State by Type, 2006
                                 Weeks of Gestation1                                 
Type of Procedure Total Under 9  9-12 13-15 16-19 20 + Unk
State Total2 288 217 40 10 15 6 0
State Rate3 11.7 8.8 1.6 0.4 0.6 0.2 *
Suction Curettage 133 90 38 5 0 0 0
Dilation and Evacuation (D&E) 20 0 2 5 10 3 0
Medical (nonsurgical) 132 126 0 0 4 2 0
Intrauterine Instillation 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
Sharp Curettage 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hysterotomy/Hysterectomy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Procedure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown Procedure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown if Sec. Mgmt. 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
No Secondary Management 24,341 14,671 6,541 1,392 1,078 610 49
Footnotes:  See bottom of page.
Table 12.  Induced Abortions with Secondary Management Occurring Within State by Type  of Secondary Management and Weeks of Gestation, 2006
                                 Weeks of Gestation1                                            
Type of Management Care Total Under 9  9-12 13-15 16-19 20 + Unk
State Total2 288 217 40 10 15 6 0
State Rate3 11.7 8.8 1.6 0.4 0.6 0.2 *
Resuction 265 210 38 6 9 2 0
Hospitalization 17 2 1 4 6 4 0
Laparoscopy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Transfusion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Laparotomy 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple Management4 5 4 1 0 0 0 0
Unknown if Sec. Mgmt. 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
No Secondary Management 24,341 14,671 6,541 1,392 1,078 610 49
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 288; total number of secondary care procedures was 294.
3 Rate equals the number of abortion patients with complications per 1,000 abortions occurring in Washington. Abortions occurring in Washington was 24,627 in 2006.
Source:  Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 12/2007.
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