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Table 13.  Induced Abortions with Complications Occurring Within State by Type of Complication and Weeks of Gestation, 2006
                             Weeks of Gestation1                                             
Type of Complication Total Under 9  9-12 13-15 16-19 20 + Unk
Patients w/Complic.2 290 221 43 11 11 4 0
State Rate3 11.8 9.0 1.7 0.4 0.4 * *
Retained Products 180 137 28 5 8 2 0
Failed Abortion 45 45 0 0 0 0 0
Hemorrhage > 500 cc 3 0 0 1 2 0 0
Infection 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
Cervical Laceration 11 7 3 0 0 1 0
Uterine Perforation 9 5 3 0 1 0 0
Other Complications4 30 20 6 4 0 0 0
Multiple Complications5 9 6 3 0 0 0 0
Unknown if Complications Present 3 2 0 1 0 0 0
No Complications 24,338 14,667 6,538 1,390 1,082 612 49
Footnotes:  See bottom of page.
Table 14.  Induced Abortions with Complications Occurring Within State by Type of Complication and Secondary Management Procedure, 2006
                           Secondary Management Procedure                        
Type of Complication Total Resection Hospital-ization Transfusion Laparo-scopy Lapa-rotomy Multiple
Mgmt.6		 None Unk
State Total 24,631 265 17 0 0 1 5 24,341 2
Patients w/Complic.2 290 263 9 0 0 0 5 13 0
Retained Products 180 177 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Failed Abortion 45 44 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Hemorrhage > 500 cc 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Infection 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cervical Laceration 11 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uterine Perforation 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Other Complications4 30 20 2 0 0 0 2 6 0
Multiple Complications5 9 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Unknown if Complications 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
No Complications 24,338 2 8 0 0 1 0 24,327 0
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 290; total complications was 298.. 
3 Rate equals the number of abortion patients with complications per 1,000 abortions occurring in Washington.
4 Other complications include: 1 anemia, 4 excessive bleeding, 2 hematrometria, 1 laceration, 2 pain, 3 retained clots, 1 PAS, 1 ruptured ectopic pregnancy, 1 unable to dialate, 4 uterine atony, 1 vasovagal.
5 Includes:1 cervical laceration, 1 infection, 1failed abortion, 3 other.
6 Includes 9 patients with hospitalization and resection.
Source:  Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 12/2007.
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