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Table 9.  Induced Abortions Occurring Within State by Type of Procedure and Weeks of Gestation, 2006
                               Weeks of Gestation1                                
Type of Procedure Total Under 9 9-12 13-15 16-19 20 + Unk
State Total 24,631        14,890 6,581 1,402 1,093 616 49
Suction Curettage 18,832 11,563 6,387 667 167 15 33
Dilation and Evacuation (D&E) 2,383 24 166 727 899 565 2
Medical (nonsurgical) 3,362 3293 18 4 14 20 13
Intrauterine Instillation 25 2 0 0 10 13 0
Sharp Curettage 22 7 10 3 0 1 1
Hysterotomy/Hysterectomy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Procedure2 7 1 0 1 3 2 0
Unknown 0 0 0 0 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: 6 laminaria/inductions, 1 unknown other procedure.
Table 10.   Induced Abortions with Complications Occurring Within State by Type of Procedure and Weeks of Gestation, 2006
                               Weeks of Gestation1                               
Type of Procedure Total Under 9  9-12 13-15 16-19 20 + Unk
State Total2 290 221 43 11 11 4 0
State Rate3 11.8 9.0 1.7 0.4 0.4 N N
Suction Curettage 134 89 40 5 0 0 0
Dilation and Evacuation (D&E) 20 0 2 5 9 4 0
Medical (nonsurgical) 132 131 0 0 1 0 0
Intrauterine Instillation 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Sharp Curettage 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
Hysterotomy/Hysterectomy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Procedure4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Unknown Procedure 0 0 0 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
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. 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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