Trends in use of medical abortion in the United States: reanalysis of surveillance data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2001–2008

Pazol, Karen; Creanga, Andreea A.; Zane, Suzanne

doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2012.05.023

Cited by 17 publications

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“…20 Delayed reporting by abortion facilities, which previously had been identified by BVS quality assurance staff, was confirmed. More than half of respondents requested training on how to correctly complete questions on the report form, indicating that they recognize the value of accurate data but consider themselves unequipped to furnish it.…”

Section: Surveillance Systemmentioning

confidence: 79%

Evaluating New York City's Abortion Reporting System

Toprani

Madsen

Das

et al. 2014

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

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The NYC abortion reporting system is sensitive and provides high-quality data, but opportunities for improvement include facilitating biometric certification, increasing electronic platform stability, and conducting ongoing outreach and training for data providers. This evaluation will help data users determine the degree of confidence that should be placed on abortion data. In addition, the evaluation results are applicable to other vital statistics reporting and surveillance systems.

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Section: Surveillance Systemmentioning

confidence: 79%

Evaluating New York City's Abortion Reporting System

Toprani

Madsen

Das

et al. 2014

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

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“…A higher percentage of the abortions provided in physician's offices and smaller caseload facilities are early medical abortions (14,69), and these practices might be difficult to locate in the wider medical community without active surveillance efforts (69). Nonetheless, a recent comparison of CDC data with mifepristone sales data § § § § § suggests that CDC's Abortion Surveillance System accurately describes the use of early medical abortion relative to other abortion methods in the United States (70). In 2013, however, professional clinical practice guidelines were updated midyear to extend the gestational age eligibility for early medical abortion to 70 days (≤9 completed weeks) (66,71).…”

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Abortion Surveillance — United States, 2013

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Ewing

Mandel

et al. 2016

MMWR Surveill. Summ.

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“…Mifepristone has become an integral part of abortion provision in the United States and contributed to the trend toward very early abortions. 15,16 Of note are eight deaths due to Clostridium species infection after early medical abortions using mifepristone with misoprostol. Clinical details on these deaths have been reported previously after in-depth investigations by the FDA and CDC.…”

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Abortion-Related Mortality in the United States

Zane

Creanga

Berg

et al. 2015

Obstetrics &Amp; Gynecology

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OBJECTIVE To examine characteristics and causes of legal induced abortion–related deaths in the United States between 1998 and 2010. METHODS Abortion-related deaths were identified through the national Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System with enhanced case-finding. We calculated the abortion mortality rate by race, maternal age, and gestational age and the distribution of causes of death by gestational age and procedure. RESULTS During the period from 1998–2010, of approximately 16.1 million abortion procedures, 108 women died, for a mortality rate of 0.7 deaths per 100,000 procedures overall, 0.4 deaths for non-Hispanic white women, 0.5 deaths for Hispanic women, and 1.1 deaths for black women. The mortality rate increased with gestational age, from 0.3 to 6.7 deaths for procedures performed at 8 weeks or less and at 18 weeks or greater, respectively. A majority of abortion-related deaths at 13 weeks of gestation or less were associated with anesthesia complications and infection, whereas a majority of abortion-related deaths at more than 13 weeks of gestation were associated with infection and hemorrhage. In 20 of the 108 cases, the abortion was performed as a result of a severe medical condition where continuation of the pregnancy threatened the woman’s life. CONCLUSION Deaths associated with legal induced abortion continue to be rare events—less than 1 per 100,000 procedures. Primary prevention of unintended pregnancy, including those in women with serious pre-existing medical conditions, and increased access to abortion services at early gestational ages may help to further decrease abortion-related mortality in the United States.

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Trends in use of medical abortion in the United States: reanalysis of surveillance data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2001–2008

Cited by 17 publications

References 28 publications

Evaluating New York City's Abortion Reporting System

Evaluating New York City's Abortion Reporting System

Abortion Surveillance — United States, 2013

Abortion-Related Mortality in the United States

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