Table 2.
Potential Scenarios for Assigning the Gestational Age for Six Abortion-Related Deaths With Unknown Gestational Age
| Abortion Deaths (Weeks of Gestation) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scenario | 8 or Less | 9–13 | 14–17 | 18 or Greater | Total Abortion Deaths |
| Abortion deaths with known gestational age | 26 | 22 | 20 | 34 | 102 |
| Scenario 1: all 6 cases 8 wk or less | |||||
| Numerators | 32 | 22 | 20 | 34 | 108 |
| AMR/100,000 procedures | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 6.3 | |
| Scenario 2: all 6 cases 9–13 wk | |||||
| Numerators | 26 | 28 | 20 | 34 | 108 |
| AMR/100,000 procedures | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 6.3 | |
| Scenario 3: all 6 cases 14–17 wk | |||||
| Numerators | 26 | 22 | 26 | 34 | 108 |
| AMR/100,000 procedures | 0.3 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 6.3 | |
| Scenario 4: all 6 cases 18 wk or more | |||||
| Numerators | 26 | 22 | 20 | 40 | 108 |
| AMR/100,000 procedures | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 7.4 | |
| Scenario 5: use gestational age distribution of cases with known gestational age | |||||
| Numerators | 28 | 23 | 21 | 36 | 108 |
| AMR/100,000 procedures | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 6.7 | |
AMR, abortion mortality rate.
Bold indicates numerator of abortion deaths with known gestational age plus distributed unknown gestational age deaths.