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. 2020 Oct 15;12:1129–1138. doi: 10.2147/CLEP.S269400

Table 2.

Proportion of Pregnancy Episodes with Prenatal Screening Procedure Codes During Pregnancya

Pregnancy Endpoint 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
First-trimester ultrasound
Full term 34.1 35.0 37.2 39.0 39.9 41.1 43.0 43.6 43.6 45.1 46.1
Preterm 41.3 42.4 44.2 45.1 46.3 48.1 50.7 50.1 50.0 51.0 52.0
Posttermb 37.8 37.2 38.6 39.7 42.9 44.9 43.2 45.2 44.7 43.6 46.4
Ectopic 28.2 29.7 32.0 31.2 35.0 35.3 38.6 41.2 40.5 38.7 40.8
Still birth 40.8 42.5 47.1 45.7 46.4 47.8 49.9 49.3 49.1 51.9 55.5
Induced abortion 16.8 18.0 19.2 20.3 21.4 19.5 19.2 20.0 19.2 20.8 20.6
Spontaneous abortion 26.6 28.0 28.2 28.2 28.9 28.9 29.9 30.1 29.6 29.9 29.7
Unknown outcome 11.5 12.7 11.9 13.0 13.4 13.2 13.8 13.1 14.1 20.3 19.3
Nuchal translucency measurement
Full term 7.1 19.7 24.8 29.1 31.7 32.6 34.3 33.4 31.9 31.3 32.5
Preterm 9.8 23.2 28.5 33.1 35.6 37.2 38.8 37.6 35.8 35.4 35.0
Postterm 8.4 26.6 32.3 32.7 35.7 39.4 38.0 41.2 36.5 33.7 34.7
Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A)
Full term 12.7 17.8 22.8 26.9 29.8 31.3 30.3 26.1 20.9 18.8 17.8
Preterm 14.9 19.9 25.2 29.4 32.2 34.4 32.5 27.7 22.6 19.9 18.4
Postterm 18.2 24.4 29.7 32.0 33.0 38.1 36.1 34.3 24.0 21.4 21.1
a

Notes: aThe numbers in the table are reported as the percentage of pregnancies with the procedure during pregnancy. bPostterm includes pregnancies with a gestational age of more than 41 weeks.