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Table 4 Complications related to medical abortions < 12 weeks during 2015 separated by the different gestational weeks and the location of the abortion. The relative number of abortions and complications are presented in each group together with the complication frequency. The complication frequency was higher among women who had their abortions at home, but the difference was not significant (RR 1.30, 95% 0.57–2.97)

From: Complications related to induced abortion: a combined retrospective and longitudinal follow-up study

Gestational weeks

At home

At the hospital

Total

45/547 (8.2%)

12/150 (8.0%)

< 7

26/357 (7.3%)

1/41 (2.4%)

7 + 1–9 + 0

19/190 (10.0%)

5/54 (9.3%)

9 + 1–12 + 0

6/55 (10.9%)