In 2021, the large majority of women in Italy did not experience complications after having an abortion, either if done pharmaceutically or surgically. Missed or incomplete abortions were more common in cases of pharmaceutical procedures, with 1.43 percent of women experiencing this complication. This figure shows the percentage of women experiencing complications after an abortion in Italy in 2021, by type of procedure.
Percentage of women experiencing selected complications after an abortion in Italy in 2021, by type of procedure*
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Scraping
Hysterosuction
Mifepristone + prostaglandin
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*Pharmaceutical procedures include administration of mifepristone alone, administration of mifepristone and prostaglandin, and administration of prostaglandin alone.
Surgical procedure includes scraping, Karman's method and other forms of hysterosuction.
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Ministero della Salute. (October 6, 2023). Percentage of women experiencing selected complications after an abortion in Italy in 2021, by type of procedure* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319674/share-of-women-experiencing-complications-after-abortion-by-procedure-italy/
Ministero della Salute. "Percentage of women experiencing selected complications after an abortion in Italy in 2021, by type of procedure*." Chart. October 6, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319674/share-of-women-experiencing-complications-after-abortion-by-procedure-italy/
Ministero della Salute. (2023). Percentage of women experiencing selected complications after an abortion in Italy in 2021, by type of procedure*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319674/share-of-women-experiencing-complications-after-abortion-by-procedure-italy/
Ministero della Salute. "Percentage of Women Experiencing Selected Complications after An Abortion in Italy in 2021, by Type of Procedure*." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Oct 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319674/share-of-women-experiencing-complications-after-abortion-by-procedure-italy/
Ministero della Salute, Percentage of women experiencing selected complications after an abortion in Italy in 2021, by type of procedure* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319674/share-of-women-experiencing-complications-after-abortion-by-procedure-italy/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Percentage of women experiencing selected complications after an abortion in Italy in 2021, by type of procedure* [Graph], Ministero della Salute, October 6, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319674/share-of-women-experiencing-complications-after-abortion-by-procedure-italy/
