Method

Data was extracted from Table 1 of the Danish study to identify the total number of specific diagnoses, and total diagnoses for the periods of nine months prior to an abortion, the first nine months following an abortion, and the first twelve months following an abortion. Notably, due to the Danish researcher’s methodology, this data excluded any women who had inpatient treatments prior to their first abortion, and any women who died in the year following their first abortion.
Analyses were conducted in Microsoft Excel. Institutional review was not required since this reanalysis is based on only previously published aggregate data.