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The past several decades have seen major advances in diagnosis and treatment of ectopic pregnancies in the U.S. Now, CDC investigators have analyzed commercial health plan insurance claims data from 2002 through 2007 to estimate recent trends in detection and management of this condition. During this period, the number of women (age range, 15–44) included in the database increased almost fourfold to >6.8 million, and almost 12,000 treated ectopic pregnancies were identified out of a total of >1.8 million pregnancies.
The overall rate of ectopic pregnancy (0.64%) among pregnant women did not change during the 6-year study and was lower than that reported in some other studies. Ectopic pregnancy rates rose with age. Proportions of patients who…