Ectopic pregnancy--United States, 1988-1989

Although the number and rate of ectopic pregnancies in the United States increased from 1970 through 1987, they stabilized from 1987 through 1989 (1). This report presents data regarding the number and rate of ectopic pregnancies and ectopic pregnancy-related deaths in the United States from 1988 through 1989 and compares those data with information reported since 1970.