[Report on a computer based evaluation of 1,800 cases of abortion]

1800 cases with interruption of pregnancy are subjected to a computer analysis by means of a data-adjusted medical record for patients with interruption of pregnancy, which is in use in our hospital since 1975. The age distribution reveals a frequency peak between the ages of 35 and 38 years. The striving for a 2-children family is evident. Operating complications occurred in 1.1 per cent of the cases only, 0.4 per cent were perforationes and 0.7 per cent were lacerations of the cervix. This is due to the general application of the vacuum aspiration and the preferred performance of the operations up to the 10th gestational week. The great significance of the application of effective contraceptives is emphasized, since 48 per cent of the women had renounced contraceptives without any reason. Over 40 per cent of the women had employed contraceptives previously, but later on they had abandoned such means, 20 per cent of these women without a special cause. The physician's responsibility for the education of the women is stressed.