Frequency
About 1% of ectopic pregnancies in the United States are abdominal, or about 10 out of every 100,000 pregnancies. A report from Nigeria places the frequency in that country at 34 per 100,000 deliveries. Risk factors are similar to tubal pregnancy with sexually transmitted disease playing a major role. The maternal mortality rate is estimated to be about 5 per 1,000 cases, about seven times the rate for ectopics in general, and about 90 times the rate for a delivery (US data).
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