KARAKTERISTIK PASIEN ABORTUS DI RSUD DR. ISKSK TULUNGAGUNG PRIODE 1 JANUARI 2003-31 DESEMBER 2003

Background : Abortion is an expulsion of conception before the fetus is able to live outside uterus at age of pregnancy less than 20 weeks with weight is less than 500 grams. Abortion is a social health problem because it causes painful and death to the mother as a consequence. Objective : To find out how many abortion cases along 2003, the proportion abortion cases based abortion classification and frequency distribution of abortion based on the social characteristic and biological characteristic. Material and method : This research is a non-experimental descriptive based to women diagnosed with abortion in the obstetric and gynecology department of Dr. Iskak Regional Public Hospital, Tulungagung, East Java. All data needed were written in data collecting form that consisted of : number of case, proportion based on type of abortion, social characteristic (demography of patient, marriage status, educational length) and biological characteristic (mother's age, parity, abortion record, age of pregnancy, Hb degree). Result : The result of research revealed that incidences of abortion were 15,58 %, there were from 892 birth, with 139 cases of abortion. According to its type, spontaneous abortion was the most case to be found, 132 cases (94,96%). Social characteristic found that patient who came from rural area were 130 cases (93,52%), by marriage status were 138 cases (99,28%), and by educational length S 6 years were 50 cases (35,97%). From biological characteristic found that by mother's age ? 30 years were 72 cases (51,79%), by parity 1-2 were 72 cases (51,79%), with no previous abortion record were 123 cases (88,48%), by age of pregnancy 12-18 weeks were 64 cases (4%04%), and by Hb degree 10-12 gr/100m1 were 97 cases (69,78%). Conclusion : The most case to be found is spontaneous abortion, from rural area, by marriage status, low educated (elementary school graduates), mother's age ? 30 years, prim ipara and sekundipara, no previous abortion record, age of pregnancy 12-18 weeks, and Hb degree 10-12 gr/100m1 blood.