Table 1.
Evaluation Criteria for Study Rating.
Table 2.
Rubric for evaluation of study quality.
Figure 1.
Depicts the search strategy for this review.
7,438 articles were initially identified. After excluding all duplicate titles, and reviewing titles and abstracts, the full text of 92 articles were reviewed for possible inclusion. Of those articles whose full text was reviewed, 56 did not meet inclusion criteria. The total number of studies included in the review was thirty-six.
Table 3.
Summary of major study findings.
Table 4.
Proportion of abortion related deaths reported by study quality.