Abortion in Hawaii: the first 124 days.

During the first 4 months of new abortion law in the state of Hawaii 1192 abortions were performed. The incidence of complications was 4.1% with no mortalities. The geographic distribution of patients and the number of M.D.s performing abortions did not follow the population distribution within the state. The religious distribution of patients generally paralleled that of the population. A disproportionately high percentage of caucasian patients were represented with an under-represented of Hawaiians. There is a relationship between length of gestation complications and costs.