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	Gestation
Grounds	18	19	20	21	22	23	24+	Total
Section 1(1 )(a) and other(1)	1,242	1,021	787	573	485	398	0	191,698
Section 1(1 )(d)	115	90	145	181	131	112	(1)136	2,039
Total	1,357	1,111	932	754	616	510	136	193,737
(1) Abortions 24 weeks and over and carried out under sections 1(1)(b), 1(1)(c) and 1(4) of the Abortion Act are included in total 136. Note: Totals are grouped where there are less than 10 (0 to 9) cases, or where a presented value would reveal a total less than 10 (0 to 9) when used with data already published.

More detail for grounds by gestation group can be found in Table 7b of Abortion Statistics, England and Wales, 2006

Section 1(1)(a): that the pregnancy has not exceeded its twenty-fourth week and that the continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk, greater than if the pregnancy were terminated, of injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman or any existing children of her family.

Section 1(1)(b): that the termination is necessary to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman.

Section 1(1)(c ): that the continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk to the life of the pregnant woman, greater than if the pregnancy were terminated.

Section 1 (1)(d): that there is a substantial risk that if the child were born it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped

Section 1(4): that the termination is immediately necessary to save the life or to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman.

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(iv) Abortions by marital status and gestation, residents, England and Wales, 2006
	Gestation
Marital status	3 & 4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Single	614	4,793	14,752	21,967	24,110	16,997	14,141	8,663	6,505	3,459	2,645
Married	126	1,322	3,638	5,301	4,854	3,138	2,407	1,424	1,112	754	408
Divorced, separated, widowed	39	295	782	1,025	1,003	657	551	298	236	140	102
Not known/not stated	273	2,190	6,556	6,981	5,828	3,800	3,152	2,006	1,336	772	536
Total	1,052	8,600	25,728	35,274	35,795	24,592	20,251	12,391	9,189	5,125	3,691

Gestation
Marital status	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24+	Total
Single	1,931	1,355	1,127	924	750	625	504	397	349	49	126,657
Married	300	231	225	177	150	154	147	117	99	66	26,150
Divorced, separated, widowed	87	52	35	34	23	14	—	11	—	—	5,403
Not known/not stated	606	364	320	222	188	139	—	91	—	—	35,527
Total	2,924	2,002	1,707	1,357	1,111	932	754	616	510	136	193,737
Note: Totals are grouped where there are less than 10 (0 to 9) cases, or where a presented value would reveal a total less than 10 (0 to 9) when used with data already published.

(v) Abortions by number of previous live or stillbirths and gestation, residents, England and Wales, 2006
	Gestation
Number of previous live or stillbirths over 24 weeks	3 & 4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
0	630	4,697	13,815	18,880	19,204	13,029	10,428	6,443	4,766	2,699	1,921
1	192	1,495	4,795	6,579	6,964	4,924	4,239	2,567	1,962	1,130	833
2	162	1,549	4,571	6,128	5,989	4,071	3,295	1,960	1,415	736	556
3 or more	68	859	2,547	3,687	3,638	2,568	2,289	1,421	1,046	560	381
Total	1,052	8,600	25,728	35,274	35,795	24,592	20,251	12,391	9,189	5,125	3,691

Gestation
Number of previous live or stillbirths over 24 weeks	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24+	Total
0	1,555	1,060	915	730	641	550	445	386	313	64	103,171
1	671	431	362	298	239	186	164	122	103	39	38,295
2	390	307	232	169	118	113	89	64	52	19	31,985
3 or more	308	204	198	160	113	83	56	44	42	14	20,286
Total	2,924	2,002	1,707	1,357	1,111	932	754	616	510	136	193,737
Note: Totals are grouped where there are less than 10 (0 to 9) cases, or where a presented value would reveal a total less than 10 (0 to 9) when used with data already published.

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