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Total abortions for residents of England by number of previous births over 24 weeks, 2007
Total previous pregnancies that resulted in a live or still birth
Age 0 1 2 3 4 5 and more Total

Under 18

18,397

782

51

(1)—-

(1)—-

(1)—-

19,246

18 to 19

18,532

3,388

477

(1)—-

(1)—-

(1)—-

22,457

20 to 24

34,298

12,807

5,601

1,284

(1)—-

(1)—-

54,322

25 to 29

17,826

9,664

7,955

3,229

987

336

39,997

30 to 34

7,290

5,924

7,616

3,499

1,284

604

26,217

35 to 39

3,380

3,732

6,679

3,307

1,299

781

19,178

40 and over

1,151

1,430

2,927

1,709

674

426

8,317

Total all ages

100,874

37,727

31,306

13,087

4,523

2,217

189,734

(1) Denotes suppressed value or where a presented total would reveal a suppressed value.

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which 10 primary care organisations had the (a) highest and (b) lowest abortion rates in England per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 years in 2007. [214066]

Dawn Primarolo: The information requested is set out in the following table.

Highest and lowest rates by primary care organisation (PCO), England, 2007
Primary care organisation Rate per 1 , 000 women resident aged 15-44( 1)

England

18.8

Lowest rates

5PP

Cambridgeshire

11

5ND

County Durham

12

5NF

North Lancashire Teaching

12

5FL

Bath and North East Somerset

13

5PW

North East Essex

13

5QE

Oxfordshire

13

5NW

East Riding of Yorkshire

13

5PT

Suffolk

13

5NV

North Yorkshire and York

13

5PH

North Staffordshire

13

Highest rates

5C9

Haringey Teaching

32

5K9

Croydon

33

5K5

Brent Teaching

35

5A8

Greenwich Teaching

35

5NC

Waltham Forest

36

5C3

City and Hackney Teaching

36

5LF

Lewisham

37

5LD

Lambeth

39

5C2

Barking and Dagenham

40

5LE

Southwark

41

(1) Rates for PCOs are based on 2006 mid year population estimates

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many abortions have been performed under the Abortion Act 1967, as amended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990; and how many and what percentage were performed (a) to save the life of the mother and (b) where the child would have been seriously disabled in each year for which figures are available. [214067]

Dawn Primarolo: The information is set out in the following table.


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Abortions by grounds( 1) , residents, England and Wales, 1968-2007
To save the life of the woman Foetal handicap
Section 1(4) total Section 1(1)(c) total Percentage Section 1(1)(d) total Section 1(1)(d) percentage Total all abortions

1968

59

1,146

5.4

1,304

5.8

22,332

1969

45

1,842

3.8

1,849

3.7

49,829

1970

45

2,163

2.9

2,048

2.7

75,962

1971

20

1,882

2.0

2,237

2.4

94,570

1972

24

1,711

1.6

2,013

1.9

108,565

1973

17

1,228

1.1

2,019

1.8

110,568

1974

9

1,061

1.0

1,686

1.5

109,445

1975

8

1,068

1.0

1,572

1.5

106,224

1976

10

949

0.9

1,316

1.3

101,912

1977

11

840

0.8

1,474

1.4

102,677

1978

12

679

0.6

2,356

2.1

111,851

1979

13

592

0.5

2,151

1.8

120,611

1980

7

680

0.5

1,900

1.5

128,927

1981

14

752

0.6

1,818

1.4

128,581

1982

11

655

0.5

2,006

1.6

128,553

1983

5

538

0.4

2,019

1.6

127,375

1984

17

582

0.4

2,007

1.5

136,388

1985

15

524

0.4

1,921

1.4

141,101

1986

6

480

0.3

1,963

1.3

147,619

1987

7

475

0.3

1,862

1.2

156,191

1988

11

479

0.3

1,732

1.0

168,298

1989

5

351

0.2

1,651

1.0

170,463

1990

5

435

0.3

1,589

0.9

173,900

1991

5

375

0.2

1,710

1.0

167,376

1992

2

254

0.2

1,802

1.1

160,501

1993

3

163

0.1

1,935

1.2

157,846

1994

1

146

0.1

1,796

1.1

156,539

1995

0

126

0.1

1,823

1.2

154,315

1996

3

128

0.1

1,929

1.1

167,916

1997

4

117

0.1

1,853

1.1

170,145

1998

2

106

0.1

1,830

1.0

177,871

1999

1

94

0.1

1,813

1.0

173,701

2000

3

134

0.1

1,833

1.0

175,542

2001

0

61

0.0

1,722

1.0

176,364

2002

1

116

0.1

1,894

1.1

175,932

2003

(2)137

0.1

1,941

1.1

181,582

2004

(2)128

0.1

1,894

1.0

185,415

2005

(2)128

0.1

1,916

1.0

186,416

2006

149

0.1

(2)2,036

1.1

193,737

2007

112

0.1

(2)1,939

1.0

198,499

Total

401

(2)23,586

0.4

(2)72,220

1.3

5,681,639

‘—’ denotes suppressed value less than 10 (0-9 cases). Data suppressed for reasons of confidentiality, in line with the Office for National Statistics’ guidance on the disclosure of abortion statistics (2005).
(1) Grounds under the Abortion Act 1967.
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.
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; or (was part of 1(1)(a) prior to 1991).
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.
(2) Total includes very small numbers less than 10 (0-9) where suppressed elsewhere.

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