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
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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.
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
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1 July 2008 : Column 844W
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.
