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Gestation weeks	South East Essex	North East Essex	Mid Essex	South West Essex	West Essex	Total Essex PCTs
under 6	102	33	115	189	141	580
6	170	73	173	261	214	891
7	232	102	189	313	206	1042
8	149	164	170	264	132	879
9	126	132	79	170	95	602
10	88	101	84	133	94	500
11	54	66	37	67	54	278
12	37	28	25	39	36	165
13	21	18	16	19	18	92
14 and over	55	48	63	92	54	312
Total	1,034	765	951	1,547	1,044	5,341

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Grounds( 2)	South East Essex	North East Essex	Mid Essex	South West Essex	West Essex	Total Essex PCTs
Section 1(1 )(a)	—	—	—	—	—	5,131
Section 1(1 )(d)	—	—	—	—	—	35
Other grounds	—	—	—	—	—	175
Total	1,034	765	951	1,547	1,044	5,341
(1) Information about residents of Southend is contained within South East Essex PCT and is not collected separately. Suppressed total less than 10 (between 0 and 9) or where a presented total would reveal a suppressed value. (2) 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)(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. Other grounds 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(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.

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 (i) under 16, (ii) 17, (iii) 18, (iv) 19, (v) 20 and (vi) 21 years in 2007. [214076]

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

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Highest and lowest rates by primary care organisation (PCO) and age, England, 2007
Age rate	PCO	Rate per 1,000 women
Under 16( 1)	England	4
	Lowest rates
	Redbridge	2
	Suffolk	2
	Luton Teaching	2
	Newham	3
	Richmond and Twickenham	3
	Somerset	3
	Harrow	3
	Herefordshire	3
	Buckinghamshire	3
	Kingston	3
	Highest rates
	Southwark	8
	South Tyneside	8
	North Lincolnshire	8
	Portsmouth City Teaching	9
	Islington	9
	Hartlepool	9
	Haringey Teaching	9
	Darlington	9
	Wandsworth Teaching	9
	Lewisham	10
16 years	England	19
	Lowest rates
	Kingston	8
	Bassetlaw	10
	Richmond and Twickenham	11
	Blackburn and Darwen Teaching	12
	Cambridgeshire	12
	Surrey	12
	Bath and North East Somerset	12
	Buckinghamshire	12
	Westminster	13
	North Lincolnshire	13
	Highest rates
	Coventry Teaching	31
	Barking and Dagenham	31
	Hammersmith and Fulham	33
	Waltham Forest	34
	City and Hackney Teaching	36
	Greenwich Teaching	39
	Haringey Teaching	40
	Lewisham	45
	Lambeth	46
	Southwark	49
17 years	England	28
	Lowest rates
	Gateshead	15
	Isle of Wight	16
	North Somerset	16
	Cambridgeshire	17
	Suffolk	17
	Shropshire County	18
	Wiltshire	18
	Hartlepool	18
	Derbyshire County	18
	Dorset	19
	Highest rates
	Haringey Teaching	46
	Islington	48
	Waltham Forest	48
	Coventry Teaching	49
	Enfield	49
	Barking and Dagenham	52
	Greenwich Teaching	54
	City and Hackney Teaching	56
	Lambeth	68
	Southwark	69
18 years	England	33
	Lowest rates
	North Somerset	14
	Dorset	17
	Richmond and Twickenham	20
	Somerset	20
	Barnsley	20
	Kensington and Chelsea	21
	Cambridgeshire	22
	Central and Eastern Cheshire	22
	Northumberland and Care Trust	22
	Bath and North East Somerset	22
	Highest rates
	City and Hackney Teaching	53
	Liverpool	53
	Lewisham	55
	Wandsworth Teaching	55
	Haringey Teaching	55
	Waltham Forest	56
	Croydon	58
	Barking and Dagenham	63
	Lambeth	78
	Southwark	81
19 years	England	36
	Lowest rates
	North Lancashire	16
	Redcar and Cleveland	17
	Bath and North East Somerset	19
	County Durham	21
	Oxfordshire	21
	North Staffordshire	21
	Southampton City	22
	Camden	23
	Devon	23
	Newcastle	24
	Highest rates
	Croydon	64
	Barking and Dagenham	67
	Waltham Forest	68
	Enfield	71
	City and Hackney Teaching	73
	Southwark	75
	Haringey Teaching	75
	Greenwich Teaching	78
	Lambeth .	81
	Lewisham	83
20 years	England	36
	Lowest rates
	Cambridgeshire	16
	Nottingham City	20
	County Durham	20
	Southampton City	21
	North Lancashire	22
	Bristol	22
	Oxfordshire	22
	Newcastle	23
	East Riding of Yorkshire	23
	Devon	23
	Highest rates
	Haringey Teaching	66
	Lewisham	67
	Darlington	67
	Greenwich Teaching	71
	Southwark	75
	Croydon	75
	Barking and Dagenham	75
	City and Hackney Teaching	82
	Waltham Forest	84
	Lambeth	89
21 years	England	34
	Lowest rates
	Isle of Wight	7
	Cambridgeshire	17
	Newcastle	19
	Nottingham City	20
	North Lancashire	21
	Oxfordshire	21
	County Durham	22
	Plymouth Teaching	22
	Hull	23
	Bristol	23
	Highest rates
	Ealing	63
	Enfield	63
	City and Hackney Teaching	67
	Greenwich Teaching	67
	Waltham Forest	70
	Lewisham	71
	Haringey Teaching	76
	Barking and Dagenham	77
	Southwark	78
	Lambeth	88
(1) Rates for under 16s are based on populations aged 13-15. Note: Rates for PCOs are based on 2006 mid year population estimates.

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