Abortions by gestation, 4-17 weeks and 22 weeks and over, and purchaser, age, strategic health authority (SHA) of residence, grounds, marital status and parity, residents of England and Wales, 2007
Gestation weeks
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Purchaser
National health service
1,258
3,156
5,938
5,062
2,745
1,390
856
552
441
Private
1,446
7,649
21,857
32,438
33,350
22,855
17,890
10,975
8,284
Total all
2,704
10,805
27,795
37,500
36,095
24,245
18,746
11,527
8,725
NHS percentage
53
71
79
87
92
94
95
95
95
Private percentage
47
29
21
13
8
6
5
5
5
Age
Under 16
16
118
430
705
798
584
472
298
262
16 and 17
100
576
1,693
2,653
3,022
2,127
1,709
1,088
827
18 and 19
212
986
2,632
3,970
4,394
3,081
2,613
1,660
1,180
20-24
650
2,808
7,571
10,490
10,483
7,194
5,653
3,388
2,628
25-29
695
2,543
6,389
8,345
7,471
4,997
3,699
2,233
1,710
30-34
510
1,724
4,400
5,455
4,925
3,111
2,294
1,460
1,024
35-39
358
1,350
3,173
4,114
3,550
2,291
1,636
975
780
40 and over
163
700
1,507
1,768
1,452
860
670
425
314
Total all
2,704
10,805
27,795
37,500
36,095
24,245
18,746
11,527
8,725
SHA of residence
East of England
260
1,097
2,412
3,012
3,177
1,901
1,674
976
642
East Midlands
39
273
1,038
1,886
2,744
1,852
1,723
1,106
674
London
1,194
3,535
8,438
10,591
7,987
5,260
3,622
2,401
2,056
North East
19
275
1,002
1,295
1,460
1,051
768
485
409
North West
219
1,143
4,010
4,496
4,547
3,383
2,373
1,383
1,027
South Central
126
772
1,666
2,626
2,483
1,418
978
616
415
South East
328
1,102
2,168
3,214
2,336
1,367
1,012
593
490
South West
107
416
1,350
2,233
2,682
1,928
1,622
1,053
731
West Midlands
129
1,216
2,660
4,145
4,034
2,617
1,808
1,095
934
Yorkshire and the Humber
237
753
2,134
2,528
2,855
2,130
2,082
1,216
964
Wales
46
223
917
1,474
1,790
1,338
1,084
603
383
Total all
2,704
10,805
27,795
37,500
36,095
24,245
18,746
11,527
8,725
Grounds
Section 1(1 )(c) alone or with other
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
Section 1(1 )(b) alone or with other
(3)
(3)
(3)
61
104
118
132
(3)
(3)
Section 1(1 )(a) alone
(3)
(3)
27,599
37,106
35,488
23,656
18,259
11,250
8,323
Section 1(1 )(a) alone or with other
(3)
(3)
143
307
476
451
329
168
143
Section 1(1 )(d) alone or with other
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
44
212
Total all
2,704
10,805
27,795
37,500
36,095
24,245
18,746
11,527
8,725
Marital status
Single no partner
665
2,788
7,332
10,003
10,112
7,285
5,539
3,419
2,678
3 July 2008 : Column 1101W
3 July 2008 : Column 1102W
Single with partner
1,261
4,601
11,297
14,454
13,825
9,181
7,047
4,292
3,044
Single not stated
60
466
1,560
2,806
2,672
1,588
1,464
982
821
Married/Civil partnership
519
1,972
4,898
6,147
5,125
3,266
2,258
1,339
1,048
Separated
63
248
501
586
529
361
249
168
110
Widowed
(3)
30
47
52
65
31
33
14
(3)
Divorced
47
155
339
429
354
236
147
98
76
Not known/not stated
(3)
545
1,821
3,023
3,413
2,297
2,009
1,215
(3)
Total all
2,704
10,805
27,795
37,500
36,095
24,245
18,746
11,527
8,725
Previous pregnancies over 24 weeks resulting in a birth