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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. [279079]

Gillian Merron: Information for 2007 is shown in the following table.

Highest and lowest abortion rates by primary care organisation, England, 2007

Age standardised 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.

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Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 23 April 2009, Official Report, columns 830-32W, on abortion, what the characteristics were of the statistically most likely candidate in (a) England and (b) each health authority for an abortion in 2008 in terms of (i) the marital status of the woman, (ii) the age of the woman, (iii) the gestation of the
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pregnancy, (iv) the number of previous children borne by the woman, (v) the number of previous abortions undergone by the woman and (vi) the legal grounds under which the abortion was performed. [279122]

Gillian Merron: The information is shown in the following table.

Most common( 1) conditions for women having abortions in 2008, by strategic health authority of residence

Marital status Age Gestation (weeks) Number of previous children Number of previous abortions Ground

England

Single with partner

20

7

0

0

C

East Midlands

Single with partner

20

8

0

0

C

East of England

Single with partner

18

8

0

0

C

London

Single with partner

24

7

0

0

C

North East

Single with partner

19

7

0

0

C

North West

Single no partner

20

6

0

0

C

South Central

Single with partner

20

7

0

0

C

South East Coast

Single with partner

19

7

0

0

C

South West

Single with partner

20

8

0

0

C

West Midlands

Single no partner

21

7

0

0

C

Yorkshire and Humber

Single with partner

20

8

0

0

C

(1) Statistical mode (highest frequency). Note: Ground C: that the pregnancy has not exceeded its 24th 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.

Abortion: Essex

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many abortions were performed in (a) Southend and (b) Essex in 2008, broken down by (i) age of the women, (ii) grounds of the abortion and (iii) gestation of the pregnancy. [279045]

Gillian Merron: The information is shown in the following tables.

Abortions for residents of Essex primary care trusts (PCTs)( 1) by age, ground and gestation, 2008
Age South East Essex North East Essex Mid Essex South West Essex West Essex Total Essex PCTs

Under 16

24

16

19

36

15

110

16

37

25

24

54

34

174

17

53

38

55

60

45

251

18

61

57

70

95

79

362

19

71

54

57

103

72

357

20

68

56

52

83

58

317

21

66

45

49

107

71

338

22

59

46

43

102

47

297

23

55

39

46

89

48

277

24

43

40

54

79

54

270

25

50

34

37

65

40

226

26

38

35

24

70

39

206

27

40

25

45

77

46

233

28

41

28

29

74

46

218

29

33

18

27

61

33

172

30

37

20

26

61

38

182

31

28

21

35

33

34

151

32

28

18

22

44

32

144

33

25

26

25

57

33

166

34

38

17

26

42

21

144

35

36

23

29

34

29

151

36

22

14

26

32

37

131

37

24

17

19

30

29

119

38 and over

71

48

93

123

107

442

Total

1,048

760

932

1,611

1,087

5,438


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