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Principal medical condition for abortions performed under ground E, over 24 weeks’ gestation, residents, England and Wales, 2003-06
					numbers
ICD-10 code 1	Condition	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total grounds E alone or with any other 2		136	124	137	136
Q00-Q89	Congenital malformations total	96	91	99	95
Q00-Q07	the nervous system total	58	35	54	60
Q00	anencephaly	..	..	..	..
Q01	encephalocele	..	..	..	..
Q03	hydrocephalus	..	..	..	10
Q04	other malformations of the brain	12	11	14	24
Q05	spina bifida	16	..	..	..
Q02,Q06, Q07 3	other	17	12	22	16
Q10-Q89	other congenital malformations total	38	56	45	35
Q20-Q28	the cardiovascular system	18	23	12	13
Q30-Q34	the respiratory system	..	..	..	..
Q60-Q64	the urinary system	..	..	..	..
Q65-Q79	the musculoskeletal system	10	15	..	..
Q10-Q18, Q35-Q56 and Q80-Q89 3	other	..	..	15	..
Q90-Q99	Chromosomal abnormalities total	22	23	28	25
Q90	Down’s syndrome	..	11	..	12
Q910-Q913	Edwards’ syndrome	..	..	..	..
Q914-Q917	Patau’s syndrome	..	..	..	..
Q92-Q99 3	other	10	..	10	..
	Other conditions total	14	10	10	16
P00-P04	foetus affected by maternal factors	..	..	..	..
P05-P08	foetal disorders relating to gestation and growth	..	..	..	..
P832-P833	hydrops foetalis not due to haemolytic disease	..	..	..	..
Z80-Z84	family history of heritable disorder	..	..	..	..
	Other*	..	..	..	..

Footnote: From 2003 onwards, totals of fewer than 10 (between 0 and 9) are suppressed for reasons of confidentiality in line with the Office for National Statistics' guidance on the disclosure of abortion statistics (2005). In line with the guidance, three-year aggregate totals for 2003-05 have been produced where possible. This is the case for two groups: in 2003-05, there were 11 cases with a principal medical condition of the congenital malformations cleft lip and/or cleft palate (ICD10 Codes Q35-37) and 17 cases recorded as “other malformations of the digestive system” (ICD10 Codes Q38-45). Other conditions with suppressed data may be published in a 10-year aggregated table in the future.

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