Abortion Statistics - England & Wales 2011

Abortion Statistics,
England and Wales: 2011
May 2012

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Contents
Summary ....................................................................................................................... 3
Introduction ................................................................................................................... 4
Commentary .................................................................................................................. 6
Index to tables ............................................................................................................. 13
Detailed tables ............................................................................................................ 14
Annex A: Data quality and methods ............................................................................... i
Annex B: Further information …………………………………………………………………vi

© Crown copyright 2012
First published May 2012
Published to DH website http://transparency.dh.gov.uk/category/statistics/abortion

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Summary
This report presents statistics on abortions carried out in England and Wales in 2011.
In 2011, for women resident in England and Wales:
• The total number of abortions was 189,931, 0.2% more than in 2010 (189,574) and 7.7%
more than in 2001 (176,364).
• The age-standardised abortion rate was 17.5 per 1,000 resident women aged 15-44, the
same as in 2010, but 2.3% higher than in 2001 (17.1) and more than double the rate of 8.0
recorded in 1970.
• The abortion rate was highest at 33 per 1,000 for women aged 20, the same as in 2010 and
in 2001.
• The under-16 abortion rate was 3.4 per 1,000 women and the under-18 rate was 15.0 per
1,000 women, both lower than in 2010 (3.9 and 16.5 per 1,000 women respectively) and in
the year 2001 (3.7 and 18.0 per 1,000 women respectively).
• 96% of abortions were funded by the NHS. Over half (61%) took place in the independent
sector under NHS contract, up from 59% in 2010 and 2% in 1981.
• 91% of abortions were carried out at under 13 weeks gestation. 78% were at under 10
weeks compared to 77% in 2010 and 58% in 2001.
• Medical abortions accounted for 47% of the total, up from 43% in 2010 and 13% in 2001.
• 2,307 abortions (1%) were carried out under ground E (risk that the child would be born
handicapped).
Non-residents:
• In 2011, there were 6,151 abortions for non-residents carried out in hospitals and clinics in
England and Wales (6,535 in 2010). The 2011 total is the lowest in any year since 1969.

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1. Introduction
1.1 This report presents statistics on abortions carried out in England and Wales in 2011. It
is the tenth in an annual series published by the Department of Health (DH), the first of
which was for abortions in 2002. These are available on the DH website 1. Statistics for
years from 1974 to 2001 were published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in
their Abortion Statistics Series AB, Nos 1 to 28. The reports for 1991 to 2001 are
available electronically on request to abortion.statistics@dh.gsi.gov.uk. Statistics for
years from 1968 to 1973 were published in the Registrar General’s Statistical Review of
England and Wales, Supplement on Abortion.

The legislative context
1.2 The Abortion Act 1967, as amended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act
1990, permits termination of a pregnancy by a registered medical practitioner subject to
certain conditions. Legal requirements apply to the certification and notification of
abortion procedures. Within the terms of the Abortion Act, only a registered practitioner
can terminate a pregnancy. The doctor taking responsibility for the procedure is legally
required to notify the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the abortion within 14 days of the
termination, whether carried out in the NHS or an approved independent sector place and
whether or not the woman is a UK resident. The Department of Health provides form
HSA4 for this purpose. Further details are available on the DH website:
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publichealth/Healthimprov
ement/Sexualhealth/Sexualhealthgeneralinformation/DH_4063863
1.3 Except in an emergency, any treatment for the termination of pregnancy can only be
carried out in an NHS hospital or in a place approved for the purpose by the Secretary of
State, and after 24 weeks, only in an NHS hospital. Through contractual arrangements
with Primary Care Organisations (PCOs), some approved independent sector places
perform NHS-funded abortions.
1.4 A legally induced abortion must be certified by two registered medical practitioners as
justified under one or more of the following grounds:
A the continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk to the life of the pregnant
woman greater than if the pregnancy were terminated (Abortion Act, 1967 as
amended, section 1(1)(c))
B the termination is necessary to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or
mental health of the pregnant woman (section 1(1)(b))
C 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 (section 1(1)(a))

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D 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 any existing children of the family of the
pregnant woman (section 1(1)(a))
E 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 (section 1(1)(d))
or, in an emergency, certified by the operating practitioner as immediately necessary:
F to save the life of the pregnant woman (section 1(4))
G to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant
woman (section 1(4))

How the statistics are produced
1.5 The doctor taking responsibility for an abortion is legally required to notify the Chief
Medical Officer (CMO) within 14 days of the termination. Abortion notification forms
(HSA4s) can be submitted online or on paper.
1.6 The Department of Health use a thorough process for inspecting and recording the
information received on the forms in order to monitor compliance with the legislation and
the extent to which best practice guidance from the Department of Health is followed.
The methods used ensure good quality, accurate statistics can be derived from the data.
Annex A contains further information about data quality.
1.7 The format of the tables have been revised in the light of the judgment handed down by
the High Court in the case relating to the release of information on principal medical
condition for abortions performed under Ground E. A more limited degree of suppression
has been applied, where necessary, to avoid the disclosure of personal data.
1.8 This publication is a National Statistic. It is a statutory requirement that National Statistics
should be produced in accordance with the standards set out in the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics. The UK Statistics Authority assesses all National Statistics for
compliance with the Code of Practice. The results of the assessment of abortion
statistics were published in February 2012 and are available at
http://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/assessment/assessment/assessmentreports/index.html. The Statistics Authority confirmed that the statistics could continue to
be designated as National Statistics.

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2 . Commentary
Unless specified, the following commentary, charts and tables relate to abortions
carried out in England and Wales for residents of England and Wales only, rather than
all abortions carried out in England and Wales. Figures in all but Table 13 exclude
abortions for residents of England and Wales that are carried out in other parts of the
United Kingdom or outside the UK.

Overall number and rate of abortions
2.1 In total, there were 196,082 abortions notified as taking place in England and Wales in
2011. There were 189,931 abortions to residents of England and Wales in 2011. This
represents an age-standardised abortion rate of 17.5 per 1,000 resident women aged 1544 2. This is 6% lower than the rate of 18.6 in 2007, but 2% higher than in 2001 and
more than double the rate of 8.0 recorded in 1970 (See Table 1 and Figure 1).

Figure 1: Age-standardised abortion rate per 1,000 women aged 15-44,
England and Wales, 1969 to 2011
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
1969

1974

1979

1984

1989

1994

1999

2004

2009

Age
2.2 The abortion rate in 2011 was highest, at 33 per 1,000, for women aged 20. There were
1,000 abortions to women aged under 15 (less than one per cent of the total) and 683 to
women aged 45 or over (less than a half of one per cent) (See Table 4a and Figure 2).

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See Annex A for details about how the rate is derived.
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Figure 2: Abortion rate per 1,000 population by single year of age,
England and Wales, 2001, 2010 and 2011
40

2001

35

2010

30

2011

Rate

25
20
15
10
5
0

10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
Age

2.3 The under-16 abortion rate was 3.4 in 2011 compared with 3.9 in 2010 and 3.7 in 2001
and the under-18 rate was 15.0 in 2011, compared with 16.5 in 2010 and 18.0 in 2001.
Rates for women aged 15 to 19 were lower than in 2010, whereas rates for women aged
31 to 39 were higher. Similarly, compared with 2001, the rates in 2011 were lower for
women aged 15 to 24 and higher for women aged 25 or over.
2.4 The under-16 abortion rate for the period 2009-2011 varied from under two per 1,000
women in Kensington and Chelsea to nearly eight per 1,000 women in Southwark (See
Table 10b).

Marital status
2.5 About four-fifths (81%) of abortions in 2011 were carried out for single women, a
proportion that has risen slowly from 76% since 2001 (See Table 3a.v).

Ethnicity
2.6 The revised HSA4 forms introduced in 2002 allowed for the recording of ethnicity, as selfreported by the women involved. This information was not previously recorded. Ethnicity
was recorded on 95% of the forms received for 2011 compared with 80% in 2003, the
first full year of collection. Of women whose ethnicity was recorded in 2011, 76% were
reported as White, 10% as Asian or Asian British and 9% as Black or Black British (See
Table 3a.vi).
2.7 The percentage of women having an abortion in 2011 who had one or more previous
abortions varies by ethnic group. 32% of Asian women having abortions in 2011 had
previously had an abortion, compared with 49% of Black women (See Table A below).

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Table A: Percentage of women who had one or more previous abortions, by ethnicity,
England and Wales, 2011
Ethnicity
Asian or Asian British
Black or Black British
Chinese or other ethnic group
Mixed
White
All women

% of women who had one
or more previous abortions
32%
49%
33%
45%
35%
36%

Location and funding of abortions
2.8 Table 3a.i and Figure 3 show that in 2011, 35% of abortions were performed in NHS
hospitals and 61% in approved independent sector places under NHS contract
(previously named NHS Agency), making a total of 96% of abortions funded by the NHS.
The remaining 4% were privately funded. The proportion performed under NHS contract
has been rising steadily since this information was collected in 1981, while the
proportions of NHS hospital and private abortions have been falling since 1995 and 1988
respectively.
Figure 3: Abortions by purchaser / provider, England and Wales, 1981 to 2011
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011

NHS Funded: NHS Hospital

NHS Funded: Independent Sector

Privately Funded

Statutory grounds for abortion
2.9 In 2011, the vast majority (98%; 185,973) of abortions were undertaken under ground C
and a further 1% (1,455) under ground D. A similar proportion were carried out under
ground E (1%; 2,307). Grounds A and B together accounted for about a tenth of one per
cent of abortions (195). The proportion of ground C abortions has risen steadily, with a
corresponding reduction in ground D cases (See Table 3a.ii). The vast majority (99.96%)

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of ground C only terminations were reported as being performed because of a risk to the
woman’s mental health. Abortions are rarely performed under grounds F or G.
2.10 Congenital malformations were reported as the principal medical condition in nearly half
(45%; 1,046) of the 2,307 cases undertaken under ground E. The most commonly
reported malformations were of the nervous system (23% of all ground E cases; 540) and
the musculoskeletal system (7%; 160). Chromosomal abnormalities were reported as the
principal medical condition for just over a third (39%; 889) of Ground E cases. Down’s
syndrome was the most commonly reported chromosomal abnormality (22%; 511) (See
Table 9).
2.11 As in each year since 1999, fewer than 10 abortions under ground E in 2011 were
associated with rubella.

Gestation period
2.12 The vast majority of abortions are performed at under 13 weeks (91% in 2011). There
has been a continuing increase in the proportion of abortions that are performed under 10
weeks since 2002. In 2011, 78% of abortions were performed at under 10 weeks,
compared to 77% in 2010 and 58% in 2001. There were corresponding decreases in the
Figure 4: Abortions by gestation, England and Wales, 2001 to 2011
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
2001

2002

2003

2004

Under 10 weeks

2005

2006

10-12 weeks

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

13 or more weeks

proportion performed later: in 2011, 13% were performed at 10-12 weeks (compared to
15% in 2010 and 30% in 2001) and 9% at 13 weeks or more (compared to 9% in 2010
and 12% in 2001) (See Table 3a.iii and Figure 4).
2.13 Over three quarters (78%) of NHS funded abortions took place at under 10 weeks,
ranging from 56% in Barnsley PCT to 89% in Caerphilly Local Health Board (See Table
11). Department of Health policy is that women who are legally entitled to an abortion
should have access to the procedure as soon as possible. Evidence shows that the risk
of complications increases the later the gestation.
2.14 Abortions where gestation has exceeded its twenty-fourth week account for less than
0.1% of the total. There were 146 such abortions in 2011 (See Table 5 and Table 9).
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Previous abortions
2.15 In 2011, 36% of women undergoing abortions had one or more previous abortions. The
proportion has risen from 31% since 2001 (See Table 3a.ix and Table 4b). 26% of
abortions to women aged under 25 were repeat abortions (See Table 11). Repeat
unintended pregnancy and subsequent abortion is a complex issue associated with
increased age as it allows longer for exposure to pregnancy risks (See Table B).
Table B: Percentage of women who had one or more previous abortions, by age,
England and Wales, 2011
Age
Under 18
18-19
20-24
25-29
30-34
35 or over
All women

% of women who had one or
more previous abortions
7%
19%
34%
43%
46%
45%
36%

Previous obstetric history
2.16 In 2011, 51% of women undergoing abortions had one or more previous pregnancies that
resulted in a live or stillbirth, slightly up from 47% in 2001 (See Table 3a.vii). 17% of
women had a previous pregnancy resulting in a miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy, up
from 13% in 2002, when the information was first collected (See Table 3a.viii).

Method of abortion
2.17 Different methods may be used to terminate a pregnancy, depending on the duration of
gestation, and other circumstances relating to the individual woman. There is one
principal medical method, involving the use of the abortifacient drug Mifegyne
(mifepristone, also known as RU486). The main surgical methods are vacuum aspiration,
recommended at up to 15 weeks gestation, and dilatation and evacuation (D&E)
recommended where gestation is greater than 15 weeks. D&E may be used in
combination with vacuum aspiration; such cases are recorded in the statistics as D&E.
2.18 Medical abortions accounted for 47% of the total in 2011. The proportion of medical
abortions has more than trebled in the last ten years, from 13% in 2001. There has been
a continuing upward trend in medical abortions since 1991 when Mifegyne was licensed
for use in the UK, when only 4% of abortions were undertaken using a medical procedure
(See Table 3a.iv and Table 5). In 2011, 60% of abortions under 9 weeks were medical
abortions compared with 20% in 2001. The choice of early medical abortion as a method
of abortion is likely to have contributed to the increase in the overall percentage of
abortions performed at under 10 weeks gestation (58% in 2001 compared with 78% in
2011). Early medical abortion is less invasive than a surgical procedure and does not
involve use of anaesthetics.
2.19 The surgical procedure vacuum aspiration was used for 48% of all abortions in 2011; and
Dilatation and Evacuation (D&E) alone in about 5% (See Table 3a.iv).
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2.20 For abortions at 22 weeks or beyond, feticide is recommended prior to the evacuation of
the uterus to stop the fetal heart. In 2011, of the 1,264 abortions performed at 22 weeks
and over, 72% were reported as preceded by a feticide and a further 25% were
performed by a method whereby the fetal heart is stopped as part of the procedure. 2%
of abortions at 22 weeks or beyond were confirmed as having no feticide. For the
remaining 4 cases, at the time of publication, we had not been able to confirm whether
feticide had been performed.

Length of stay
2.21 In 2011, 586 women (0.3%) were reported as having a duration of stay of one or more
nights. More than half of these stays were for abortions performed at later gestations of
20 weeks and over (See Table C).
Table C: Abortions requiring a length of stay of one or more nights, percentage breakdown by
gestation, England and Wales, 2011
Gestation (weeks)
Under 10
10-12
13-19
20 or over

% of those requiring a length
of stay of one or more nights
(Total = 100%)
18%
7%
12%
63%

% of all abortions
(Total = 100%)
78%
13%
7%
1%

Complications
2.22 Complications were reported in 279 cases in 2011, a rate of about one in every 700
abortions, slightly lower than in 2010 and 25 per cent lower than in 2001 (See Table 8).

Selective terminations
2.23 In 2011, there were 72 abortions which involved selective terminations. In 37 cases, two
fetuses were reduced to one fetus. In 18 cases, three fetuses were reduced to two
fetuses and in 9 cases three fetuses were reduced to one fetus. Over three quarters
(81%) of the selective terminations were performed under ground E.

Chlamydia screening
2.24 The revised HSA4 forms introduced in 2002 allowed for the recording of whether
chlamydia screening was offered. The Royal College of Obstetricians and
Gynaecologists recommend that all women undergoing an abortion should be screened
for C. trachomatis and undergo a risk assessment for other STIs. Chlamydia is the most
commonly diagnosed STI in England. Infection of varying degrees of severity may occur
after medical or surgical abortion and is usually caused by pre-existing infection.
Prophylactic antibiotic use and bacterial screening for lower genital tract infection reduces
this risk. Analysis of returned data for 2011 shows that 88% of women having abortions
in 2011 were offered chlamydia screening, up from 65% in 2002 The figure for women
aged under 25 is slightly higher (90%) (See Table 3.x).

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Place of residence within England and Wales
2.25 The place of residence details provided on the HSA4 form are used to allocate each
record to a Primary Care Organisation for analysis. For Wales, records are allocated to
their equivalents, Local Health Boards. Tables 10a, 10b and 11 show information for
these areas.

Women resident outside England and Wales
2.26 In 2011, there were 6,151 abortions to women resident outside England and Wales,
compared with 6,535 in 2010. Principally, these non-residents were from Northern
Ireland (16%) and the Irish Republic (67%). The number of abortions to non-residents
has fallen each year since 2001, when the figure was 9,910. The 2011 total is the lowest
in any year since 1969 (See Table 1 and Table 12a).

Abortions carried out in Great Britain
2.27 There were 208,553 abortions carried out in Great Britain in 2011, of which 94% took
place in England and Wales and 6% took place in Scotland (See Table 13). Scotland
perform the majority of abortions medically 74% compared to those performed in England
and Wales where the proportions were surgical 54% and medical 46%. The proportion of
women undergoing abortions who had one or more previous abortions was higher for
women having abortions in England and Wales (35%) than those having abortions in
Scotland (29%).

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Index to Tables
Table

Description

Table 1

Legal abortions: resident status and purchaser, 1968 to 2011

Table 2

Legal abortions: age by (i) purchaser, (ii) statutory grounds, (iii) gestation weeks,
(iv) procedure, (v) marital status, (vi) ethnicity, (vii) parity, (viii) previous miscarriages,
(ix) previous abortions, (x) chlamydia screening, residents of England and Wales, 2011

Table 3a

Legal abortions: by (i) purchaser, (ii) statutory grounds, (iii) gestation weeks,
(iv) procedure, (v) marital status, (vi) ethnicity, (vii) parity, (viii) previous miscarriages,
(ix) previous abortions, (x) chlamydia screening, residents of England and Wales, 2001 to 2011

Table 3b

Legal abortions: totals, rates and percentages by age group, residents of England and Wales,
2001 to 2011

Table 4a

Legal abortions: by age, residents of England and Wales, 2011

Table 4b

Legal abortions: number of previous abortions by age, residents of England and Wales, 2011

Table 5

Legal abortions: gestation weeks by purchaser and method of abortion, residents of England
and Wales, 2011

Table 6

Legal abortions: gestation weeks by age and purchaser, residents of England and Wales, 2011

Table 7a

Legal abortions: procedure by gestation weeks, residents of England and Wales, 2011

Table 7b

Legal abortions: grounds by gestation weeks, residents of England and Wales, 2011

Table 8

Legal abortions: complication rates by procedure and gestation weeks, residents of England
and Wales, 2011

Table 9

Legal abortions: principal medical condition for abortions performed under ground E, residents
of England and Wales, 2011

Table 10a

Legal abortions: numbers by Primary Care Organisation (England) and Local Health Board
(Wales) of residence, by age, 2011

Table 10b

Legal abortions: rates by Primary Care Organisation (England) and Local Health Board (Wales)
of residence, by age, 2011

Table 11

Legal abortions: purchaser, gestation, Sexual Health Indicator and repeat abortions,
by Primary Care Organisation (England) and Local Health Board (Wales) of residence, 2011

Table 12a

Legal abortions: non residents of England & Wales by country of residence, 2011

Table 12b

Legal abortions: non residents of England & Wales by (i) age, (ii) statutory grounds and
(iii) gestation, 2011

Table 12c

Legal abortions: country of residence by age and gestation, 2011

Table 13

Legal abortions: countries of Great Britain by (i) age, (ii) gestation, (iii) procedure, (iv) parity,
(v) previous abortions, (vi) grounds and (vii) principal medical condition for abortions performed
under ground E, 2011

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Table 1: Legal abortions: resident status and purchaser, 1968 to 2011
England and Wales, residents and non-residents
Year

Total

Residents

Non-residents
Privately
Funded

NHS Funded
Total

1968 1
1969
1970

NHS Independent
Sector2
Hospital

Rate per 1,000 women
residents aged 15-44
Total
ASR 3

Crude

23,641
54,819
86,565

22,332
49,829
75,962

14,492
33,562
47,370

.
.
.

7,840
16,267
28,592

.
5.2
8.0

.
5.3
8.1

1,309
4,990
10,603

1971
1972
1973
1974
1975

126,777
159,884
167,149
162,940
139,702

94,570
108,565
110,568
109,445
106,224

53,455
56,861
55,456
56,076
50,941

.
.
.
.
.

41,115
51,704
55,112
53,369
55,283

9.9
11.3
11.4
11.2
10.8

10.1
11.5
11.7
11.5
11.1

32,207
51,319
56,581
53,495
33,478

1976
1977
1978
1979
1980

129,673
133,004
141,558
149,746
160,903

101,912
102,677
111,851
120,611
128,927

50,569
52,530
55,040
55,558
60,594

.
.
.
.
.

51,343
50,147
56,811
65,053
68,333

10.2
10.1
10.9
11.5
12.1

10.5
10.5
11.3
12.0
12.6

27,761
30,327
29,707
29,135
31,976

1981
1982
1983
1984
1985

162,480
163,045
162,161
169,993
171,873

128,581
128,553
127,375
136,388
141,101

61,103
62,409
62,609
64,823
65,176

2,343
4,425
4,614
4,912
5,929

65,135
61,719
60,152
66,653
69,996

11.9
11.8
11.5
12.2
12.5

12.4
12.3
12.1
12.8
13.1

33,899
34,492
34,786
33,605
30,772

1986
1987
1988
1989
1990

172,286
174,276
183,798
183,974
186,912

147,619
156,191
168,298
170,463
173,900

67,451
69,442
69,103
70,722
73,517

6,819
8,041
9,357
9,200
9,582

73,349
78,708
89,838
90,541
90,801

13.0
13.7
14.8
15.1
15.5

13.5
14.2
15.3
15.5
15.8

24,667
18,085
15,500
13,511
13,012

1991
1992
1993
1994
1995

179,522
172,069
168,714
166,876
163,638

167,376
160,501
157,846
156,539
154,315

75,172
79,543
84,071
85,243
84,478

9,197
11,982
14,835
19,551
24,363

83,007
68,976
58,940
51,745
45,474

15.0
14.6
14.5
14.6
14.5

15.2
14.8
14.7
14.6
14.4

12,146
11,568
10,868
10,337
9,323

1996
1997
1998
1999
2000

177,495
179,746
187,402
183,250
185,375

167,916
170,145
177,871
173,701
175,542

88,410
86,414
87,568
84,992
81,074

33,255
37,472
44,332
43,266
50,400

46,251
46,259
45,971
45,443
44,068

16.0
16.3
17.2
16.8
17.0

15.7
15.9
16.6
16.2
16.3

9,579
9,601
9,531
9,549
9,833

2001
2002
2003
2004
2005

186,274
185,385
190,660
194,498
194,353

176,364
175,932
181,582
185,713
186,416

76,166
73,544
75,791
75,328
74,744

58,445
63,938
69,133
77,289
82,518

41,753
38,450
36,658
33,096
29,154

17.1
17.0
17.5
17.8
17.8

16.3
16.2
16.6
16.9
17.0

9,910
9,453
9,078
8,785
7,937

2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011

201,173
205,598
202,158
195,743
196,109
196,082

193,737
198,499
195,296
189,100
189,574
189,931

75,328
75,518
74,433
71,477
69,529
66,470

92,494
100,195
103,905
106,161
111,775
116,582

25,915
22,786
16,958
11,462
8,270
6,879

18.3
18.6
18.2
17.5
17.5
17.5

17.5
17.9
17.6
17.0
17.1
17.2

7,436
7,099
6,862
6,643
6,535
6,151

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1

1968 figures contain only 8 months data as the legislation came into effect on 27 April 1968.
The collection of information on independent sector commenced in 1981.
3
Rates for all women residents age-standardised to the European population for ages 15-44. See Annex A for further details.
4
Revised England and Wales total.
. Not applicable: see footnotes 1 and 2.
2

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Table 2: Legal abortions: age by (i) purchaser, (ii) statutory grounds, (iii) gestation weeks, (iv) procedure, (v) marital status,
(vi) ethnicity, (vii) parity, (viii) previous miscarriages, (ix) previous abortions, (x) chlamydia screening, 2011
England and Wales, residents

numbers and percentages
All ages
no.

All legal abortions

Under 20
%

no.

20-34
%

no.

35 and over
%

no.

%

189,931

100%

34,923

100%

127,809

100%

27,199

100%

66,470
116,582
6,879

35
61
4

13,556
20,987
380

39
60
1

44,146
79,020
4,643

35
62
4

8,768
16,575
1,856

32
61
7

45
102
48
185,973
1,455
2,307
1

0
0
0
98
1
1
0

3
14
3
34,699
99
105
0

0
0
0
99
0
0
0

26
62
39
125,252
1,067
1,362
1

0
0
0
98
1
1
0

16
26
6
26,022
289
840
0

0
0
0
96
1
3
0

147,636
25,540
14,026
2,729

78
13
7
1

25,332
5,617
3,357
617

73
16
10
2

100,581
16,728
8,784
1,716

79
13
7
1

21,723
3,195
1,885
396

80
12
7
1

100,190
89,741

53
47

18,307
16,616

52
48

66,502
61,307

52
48

15,381
11,818

57
43

46,790
88,667
10,171
29,107
5,685
9,511

26
49
6
16
3

10,810
19,374
2,493
180
143
1,923

33
59
8
1
0

32,001
60,734
6,871
18,543
3,416
6,244

26
50
6
15
3

3,979
8,559
807
10,384
2,126
1,344

15
33
3
40
8

121,238
912
13,766
2,131
958
632
1,693
6,840
3,715
1,691
5,419
4,878
10,616
905
1,992
2,300
10,245

67
1
8
1
1
0
1
4
2
1
3
3
6
1
1
1

26,600
109
1,054
555
214
154
352
366
346
192
405
866
1,169
151
114
194
2,082

81
0
3
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
3
4
0
0
1

78,218
622
10,419
1,450
664
406
1,178
5,385
2,744
1,230
3,957
3,291
7,606
642
1,562
1,639
6,796

65
1
9
1
1
0
1
4
2
1
3
3
6
1
1
1

16,420
181
2,293
126
80
72
163
1,089
625
269
1,057
721
1,841
112
316
467
1,367

64
1
9
0
0
0
1
4
2
1
4
3
7
0
1
2

30,724
4,199

88
12

58,643
69,166

46
54

3,902
23,297

14
86

(i) Purchaser
Privately Funded
(ii) Statutory grounds
A (alone or with B, C or D)
B (alone)
B (with C or D)
C (alone)
D (alone, or with C)
E (alone or with A, B, C, or D)
F or G
(iii) Gestation weeks
3-9
10 - 12
13 -19
20 and over
(iv) Procedure
Surgical
Medical
(v) Marital status 1
Single no partner
Single with partner
Single not stated
Married/civil partnership
Separated/widowed/divorced
Not known & not stated
(vi) Ethnicity 1
White - British
White - Irish
White - Any other White background
Mixed - White and Black Caribbean
Mixed - White and Black African
Mixed - White and Asian
Mixed - Any Other
Asian or Asian British - Indian
Asian or Asian British - Pakistani
Asian or Asian British - Bangladeshi
Asian - Any other Asian background
Black or Black British - Caribbean
Black or Black British - African
Black or Black British - Any other
Chinese
Any other ethnic group
Not known/not stated

(vii) Parity (number of previous pregnancies resulting in live or still birth)
0
1+

93,269
96,662

49
51

(viii) Number of previous pregnancies resulting in spontaneous miscarriage and ectopic pregnancies
0
1+

158,157
31,774

83
17

33,159
1,764

95
5

105,835
21,974

83
17

19,163
8,036

70
30

(ix) Number of previous pregnancies resulting in abortion under the Act
0
1+

121,826
68,105

64
36

30,058
4,865

86
14

76,861
50,948

60
40

14,907
12,292

55
45

166,494
23,437

88
12

31,657
3,266

91
9

111,727
16,082

87
13

23,110
4,089

85
15

(x) Chlamydia screening
Offered
Not offered
1

Percentages exclude not known and not stated

15

Table 3a: Legal abortions: by (i) purchaser, (ii) statutory grounds, (iii) gestation weeks, (iv) procedure, (v) marital status,
(vi) ethnicity, (vii) parity, (viii) previous miscarriages, (ix) previous abortions, (x) chlamydia screening, 2001 to 2011

percentages

2001

All legal abortions ( =100% )

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2
176,364 175,932 181,582 185,713 186,416 193,737 198,499 195,296 189,100 189,574

2011

189,931

(i) Purchaser
Privately Funded

43
33
24

42
36
22

42
38
20

40
42
18

40
44
16

39
48
13

38
50
11

38
53
9

38
56
6

37
59
4

35
61
4

0
1
93
5
1

0
1
94
4
1

0
1
94
3
1

0
1
95
3
1

0
1
96
2
1

0
1
97
1
1

0
0
98
1
1

0
0
98
1
1

0
0
97
1
1

0
0
98
1
1

0
0
98
1
1

58
30
11
2

57
30
11
2

58
29
11
2

60
27
11
2

67
23
9
1

68
22
9
2

70
20
9
1

73
17
8
1

75
16
8
1

77
15
7
1

78
13
7
1

Vacuum aspiration
Dilatation and evacuation
Other surgical
All surgical

81
6
0
87

81
4
0
86

80
3
0
83

76
4
0
80

71
5
0
76

64
6
0
70

60
5
0
65

57
5
0
62

54
5
0
60

52
5
0
57

48
5
0
53

Antiprogesterone with or without
prostaglandin
Other medical agent
All medical

12
1
13

14
0
14

16
0
17

19
0
20

24
0
24

30
0
30

34
0
34

37
0
37

40
0
40

43
0
43

47
1
47

.
.
.
76
19
3
0
2

25
17
32
75
20
3
0
2

35
30
11
76
19
2
0
2

31
29
17
77
18
2
0
2

33
31
15
79
17
2
0
2

32
36
12
80
17
2
0
2

31
42
8
81
16
2
0
1

29
42
9
81
16
2
0
1

29
43
11
82
15
2
0
1

26
49
6
81
16
2
0
1

26
49
6
81
16
2
0
1

.
.
.
.
.

75
3
7
12
3

76
2
7
12
3

75
2
7
13
3

74
2
8
13
3

75
3
8
12
2

75
3
8
11
3

76
3
8
10
3

76
3
9
10
2

76
3
10
9
2

76
3
10
9
2

53
47

53
47

53
47

53
47

53
47

52
48

51
49

50
50

49
51

A (alone or with B, C or D) or F or G
B (alone or with C or D)
C (alone)
E (alone or with A, B, C, or D)
3-9
10 - 12
13 - 19
20 and over
(iv) Procedure

(v) Marital status 1
Single no partner
Single with partner
Single not stated
Single (total)
Married/civil partnership
Separated
Widowed
Divorced
(vi) Ethnicity

1

White
Mixed
Asian or Asian British
Black or Black British
Chinese or other ethnic group

(vii) Parity (number of previous pregnancies resulting in live or stillbirth)
0
1+

53
47

53
47

(viii) Number of previous pregnancies resulting in spontaneous miscarriage and ectopic pregnancies
0
1+

.
.

87
13

87
13

86
14

86
14

86
14

86
14

85
15

85
15

84
16

83
17

(ix) Number of previous pregnancies resulting in abortion under the Act
0
1+

69
31

69
31

68
32

68
32

68
32

68
32

68
32

67
33

66
34

66
34

64
36

.
.

65
35

65
35

69
31

71
29

72
28

73
27

73
27

79
21

84
16

88
12

(x) Chlamydia screening
Offered
Not offered

1

Percentages exclude not known and not stated
Revised England and Wales total
. Information was not collected
Note: percentages are rounded and may not add up to 100

2

16

Legal abortions: totals, rates and percentages by age group, 2001 to 2011
Age

numbers, rates and percentages
2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Number
All ages

176,364

175,932

181,582

185,713

186,416

193,737

198,499

195,296

189,100

189,574

189,931

Under 16
16-17

3,658
13,615

3,733
13,716

3,967
14,155

3,756
14,136

3,786
14,237

3,990
14,629

4,376
15,913

4,113
15,273

3,823
14,093

3,718
12,742

3,258
11,341

Under 18
18-19
20-24
25-29
30-34
35 or over
Age not stated

17,273
19,816
48,267
36,506
28,782
25,696
24

17,449
19,269
48,359
35,795
28,503
26,438
119

18,122
20,092
51,201
36,018
28,749
27,400
.

17,892
21,250
52,701
37,759
28,064
27,749
.

18,023
21,076
53,342
38,330
27,836
27,809
.

18,619
22,667
55,340
40,396
28,153
28,562
.

20,289
23,666
56,963
41,704
27,257
28,620
.

19,386
23,303
56,172
41,896
26,985
27,554
.

17,916
22,151
54,749
40,634
26,701
26,949
.

16,460
21,809
55,481
40,800
27,978
27,046
.

14,599
20,324
55,909
42,321
29,579
27,199
.

Crude rate per 1,000 women 1
All ages

16.3

16.2

16.6

16.9

17.0

17.5

17.9

17.6

17.0

17.1

17.2

Under 16
16-17

3.7
21.4

3.7
21.1

3.9
21.5

3.7
21.0

3.7
21.1

3.9
21.4

4.4
23.4

4.2
22.2

4.0
20.5

3.9
18.9

3.4
17.2

Under 18
18-19
20-24
25-29
30-34
35 or over

18.0
32.1
30.6
20.9
14.2
6.5

17.8
30.7
30.1
21.4
14.2
6.6

18.2
30.8
31.2
22.1
14.6
6.8

17.8
31.9
31.9
23.3
14.5
6.8

17.8
31.6
32.0
23.6
14.5
6.8

18.2
33.3
32.5
24.3
15.1
6.9

19.8
34.3
32.6
24.3
15.1
6.9

18.9
33.3
31.6
23.9
15.6
6.7

17.6
31.6
30.0
22.8
15.7
6.6

16.5
30.7
30.2
22.5
16.5
6.7

15.0
28.8
30.1
22.9
17.2
6.9

Under 16
16-17

2
8

2
8

2
8

2
8

2
8

2
8

2
8

2
8

2
7

2
7

2
6

Under 18
18-19
20-24
25-29
30-34
35 or over

10
11
27
21
16
15

10
11
27
20
16
15

10
11
28
20
16
15

10
11
28
20
15
15

10
11
29
21
15
15

10
12
29
21
15
15

10
12
29
21
14
14

10
12
29
21
14
14

9
12
29
21
14
14

9
12
29
22
15
14

8
11
29
22
16
14

Percentage

1
Rates for all ages, under 16 and under 18 are based on the mid-year population estimates for 15-44, 13-15 and 15-17 respectively. See Annex A for
further details.
2
revised England and Wales total.
. not applicable: records where age was not stated have been distributed pro-rata across age group 20-24.

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Table 4a: Legal abortions: by age, 2011

Age

Crude rates
per 1,000
1
women

Total

All ages

189,931

2

158
842

1
3

Under 16
Under 18

3,258
14,599

3
15

15-19

33,923

20

2,258
4,494
6,847
9,304
11,020

7
14
21
27
31

55,909

30

11,829
11,455
11,431
10,946
10,248

33
31
31
29
27

42,321

23

9,557
9,065
8,274
7,981
7,444

25
24
23
22
20

Crude rates
per 1,000
1
women

Total

17

1,000

Age

Under 15
Under 14
14

15
16
17
18
19
20-24
20
21
22
23
24
25-29
25
26
27
28
29

30-34

29,579
6,944
6,778
5,926
5,175
4,756

45
46
47
48
49

0

347
172
86
34
21

45-49

6
5
4
2
1

660

40
41
42
43
44

4

2,577
1,981
1,468
1,012
606

40-44

13
12
10
9
8

7,644

35
36
37
38
39

10

4,427
4,213
3,699
3,376
3,157

35-39

19
19
18
16
14

18,872

30
31
32
33
34

17

1
0
0
0
0

23

.

50 and over

1

Rates for all ages, under 14, under 15, under 16 and under 18 are based on mid-2010 population
estimates for 15-44, 13, 13-14, 13-15 and 15-17 respectively. See Annex A for further details.
. Rate not available.
Records where age was not stated have been distributed pro-rata across age group 20-24.

Table 4b: Legal abortions: number of previous abortions by age, 2011

Number of
previous
abortions

Total
no.

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7 or more

121,826
50,864
12,803
3,122
882
279
79
76

Total

189,931

under 16

16 and 17

18 and 19

%

no.

%

no.

no.

64
27
7
2
0
0
0
0

3,174
82
2
0
0
0
0
0

97
3
0
0
0
0
0
0

3,258

10,371
910
56
2
2
0
0
0
11,341

%
91
8
0
0
0
0
0
0

16,513
3,392
373
43
2
1
0
0

20 - 24

25 - 29

%

no.

%

no.

%

81
17
2
0
0
0
0
0

37,009
14,902
3,205
608
145
29
4
7

66
27
6
1
0
0
0
0

23,973
13,319
3,695
939
269
82
24
20

57
31
9
2
1
0
0
0

20,324

55,909


18

42,321

30 or over
no.
30,786
18,259
5,472
1,530
464
167
51
49
56,778

%
54
32
10
3
1
0
0
0

Table 5: Legal abortions: gestation weeks by purchaser and method of abortion, 2011
Gestation weeks

Total number
of abortions

Purchaser (%)
NHS Funded

Method (%)
Privately
Funded

Medical

Surgical

4

47

53

84
71
67
64

10
7
5
3

65
72
66
56

35
28
34
44

42
49
50
46

55
49
48
52

2
2
2
2

48
24
14
14

52
76
86
86

5,502
3,912
3,089
2,194

45
38
32
29

52
59
65
68

2
3
3
3

17
23
23
24

83
77
77
76

16
17
18
19

1,660
1,388
1,063
720

27
23
19
19

70
73
77
78

3
3
4
3

23
22
18
19

77
78
82
81

20
21
22
23

702
763
553
565

27
42
26
23

71
56
70
73

2
2
4
4

28
39
24
20

72
61
76
80

146

100

.

.

92

8

31
31
28
27
29

100
100
100
100
100

.
.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.
.

94
94
93
93
86

6
6
7
7
14

189,931

35

61

4

47

53

3-8

130,385

31

64

4

60

40

9-12

42,791

48

50

2

18

82

14,026

30

67

3

23

77

2,583

30

67

3

29

71

146

100

0

0

92

8

NHS
Hospital

Independent
Sector

189,931

35

61

3 and 4
5
6
7

2,145
18,395
40,107
38,658

6
22
27
32

8
9
10
11

31,080
17,251
12,405
7,633

12
13
14
15

Total

1

Over 24 weeks
24
25
26-27
28-31
32 and over

1

1

Total

13-19
20-23

1

Over 24 weeks

1

1

24 weeks and 0 days gestation is included in 23 weeks, because the legislation distinguishes between abortions up to 24 weeks and
over 24 weeks
. not applicable: abortions undertaken at over 24 weeks can only be carried out in an NHS hospital

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Table 6: Legal abortions: gestation weeks by age and purchaser, 2011

percentages

Purchaser

Gestation weeks

Total

Total number
% breakdown by age

All ages 1 Under 20

34,923
18

127,809
67

27,199
14

100
78
13
7
1

100
73
16
10
2

100
79
13
7
1

100
80
12
7
1

66,470
100

13,556
20

44,146
66

8,768
13

100
74
18
6
1

100
73
20
6
0

100
75
18
6
1

100
71
17
9
3

116,582
100

20,987
18

79,020
68

16,575
14

100
79
11
8
1

100
72
14
12
3

100
80
11
8
1

100
84
9
6
1

6,879
100

380
6

4,643
67

1,856
27

100
86
7
6
1

Total number
% breakdown by age

100
76
8
13
3

100
86
7
6
1

100
87
8
5
1

All gestations
3-9
10-12
13-19
20 and over


Total number
% breakdown by age
All gestations
3-9
10-12
13-19
20 and over

Privately Funded

35 and
over

189,931
100

All gestations
3-9
10-12
13-19
20 and over

20-34

Total number
% breakdown by age
All gestations
3-9
10-12
13-19
20 and over

1

Age not stated have been distributed pro-rata across age group 20-24

20

Table 7a: Legal abortions: procedure by gestation weeks, 2011

percentages

Procedure

Gestation weeks
Total

3-9

10 - 12

13 - 14

189,931

147,636

25,540

7,001

7,025

2,729

Surgical

53

45

85

77

78

68

Vacuum Aspiration
Dilatation and Evacuation
Feticide with a surgical evacuation 1

48
5
0

44
0
0

82
3
0

56
21
0

5
72
1

0
43
25

Medical

47

55

15

23

22

32

Antiprogesterone with or
without prostaglandin
Other medical agent
Feticide with a medical evacuation

46
1
0

55
1
0

15
0
0

23
0
0

22
1
0

15
1
16

Total abortions

15 - 19 20 & over

1

includes feticide with no method of evacuation and surgical 'other'.
Note: percentages are rounded and may not add to 100

Table 7b: Legal abortions: grounds by gestation weeks, 2011

numbers
Gestation weeks

Grounds

Total

3-9

10 - 12

13 - 19

20 & over

A (alone, or with B, C, D) or F or G
B (alone, or with C or D)
C (alone)
E (alone, or with A, B, C or D)

46
150
185,973
1,455
2,307

15
101
146,505
1,003
12

7
32
24,793
382
326

13
12
12,742
68
1,191

11
5
1,933
2
778

Total

189,931

147,636

25,540

14,026

2,729

21

Table 8: Legal abortions: complication1 rates by procedure and gestation weeks, 2011
Gestation
weeks

complication rates per 1,000 abortions
Total
all
procedures

Procedure

Surgical

Medical

279

113

166

1

1

2

3-9

1

1

1

10 - 12

2

2

5

13 - 19

2

1

6

20 & over

4

1

11

Total complications (numbers)

Rate, all gestations

1

Complications include: haemorrhage, uterine perforation and/or sepsis and are those reported up to the time of
discharge from the place of termination

22

Table 9: Legal abortions: principal medical condition for abortions performed
Total
ICD-10 code

Over 24 weeks
gestation 2

Condition
number

Total ground E alone or with any other

1

%

number

%

100

146

100

1,054

46

96

66

the nervous system total

540

23

56

38

anencephaly
encephalocele
microcephaly
hydrocephalus
other malformations of the brain
spina bifida
other

193
27
6
29
81
144
60

8
1
0
1
4
6
3

3
1
3
3
24
9
13

2
1
2
2
16
6
9

the eye, ear, face and neck
the cardiovascular system
the respiratory system
cleft lip and cleft palate
other malformations of the digestive system
the urinary system
the musculoskeletal system
the skin, breast integument phakomatoses
other

5
152
12
4
4
107
160
3
67

0
7
1
0
0
5
7
0
3

0
17
4
0
0
7
7
0
5

0
12
3
0
0
5
5
0
3

890

39

34

23

Down’s syndrome
Edwards’ syndrome
Patau’s syndrome
other

512
176
54
148

22
8
2
6

17
2
1
14

12
1
1
10

Other conditions total

Q00-Q89

2,307

363

16

16

11

124
14
1
27
30
3
3
157
0
2
2

5
1
0
1
1
0
0
7
0
0
0

5
8
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0

3
5
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0

Congenital malformations total

Q00-Q07
Q00
Q01
Q02
Q03
Q04
Q05
Q06-Q07
Q10-Q18
Q20-Q28
Q30-Q34
Q35-Q37
Q38-Q45
Q60-Q64
Q65-Q79
Q80-Q85
Q86-Q89
Q90-Q99
Q90
Q910-Q913
Q914-Q917
Q92-Q99

P00-P04
P05-P08
P35-P39
P832-P833
O30
O41
Z20-Z22
Z80-Z84

Chromosomal abnormalities total

fetus affected by maternal factors
fetal disorders related to gestation and growth
fetus affected by congenital infectious disease
hydrop fetalis not due to haemolytic disease
multiple gestation
disorder of the amniotic fluids
exposure to communicable disease
family history of heritable disorder
Ground A, B ,F, G
other
not known

1

ICD-10 codes are taken from the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health problems
(Tenth Revision) published by the World Health Organisation (WHO)
2
Over 24 week total includes 2 abortions carried out under grounds A, B, F or G

23

Table 10a: Legal abortions: numbers by Primary Care Organisation (England) and Local
Health Board (Wales) of residence, by age, 2011

numbers
Age
Total
number
of
abortions

95%
confidence
interval

Under
18

18-19

20-24

25-29

30-34

35 +

3 year
total
for age
under 16
2009-2011

ENGLAND & WALES

189,931

189,078 - 190,787

14,599

20,324

55,909

42,321

29,579

27,199

10,799

ENGLAND

181,438

180,604 - 182,275

13,858

19,308

53,205

40,508

28,481

26,078

10,213

7,003

6,840 - 7,169

699

839

2,190

1,545

964

766

637

1,193
288
411
316
512
995
529
537
640
324
401
857

1,126 - 1,263
256 - 323
372 - 453
282 - 353
469 - 558
934 - 1,059
485 - 576
493 - 584
591 - 692
290 - 361
363 - 442
801 - 916

126
27
47
29
41
81
51
60
67
29
53
88

153
31
58
32
74
100
62
59
80
41
46
103

364
85
129
103
169
377
167
138
174
82
137
265

238
75
86
72
122
220
103
126
131
89
72
211

162
37
58
41
55
127
86
80
104
52
55
107

150
33
33
39
51
90
60
74
84
31
38
83

126
30
34
26
53
70
40
55
52
33
41
77

24,784

24,476 - 25,095

2,163

2,901

7,730

5,446

3,471

3,073

846
492
525
1,019
631
1,150
1,531
1,024
1,178
1,061
775
684
2,305
2,964
698
801
1,116
901
860
1,027
767
659
591
1,179

790 - 905
449 - 537
481 - 572
957 - 1,084
583 - 682
1,084 - 1,218
1,455 - 1,610
962 - 1,089
1,112 - 1,247
998 - 1,127
721 - 832
634 - 737
2,212 - 2,401
2,858 - 3,073
647 - 752
746 - 858
1,051 - 1,183
843 - 962
803 - 919
965 - 1,092
714 - 823
610 - 711
544 - 641
1,113 - 1,248

87
49
52
71
48
88
143
116
131
113
67
58
181
197
86
68
90
81
78
95
53
63
51
97

106
48
65
109
85
146
222
141
158
109
89
70
258
293
98
99
133
106
89
123
93
72
56
133

281
135
155
321
193
357
491
270
363
316
240
212
755
987
209
238
352
311
251
313
223
193
169
395

182
103
120
224
135
224
317
228
222
227
163
156
543
749
134
192
264
201
193
203
152
152
131
231

87
89
70
159
83
174
179
132
162
149
112
116
317
406
90
117
160
101
127
160
126
90
94
171

103
68
63
135
87
161
179
137
142
147
104
72
251
332
81
87
117
101
122
133
120
89
90
152

14,760

14,523 - 15,000

1,363

1,779

4,679

3,097

2,032

1,810

679
1,659
655
968
577
840
1,309
2,471
496
441
1,480
715
1,708
762

629 - 732
1,580 - 1,741
606 - 707
908 - 1,031
531 - 626
784 - 899
1,239 - 1,382
2,375 - 2,570
453 - 542
401 - 484
1,406 - 1,557
664 - 769
1,628 - 1,791
709 - 818

66
128
64
81
69
84
136
203
45
50
133
80
147
77

108
162
69
97
83
117
149
305
61
56
176
90
210
96

204
484
203
307
162
279
403
825
170
128
458
222
598
236

126
382
143
209
117
191
264
506
109
81
302
146
352
169

88
276
91
153
77
86
200
336
59
71
220
87
200
88

87
227
85
121
69
83
157
296
52
55
191
90
201
96

Primary Care Organisation/
Local Health Board

NORTH EAST SHA E18000001
5ND
5J9
5KF
5D9
5KM
5D7
5E1
5D8
TAC
5QR
5KG
5KL

E16000085
E16000041
E16000050
E16000019
E16000053
E16000017
E16000020
E16000018
E17000001
E16000146
E16000051
E16000052

County Durham
Darlington
Gateshead
Hartlepool
Middlesbrough
Newcastle
Stockton-on-Tees Teaching
North Tyneside
Northumberland
Redcar and Cleveland
South Tyneside
Sunderland Teaching

NORTH WEST SHA E18000002
5HG
5CC
5HP
5HQ
5JX
5NP
5NG
5NE
5NH
5NM
5NQ
5J4
5NL
5NT
5NF
5J5
5F5
5NJ
5F7
5LH
5NR
5J2
5NN
5NK

E16000032
E16000014
E16000033
E16000034
E16000043
E16000095
E16000088
E16000086
E16000089
E16000093
E16000096
E16000038
E16000092
E16000098
E16000087
E16000039
E16000025
E16000090
E16000026
E16000062
E16000097
E16000037
E16000094
E16000091

Ashton, Leigh and Wigan
Blackburn with Darwen
Blackpool
Bolton
Bury
Central and Eastern Cheshire
Central Lancashire
Cumbria Teaching
East Lancashire Teaching
Halton and St Helens
Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale
Knowsley
Liverpool
Manchester
North Lancashire Teaching
Oldham
Salford
Sefton
Stockport
Tameside and Glossop
Trafford
Warrington
Western Cheshire
Wirral

YORKSHIRE & THE HUMBER SHA E18000003
5JE
5NY
5J6
5N5
5NW
5NX
5N2
5N1
5AN
5EF
5NV
5H8
5N4
5N3

E16000042
E16000102
E16000040
E16000078
E16000100
E16000101
E16000075
E16000074
E17000005
E16000021
E16000099
E16000031
E16000077
E16000076

Barnsley
Bradford and Airedale Teaching
Calderdale
Doncaster
East Riding of Yorkshire
Hull Teaching
Kirklees
Leeds
North East Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire
North Yorkshire and York
Rotherham
Sheffield
Wakefield District

24

1,662
93
32
35
65
40
71
99
89
95
102
57
42
118
131
61
62
63
53
55
98
30
50
43
78
1,153
68
93
58
76
54
77
108
182
58
34
96
67
97
85


numbers
Age
Total
number
of
abortions

95%
confidence
interval

Under
18

18-19

20-24

25-29

30-34

35 +

3 year
total
for age
under 16
2009-2011

ENGLAND & WALES

189,931

189,078 - 190,787

14,599

20,324

55,909

42,321

29,579

27,199

10,799

ENGLAND

181,438

180,604 - 182,275

13,858

19,308

53,205

40,508

28,481

26,078

10,213

11,865

11,652 - 12,080

1,039

1,336

3,588

2,475

1,731

1,696

803

247
784
1,488
1,369
1,576
1,454
2,023
1,280
1,644

217 - 280
730 - 841
1,413 - 1,566
1,297 - 1,443
1,499 - 1,656
1,380 - 1,531
1,936 - 2,113
1,211 - 1,352
1,565 - 1,725

33
64
139
71
148
167
172
88
157

32
79
151
146
209
186
200
146
187

77
248
434
425
460
428
571
469
476

52
160
292
338
295
275
429
288
346

26
124
239
221
205
207
325
157
227

27
109
233
168
259
191
326
132
251

25
43
129
43
106
135
137
57
128

20,983

20,700 - 21,269

1,754

2,355

6,449

4,610

3,076

2,739

2,093
1,757
1,088
1,974
379
544
1,482
614
697
1,684
1,878
992
548
924
1,658
1,240
1,431

2,004 - 2,185
1,676 - 1,841
1,024 - 1,155
1,888 - 2,063
342 - 419
499 - 592
1,407 - 1,559
566 - 665
646 - 751
1,605 - 1,766
1,794 - 1,965
931 - 1,056
503 - 596
865 - 986
1,579 - 1,740
1,172 - 1,311
1,358 - 1,507

166
141
95
94
39
44
121
51
73
124
201
62
55
92
153
90
153

207
186
148
156
52
79
142
73
65
166
288
120
65
111
209
112
176

663
567
299
626
105
180
477
173
202
572
548
321
147
277
494
400
398

472
405
236
485
81
88
325
121
140
358
335
249
142
221
341
305
306

321
258
167
347
49
85
229
90
111
243
239
126
66
129
230
189
197

264
200
143
266
53
68
188
106
106
221
267
114
73
94
231
144
201

120
92
79
53
36
43
94
53
30
82
146
63
52
74
103
53
86

16,729

16,476 - 16,984

1,385

1,843

4,795

3,473

2,632

2,601

904

1,266
1,271
467
3,538
1,069
945
1,633
769
747
1,052
1,560
1,335
1,077

1,197 - 1,338
1,202 - 1,343
426 - 511
3,422 - 3,657
1,006 - 1,135
886 - 1,007
1,555 - 1,714
716 - 825
694 - 803
989 - 1,118
1,484 - 1,639
1,264 - 1,409
1,014 - 1,143

100
111
51
266
57
78
162
83
53
98
134
110
82

147
147
61
348
91
114
200
86
64
137
187
155
106

400
330
141
965
305
268
485
238
218
323
430
387
305

238
268
97
746
276
167
299
153
187
207
342
282
211

175
200
69
604
196
156
230
107
113
148
234
201
199

206
215
48
609
144
162
257
102
112
139
233
200
174

73
79
41
151
32
51
103
61
41
65
84
77
46

Local Health Board

EAST MIDLANDS SHA E18000004
5ET
5N7
5N6
5PC
5PA
5N9
5PD
5EM
5N8

E16000023
E16000080
E16000079
E16000113
E16000112
E16000082
E16000114
E16000022
E16000081

Bassetlaw
Derby City
Derbyshire County
Leicester City
Leicestershire County and Rutland
Lincolnshire Teaching
Northamptonshire Teaching
Nottingham City
Nottinghamshire County Teaching

WEST MIDLANDS SHA E18000005
5PG
5MD
5PE
5MX
5CN
5PH
5PF
5M2
TAM
5M1
5PK
5PJ
5MK
5M3
5PM
5MV
5PL

E16000117
E16000070
E16000115
E16000073
E16000015
E16000118
E16000116
E16000065
E17000004
E16000064
E16000120
E16000119
E16000071
E16000066
E16000122
E16000072
E16000121

Birmingham East and North
Coventry Teaching
Dudley
Heart of Birmingham Teaching
Herefordshire
North Staffordshire
Sandwell
Shropshire County
Solihull
South Birmingham
South Staffordshire
Stoke on Trent
Telford and Wrekin
Walsall Teaching
Warwickshire
Wolverhampton City
Worcestershire

EAST OF ENGLAND SHA E18000006
5P2
5PP
5PR
5QV
5GC
5PX
5PQ
5PW
5PN
5P1
5PY
5PT
5PV

E16000104
E16000124
E16000126
E16000150
E16000029
E16000130
E16000125
E16000129
E16000123
E16000103
E16000131
E16000127
E16000128

Bedfordshire
Cambridgeshire
Great Yarmouth and Waveney
Hertfordshire
Luton
Mid Essex
Norfolk
North East Essex
Peterborough
South East Essex
South West Essex
Suffolk
West Essex

25

1,259


numbers
Age
Total
number
of
abortions

95%
confidence
interval

Under
18

18-19

20-24

25-29

30-34

35 +

3 year
total
for age
under 16
2009-2011

ENGLAND & WALES

189,931

189,078 - 190,787

14,599

20,324

55,909

42,321

29,579

27,199

10,799

ENGLAND

181,438

180,604 - 182,275

13,858

19,308

53,205

40,508

28,481

26,078

10,213

46,800

46,377 - 47,226

2,300

3,790

12,654

11,904

8,782

7,370

1,526

1,532
1,558
979
2,182
1,114
1,117
1,746
1,945
2,001
1,623
1,659
1,115
1,731
1,148
1,082
1,582
1,690
1,324
775
680
2,151
2,001
1,856
1,645
606
2,253
1,737
1,556
1,722
1,550
1,140

1,456 - 1,611
1,482 - 1,637
919 - 1,042
2,091 - 2,276
1,050 - 1,181
1,052 - 1,184
1,665 - 1,830
1,860 - 2,033
1,914 - 2,091
1,545 - 1,704
1,580 - 1,741
1,051 - 1,182
1,650 - 1,815
1,083 - 1,216
1,018 - 1,148
1,505 - 1,662
1,610 - 1,773
1,254 - 1,397
721 - 832
630 - 733
2,061 - 2,244
1,914 - 2,091
1,773 - 1,942
1,566 - 1,726
559 - 656
2,161 - 2,348
1,656 - 1,821
1,480 - 1,635
1,642 - 1,805
1,474 - 1,629
1,075 - 1,208

91
52
73
71
99
39
84
131
79
87
91
44
95
39
86
97
77
53
24
36
88
92
93
93
29
107
109
59
81
57
44

147
104
124
145
126
81
138
174
142
132
130
74
141
71
123
175
154
92
51
69
162
178
122
118
59
178
152
113
135
112
68

431
441
267
587
255
311
449
518
509
427
478
278
511
300
308
430
445
391
179
198
579
539
535
429
150
611
450
468
500
394
286

379
379
194
608
230
276
481
439
552
427
393
331
438
322
228
364
451
350
215
140
553
501
501
445
132
569
418
459
416
396
317

286
297
160
435
207
226
345
359
381
296
331
218
303
216
180
283
334
235
172
106
417
383
342
314
103
437
305
269
314
303
225

198
285
161
336
197
184
249
324
338
254
236
170
243
200
157
233
229
203
134
131
352
308
263
246
133
351
303
188
276
288
200

48
47
55
44
67
28
63
96
46
64
62
31
51
24
62
52
61
48
11
25
69
57
54
38
18
83
58
48
58
30
28

13,153

12,929 - 13,380

1,148

1,500

3,761

2,650

1,962

2,132

742

1,177
909
2,315
554
1,091
3,019
2,038
2,050

1,111 - 1,246
851 - 970
2,222 - 2,411
509 - 602
1,027 - 1,158
2,912 - 3,129
1,950 - 2,128
1,962 - 2,141

61
111
220
71
92
251
177
165

125
120
289
77
130
315
196
248

354
246
701
166
328
856
549
561

269
168
442
98
233
573
438
429

177
121
330
78
162
444
330
320

191
143
333
64
146
580
348
327

51
59
150
40
64
135
120
123

12,002

11,788 - 12,219

835

1,286

3,408

2,623

1,918

1,932

633

1,457
1,509
1,407
3,040
248
1,010
1,565
805
961

1,383 - 1,534
1,434 - 1,587
1,334 - 1,482
2,933 - 3,150
218 - 281
949 - 1,074
1,488 - 1,645
750 - 863
901 - 1,024

69
112
103
254
33
42
114
40
68

127
128
152
369
34
89
180
112
95

377
418
386
868
71
258
426
272
332

351
323
260
606
65
236
369
181
232

279
272
222
445
23
210
227
110
130

254
256
284
498
22
175
249
90
104

55
69
66
217
25
38
86
40
37

Local Health Board

LONDON SHA E18000007
5C2
5A9
TAK
5K5
5A7
5K7
5C3
5K9
5HX
5C1
5A8
5H1
5C9
5K6
5A4
5AT
5HY
5K8
5LA
5A5
5LD
5LF
5C5
5NA
5M6
5LE
5M7
5C4
5NC
5LG
5LC

E16000009
E16000006
E17000002
E16000045
E16000004
E16000047
E16000010
E16000049
E16000035
E16000008
E16000005
E16000030
E16000013
E16000046
E16000002
E16000007
E16000036
E16000048
E16000056
E16000003
E16000058
E16000060
E16000012
E16000083
E16000067
E16000059
E16000068
E16000011
E16000084
E16000061
E16000057

Barking and Dagenham
Barnet
Bexley
Brent Teaching
Bromley
Camden
City and Hackney Teaching
Croydon
Ealing
Enfield
Greenwich Teaching
Hammersmith and Fulham
Haringey Teaching
Harrow
Havering
Hillingdon
Hounslow
Islington
Kensington and Chelsea
Kingston
Lambeth
Lewisham
Newham
Redbridge
Richmond and Twickenham
Southwark
Sutton and Merton
Tower Hamlets
Waltham Forest
Wandsworth
Westminster

SOUTH EAST COAST SHA E18000008
5LQ
5P7
5QA
5P8
5L3
5P5
5P9
5P6

E16000063
E16000109
E16000132
E16000110
E16000055
E16000107
E16000111
E16000108

Brighton and Hove City
East Sussex Downs and Weald
Eastern and Coastal Kent
Hastings and Rother
Medway
Surrey
West Kent
West Sussex

SOUTH CENTRAL SHA E18000009
5QG
5QF
5QD
5QC
5QT
5CQ
5QE
5FE
5L1

E16000137
E16000136
E16000134
E16000133
E16000147
E16000016
E16000135
E16000027
E16000054

Berkshire East
Berkshire West
Buckinghamshire
Hampshire
Isle of Wight National Health Service
Milton Keynes
Oxfordshire
Portsmouth City Teaching
Southampton City

26


numbers
Age
Total
number
of
abortions

95%
confidence
interval

Under
18

18-19

20-24

25-29

30-34

35 +

3 year
total
for age
under 16
2009-2011

ENGLAND & WALES

189,931

189,078 - 190,787

14,599

20,324

55,909

42,321

29,579

27,199

10,799

ENGLAND

181,438

180,604 - 182,275

13,858

19,308

53,205

40,508

28,481

26,078

10,213

13,359

13,133 - 13,587

1,172

1,679

3,951

2,685

1,913

1,959

894

420
1,141
1,526
1,083
1,572
890
1,321
453
851
1,188
636
724
510
1,044

381 - 462
1,076 - 1,209
1,450 - 1,605
1,019 - 1,149
1,495 - 1,652
832 - 950
1,251 - 1,394
412 - 497
795 - 910
1,121 - 1,258
588 - 687
672 - 779
467 - 556
982 - 1,109

30
84
88
112
165
86
115
47
73
131
50
52
54
85

53
114
163
153
202
140
145
68
109
159
91
68
76
138

131
343
480
331
480
250
384
120
280
312
176
218
157
289

73
260
372
171
294
160
287
75
163
239
125
157
100
209

61
189
244
151
220
111
197
59
113
160
95
101
69
143

72
151
179
165
211
143
193
84
113
187
99
128
54
180

18
54
91
75
112
58
98
31
57
97
45
35
34
89

8,493

8,313 - 8,676

741

1,016

2,704

1,813

1,098

1,121

586

167
154
363
476
1,268
354
148
287
265
455
312
190
175
343
465
270
245
817
711
324
249
455

143 - 194
131 - 180
327 - 402
434 - 521
1,199 - 1,340
318 - 393
125 - 174
255 - 322
234 - 299
414 - 499
278 - 349
164 - 219
150 - 203
308 - 381
424 - 509
239 - 304
215 - 278
762 - 875
660 - 765
290 - 361
219 - 282
414 - 499

21
10
37
33
87
28
17
27
25
49
29
14
12
26
41
36
29
72
52
30
27
39

23
19
39
54
144
54
24
49
45
56
28
17
24
40
53
33
28
84
73
47
23
60

41
48
119
146
437
109
58
76
85
136
88
65
50
110
138
82
56
275
254
105
77
149

39
27
73
103
299
71
18
53
40
98
67
52
33
81
110
57
52
186
157
54
54
89

17
29
48
73
163
47
13
39
31
53
38
21
19
46
60
33
28
106
89
45
36
63

26
21
47
67
138
45
18
43
39
63
62
21
37
40
63
29
52
94
86
43
32
55

18
9
33
34
64
25
11
19
15
30
28
21
11
23
26
25
22
53
36
21
27
35

Local Health Board

SOUTH WEST SHA E18000010
5FL
5QN
5QJ
5QP
5QQ
5QM
5QH
5M8
5F1
5QL
5A3
5K3
TAL
5QK

E16000028
E16000143
E16000139
E16000144
E16000145
E16000142
E16000138
E16000069
E16000024
E16000141
E16000001
E16000044
E17000003
E16000140

Bath and North East Somerset
Bournemouth and Poole Teaching
Bristol
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Devon
Dorset
Gloucestershire
North Somerset
Plymouth Teaching
Somerset
South Gloucestershire
Swindon
Torbay
Wiltshire

WALES
6B1
6C2
6B3
6B2
6A8
6B7
6A4
6A7
6C1
6B5
6A2
6B8
6A1
6A5
6B9
6A3
6C4
6A9
6A6
6B6
6C3
6B4

NAWER06
NAWER10
NAWER08
NAWER10
NAWER09
NAWER07
NAWER07
NAWER06
NAWER06
NAWER06
NAWER06
NAWER10
NAWER10
NAWER08
NAWER10
NAWER07
NAWER07
NAWER08
NAWER08
NAWER09
NAWER10
NAWER06

Anglesey
Blaenau Gwent
Bridgend
Caerphilly
Cardiff
Carmarthen
Ceredigion
Conwy
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Gwynedd
Merthyr Tydfil
Monmouth
Neath & Port Talbot
Newport
Pembroke
Powys
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
Swansea
The Vale of Glamorgan
Torfaen
Wrexham

27

Table 10b: Legal abortions: rates by Primary Care Organisation (England)
and Local Health Board (Wales) of residence, by age, 2011

rates per 1,000 women
Crude rate per 1000 women 1

Rate per
Local Health Board

1000 resident
Total
women
number
aged
95%
of
15-44
confidence
1
interval
abortions ASR

Under
18
18-19

20-24

25-29

30-34

35 +

3 year
rate
for age
under 16
2009-2011

Age

ENGLAND AND WALES

189,931

17.5

17.4 - 17.5

15.0

28.8

30.1

22.9

17.2

6.9

3.8

ENGLAND

181,438

17.6

17.6 - 17.7

15.1

29.1

30.4

23.1

17.4

6.9

3.8

7,003

13.6

13.4 - 13.8

15

23

23

18

13

4

5

1,193
288
411
316
512
995
529
537
640
324
401
857

12.3
16.4
11.7
18.7
16.2
13.2
14.5
14.8
13.3
13.5
13.7
15.0

11.9 - 12.8
15.2 - 17.6
11.0 - 12.4
17.4 - 20.0
15.3 - 17.1
12.6 - 13.7
13.7 - 15.3
14.0 - 15.6
12.7 - 14.0
12.6 - 14.5
12.8 - 14.5
14.3 - 15.6

14
15
14
16
15
19
14
18
12
11
20
17

21
27
25
28
33
16
24
26
23
24
24
26

20
30
23
35
26
18
27
25
23
20
26
26

16
25
13
25
23
16
17
20
17
22
15
22

12
12
10
16
14
15
15
12
14
15
13
13

4
5
2
6
6
6
4
5
4
3
4
4

5
6
4
5
7
6
4
6
3
4
5
5

24,784

18.1

18.0 - 18.3

17

31

31

24

18

6

5

846
492
525
1,019
631
1,150
1,531
1,024
1,178
1,061
775
684
2,305
2,964
698
801
1,116
901
860
1,027
767
659
591
1,179

15.1
17.8
21.3
20.3
18.9
15.8
17.2
13.3
17.2
19.0
20.0
22.9
21.5
21.0
11.8
19.4
21.2
19.6
17.3
21.6
20.7
18.8
14.2
22.3

14.4 - 15.7
16.8 - 18.8
20.2 - 22.5
19.5 - 21.1
18.0 - 19.8
15.2 - 16.4
16.7 - 17.8
12.8 - 13.8
16.6 - 17.9
18.3 - 19.7
19.1 - 20.9
21.8 - 24.0
20.9 - 22.0
20.5 - 21.5
11.2 - 12.4
18.6 - 20.3
20.4 - 22.0
18.8 - 20.4
16.6 - 18.1
20.7 - 22.4
19.8 - 21.7
17.9 - 19.8
13.5 - 15.0
21.6 - 23.2

15
16
20
14
14
11
18
13
17
20
17
19
26
28
14
16
23
15
15
20
14
18
13
17

29
25
35
33
39
29
33
25
32
28
33
32
32
30
19
37
40
29
28
38
40
32
18
36

31
28
36
38
36
31
30
22
32
35
37
39
29
26
19
35
34
38
32
39
42
35
22
44

20
24
32
27
24
20
23
20
21
24
25
31
27
25
15
28
26
29
24
26
24
26
22
27

10
21
21
20
15
15
15
11
16
18
19
28
24
22
12
18
21
17
15
22
18
16
16
22

4
7
7
7
6
5
6
4
5
7
7
7
9
12
4
6
8
6
6
7
7
6
6
7

6
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
4
6
5
5
6
7
4
5
6
4
4
7
3
5
4
5

14,760

13.5

13.4 - 13.7

14

24

23

17

13

5

4

679
1,659
655
968
577
840
1,309
2,471
496
441
1,480
715
1,708
762

16.4
15.1
18.1
18.9
11.5
13.2
16.0
12.2
16.6
17.0
10.4
15.5
12.8
12.6

15.7 - 17.2
14.7 - 15.6
17.2 - 19.0
18.2 - 19.7
10.9 - 12.1
12.6 - 13.8
15.4 - 16.5
11.9 - 12.5
15.7 - 17.6
16.0 - 18.1
10.1 - 10.8
14.8 - 16.3
12.4 - 13.2
12.1 - 13.2

15
13
17
15
12
18
19
16
15
17
9
17
17
13

37
24
29
29
21
29
27
21
29
31
16
29
20
24

30
25
35
35
21
21
27
18
32
32
18
30
20
24

19
19
24
24
16
16
20
13
23
19
14
19
16
17

14
16
16
20
10
10
16
13
14
18
11
12
12
10

5
7
5
6
3
5
5
6
5
5
3
5
5
4

5
3
5
5
3
6
5
5
7
4
2
5
4
5

5ND
5J9
5KF
5D9
5KM
5D7
5E1
5D8
TAC
5QR
5KG
5KL

E16000085
E16000041
E16000050
E16000019
E16000053
E16000017
E16000020
E16000018
E17000001
E16000146
E16000051
E16000052

County Durham
Darlington
Gateshead
Hartlepool
Middlesbrough
Newcastle
North Tyneside
Northumberland
South Tyneside
Sunderland Teaching

5HG
5CC
5HP
5HQ
5JX
5NP
5NG
5NE
5NH
5NM
5NQ
5J4
5NL
5NT
5NF
5J5
5F5
5NJ
5F7
5LH
5NR
5J2
5NN
5NK

E16000032
E16000014
E16000033
E16000034
E16000043
E16000095
E16000088
E16000086
E16000089
E16000093
E16000096
E16000038
E16000092
E16000098
E16000087
E16000039
E16000025
E16000090
E16000026
E16000062
E16000097
E16000037
E16000094
E16000091

Blackpool
Bolton
Bury
Central Lancashire
Cumbria Teaching
Knowsley
Liverpool
Manchester
Oldham
Salford
Sefton
Stockport
Trafford
Warrington
Western Cheshire
Wirral

5JE E16000042
5NY E16000102
5J6 E16000040
5N5 E16000078
5NW E16000100
5NX E16000101
5N2 E16000075
5N1 E16000074
5AN E17000005
5EF E16000021
5NV E16000099
5H8 E16000031
5N4 E16000077
5N3 E16000076

Barnsley
Calderdale
Doncaster
Hull Teaching
Kirklees
Leeds
North Lincolnshire
Rotherham
Sheffield
Wakefield District

28



Rate per
Local Health Board

1000 resident
Total
women
number
aged
95%
of
15-44
confidence
1
interval
abortions ASR

Under
18
18-19

20-24

25-29

30-34

35 +

3 year
rate
for age
under 16
2009-2011

Age

ENGLAND AND WALES

189,931

17.5

17.4 - 17.5

15.0

28.8

30.1

22.9

17.2

6.9

3.8

ENGLAND

181,438

17.6

17.6 - 17.7

15.1

29.1

30.4

23.1

17.4

6.9

3.8

11,865

13.8

13.6 - 14.0

13

22

23

18

14

5

3

247
784
1,488
1,369
1,576
1,454
2,023
1,280
1,644

13.7
14.4
12.5
17.1
12.8
12.4
16.3
14.3
13.7

12.7 - 14.9
13.8 - 15.1
12.1 - 12.9
16.5 - 17.7
12.4 - 13.2
12.0 - 12.8
15.8 - 16.7
13.8 - 14.9
13.3 - 14.2

16
15
10
14
12
13
13
20
13

24
22
18
28
22
21
25
19
23

27
25
24
24
22
21
29
19
25

19
16
16
22
17
16
21
16
18

9
16
12
21
12
13
16
15
12

3
6
4
8
5
4
6
7
5

4
3
3
3
3
4
4
5
4

20,983

19.9

19.7 - 20.1

17

32

35

26

20

7

4

2,093
1,757
1,088
1,974
379
544
1,482
614
697
1,684
1,878
992
548
924
1,658
1,240
1,431

23.7
23.7
20.1
25.4
14.6
14.3
25.0
14.7
19.7
20.0
18.3
19.3
18.3
19.0
17.7
25.3
16.1

23.1 - 24.3
23.0 - 24.5
19.3 - 20.8
24.7 - 26.1
13.7 - 15.6
13.5 - 15.1
24.2 - 25.9
14.0 - 15.5
18.8 - 20.7
19.4 - 20.7
17.8 - 18.8
18.5 - 20.0
17.4 - 19.4
18.3 - 19.8
17.2 - 18.3
24.4 - 26.2
15.6 - 16.6

20
26
17
17
12
12
22
9
18
21
17
15
17
18
16
21
15

35
33
41
30
27
27
37
22
25
27
41
35
30
33
36
36
27

43
37
35
37
26
26
49
28
35
31
34
34
28
34
32
46
30

29
30
26
32
21
16
31
19
25
25
21
28
32
27
22
34
23

24
26
19
32
13
16
23
14
21
21
15
18
15
18
15
25
13

9
10
6
15
4
5
9
5
7
10
6
7
6
5
6
9
5

5
6
5
3
4
4
6
3
2
5
4
5
5
5
4
4
3

16,729

15.8

15.6 - 15.9

13

27

28

20

15

6

3

1,266
1,271
467
3,538
1,069
945
1,633
769
747
1,052
1,560
1,335
1,077

16.9
10.7
13.4
17.1
23.8
14.7
12.3
12.7
21.7
18.4
19.8
13.7
21.6

16.3 - 17.5
10.3 - 11.1
12.6 - 14.2
16.8 - 17.5
22.9 - 24.8
14.1 - 15.3
11.9 - 12.7
12.1 - 13.2
20.7 - 22.7
17.7 - 19.1
19.2 - 20.5
13.2 - 14.2
20.8 - 22.4

13
10
14
13
16
11
13
15
17
16
18
10
16

31
18
24
27
35
28
23
21
33
35
39
24
34

35
16
24
32
36
27
21
22
41
35
36
27
40

19
14
18
21
32
16
14
15
29
23
25
17
24

13
11
13
16
29
14
12
12
18
16
16
12
23

6
5
3
7
11
6
5
5
9
6
7
5
8

3
3
4
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
2
3

5ET
5N7
5N6
5PC
5PA
5N9
5PD
5EM
5N8

E16000023
E16000080
E16000079
E16000113
E16000112
E16000082
E16000114
E16000022
E16000081

Bassetlaw
Derby City
Derbyshire County
Leicester City
Nottingham City

5PG E16000117
5MD E16000070
5PE E16000115
5MX E16000073
5CN E16000015
5PH E16000118
5PF E16000116
5M2 E16000065
TAM E17000004
5M1 E16000064
5PK E16000120
5PJ E16000119
5MK E16000071
5M3 E16000066
5PM E16000122
5MV E16000072
5PL E16000121

Coventry Teaching
Dudley
Herefordshire
North Staffordshire
Sandwell
Shropshire County
Solihull
South Birmingham
South Staffordshire
Stoke on Trent
Telford and Wrekin
Walsall Teaching
Warwickshire
Wolverhampton City
Worcestershire

5P2 E16000104
5PP E16000124
5PR E16000126
5QV E16000150
5GC E16000029
5PX E16000130
5PQ E16000125
5PW E16000129
5PN E16000123
5P1 E16000103
5PY E16000131
5PT E16000127
5PV E16000128

Bedfordshire
Cambridgeshire
Hertfordshire
Luton
Mid Essex
Norfolk
North East Essex
Peterborough
South East Essex
South West Essex
Suffolk
West Essex

29



Rate per
Local Health Board

1000 resident
Total
women
number
aged
95%
of
15-44
confidence
1
interval
abortions ASR

Under
18
18-19

20-24

25-29

30-34

35 +

3 year
rate
for age
under 16
2009-2011

Age

ENGLAND AND WALES

189,931

17.5

17.4 - 17.5

15.0

28.8

30.1

22.9

17.2

6.9

3.8

ENGLAND

181,438

17.6

17.6 - 17.7

15.1

29.1

30.4

23.1

17.4

6.9

3.8

46,800

25.8

25.7 - 26.0

19

45

46

32

24

12

4

1,532
1,558
979
2,182
1,114
1,117
1,746
1,945
2,001
1,623
1,659
1,115
1,731
1,148
1,082
1,582
1,690
1,324
775
680
2,151
2,001
1,856
1,645
606
2,253
1,737
1,556
1,722
1,550
1,140

37.7
22.2
22.5
39.4
19.9
16.1
28.9
28.6
28.8
26.9
30.9
25.4
35.2
24.5
25.0
26.3
31.7
23.8
20.8
17.2
30.4
32.3
32.6
28.5
17.0
30.8
21.2
21.2
35.3
20.4
16.3

36.5 - 38.9
21.5 - 22.9
21.6 - 23.4
38.4 - 40.5
19.2 - 20.7
15.5 - 16.8
28.0 - 29.9
27.8 - 29.4
28.0 - 29.6
26.0 - 27.7
30.0 - 31.9
24.4 - 26.5
34.1 - 36.3
23.6 - 25.4
24.1 - 26.0
25.5 - 27.1
30.8 - 32.7
23.0 - 24.7
19.8 - 21.8
16.4 - 18.0
29.5 - 31.3
31.4 - 33.2
31.6 - 33.5
27.6 - 29.4
16.1 - 17.9
29.9 - 31.6
20.6 - 21.9
20.5 - 21.9
34.2 - 36.4
19.6 - 21.1
15.6 - 16.9

26
9
16
18
18
14
26
21
17
17
27
21
30
10
18
21
22
23
12
15
25
23
23
18
11
30
17
19
22
21
19

63
31
43
55
42
26
58
44
47
40
47
53
64
32
45
47
63
42
36
30
67
63
41
39
32
60
40
39
55
49
26

70
45
38
66
31
26
50
52
50
47
57
37
70
44
45
41
58
40
33
28
53
57
56
54
33
52
39
37
68
36
24

46
28
27
55
25
17
32
35
39
37
37
32
41
36
30
33
39
25
27
21
29
42
44
39
21
33
26
27
45
19
18

39
21
22
46
19
16
26
29
26
26
32
24
28
24
25
28
29
21
22
15
24
29
35
27
13
27
16
18
33
14
14

14
10
9
18
8
10
13
12
14
11
13
13
13
11
9
11
13
14
10
10
16
13
15
12
7
15
9
10
14
11
10

5
3
4
4
4
3
6
5
3
4
6
5
5
2
5
4
6
7
2
3
7
5
4
3
2
8
3
5
5
3
4

13,153

17.1

16.9 - 17.3

14

28

31

22

16

7

3

1,177
909
2,315
554
1,091
3,019
2,038
2,050

18.5
18.3
17.0
20.6
21.2
15.8
17.4
16.1

17.8 - 19.2
17.6 - 19.1
16.5 - 17.4
19.5 - 21.7
20.5 - 22.0
15.4 - 16.1
16.9 - 17.9
15.6 - 16.5

16
18
16
22
18
12
13
12

29
32
27
37
38
25
26
28

25
33
29
39
38
31
33
30

26
23
22
25
27
19
23
22

20
16
17
19
20
13
16
14

9
6
7
6
8
7
7
6

5
3
4
4
4
2
3
3

5C2
5A9
TAK
5K5
5A7
5K7
5C3
5K9
5HX
5C1
5A8
5H1
5C9
5K6
5A4
5AT
5HY
5K8
5LA
5A5
5LD
5LF
5C5
5NA
5M6
5LE
5M7
5C4
5NC
5LG
5LC

E16000009
E16000006
E17000002
E16000045
E16000004
E16000047
E16000010
E16000049
E16000035
E16000008
E16000005
E16000030
E16000013
E16000046
E16000002
E16000007
E16000036
E16000048
E16000056
E16000003
E16000058
E16000060
E16000012
E16000083
E16000067
E16000059
E16000068
E16000011
E16000084
E16000061
E16000057

Barnet
Bexley
Brent Teaching
Bromley
Camden
Croydon
Ealing
Enfield
Greenwich Teaching
Haringey Teaching
Harrow
Havering
Hillingdon
Hounslow
Islington
Kingston
Lambeth
Lewisham
Newham
Redbridge
Southwark
Sutton and Merton
Tower Hamlets
Waltham Forest
Wandsworth
Westminster

5LQ
5P7
5QA
5P8
5L3
5P5
5P9
5P6

E16000063
E16000109
E16000132
E16000110
E16000055
E16000107
E16000111
E16000108

Hastings and Rother
Medway
Surrey
West Kent
West Sussex

5QG
5QF
5QD
5QC
5QT
5CQ
5QE
5FE
5L1

E16000137
E16000136
E16000134
E16000133
E16000147
E16000016
E16000135
E16000027
E16000054

Berkshire East
Berkshire West
Buckinghamshire
Hampshire
Isle of Wight
Milton Keynes
Oxfordshire
Southampton City

12,002

14.8

14.7 - 15.0

11

24

25

20

15

6

3

1,457
1,509
1,407
3,040
248
1,010
1,565
805
961

17.1
15.4
16.8
14.1
12.2
21.4
12.3
14.7
14.7

16.5 - 17.6
14.9 - 15.9
16.3 - 17.4
13.8 - 14.4
11.2 - 13.2
20.5 - 22.2
11.9 - 12.7
14.0 - 15.3
14.0 - 15.3

9
13
10
11
14
10
10
13
18

26
20
28
25
21
33
20
29
19

29
25
33
26
22
39
19
21
21

24
20
20
18
21
28
18
17
20

17
17
15
13
8
23
12
15
14

8
7
7
5
2
9
5
7
7

2
3
2
3
3
3
3
5
4

30



Rate per
Local Health Board

1000 resident
Total
women
number
aged
95%
of
15-44
confidence
1
interval
abortions ASR

Under
18
18-19

20-24

25-29

30-34

35 +

3 year
rate
for age
under 16
2009-2011

Age

ENGLAND AND WALES

189,931

17.5

17.4 - 17.5

15.0

28.8

30.1

22.9

17.2

6.9

3.8

ENGLAND

181,438

17.6

17.6 - 17.7

15.1

29.1

30.4

23.1

17.4

6.9

3.8

13,359

14.2

14.1 - 14.4

12

25

24

19

14

5

3

420
1,141
1,526
1,083
1,572
890
1,321
453
851
1,188
636
724
510
1,044

11.2
18.3
13.1
12.6
13.3
17.8
13.1
13.7
14.7
15.0
12.8
18.2
24.6
15.4

10.6 - 12.0
17.6 - 19.0
12.7 - 13.5
12.1 - 13.1
12.9 - 13.7
17.0 - 18.5
12.7 - 13.6
12.9 - 14.5
14.0 - 15.3
14.5 - 15.6
12.2 - 13.5
17.4 - 19.1
23.2 - 26.0
14.9 - 16.1

10
17
14
12
13
11
10
13
17
13
10
14
23
9

16
24
25
24
22
34
19
31
25
26
25
30
50
27

15
26
19
23
24
35
23
25
20
27
21
37
45
30

14
28
15
14
17
24
19
15
17
21
17
22
30
22

13
21
13
12
13
15
13
11
17
13
12
14
23
12

6
7
6
5
4
6
5
6
7
5
5
8
6
5

2
4
5
3
3
3
3
3
5
3
3
3
5
3

8,493

14.9

0.8 - 0.8

13

25

26

20

14

6

4

167
154
363
476
1,268
354
148
287
265
455
312
190
175
343
465
270
245
817
711
324
249
455

15.5
12.0
16.1
14.8
14.0
11.9
9.3
18.8
17.8
18.5
14.2
18.1
14.5
14.4
16.9
15.1
13.9
17.8
14.9
15.1
15.3
19.0

14.1 - 17.1
10.9 - 13.3
15.1 - 17.2
14.0 - 15.7
13.5 - 14.5
11.1 - 12.7
8.3 - 10.4
17.5 - 20.3
16.5 - 19.2
17.5 - 19.7
13.2 - 15.2
16.6 - 19.9
13.2 - 16.0
13.4 - 15.4
16.0 - 17.9
14.0 - 16.3
12.8 - 15.0
17.0 - 18.6
14.2 - 15.6
14.1 - 16.2
14.2 - 16.6
17.9 - 20.2

17
7
16
10
16
8
13
14
13
18
13
13
7
11
15
15
11
17
14
12
15
17

30
21
26
25
22
25
13
44
41
33
13
23
25
26
26
23
21
27
20
32
20
39

24
21
33
28
20
23
15
33
36
37
18
36
28
28
27
31
22
34
25
31
28
39

24
13
20
19
18
15
9
23
19
24
22
28
20
20
26
21
20
25
21
16
21
21

10
16
14
14
15
10
9
16
13
13
14
15
11
13
16
12
11
16
15
13
15
16

6
4
5
5
6
4
5
6
6
6
9
5
6
4
6
4
6
6
6
5
5
6

5
2
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
4
4
6
2
3
3
4
3
4
3
3
5
5

5FL E16000028
5QN E16000143
5QJ E16000139
5QP E16000144
5QQ E16000145
5QM E16000142
5QH E16000138
5M8 E16000069
5F1 E16000024
5QL E16000141
5A3 E16000001
5K3 E16000044
TAL E17000003
5QK E16000140

Bristol
Devon
Dorset
Gloucestershire
North Somerset
Plymouth Teaching
Somerset
Swindon
Torbay
Wiltshire

WALES
6B1
6C2
6B3
6B2
6A8
6B7
6A4
6A7
6C1
6B5
6A2
6B8
6A1
6A5
6B9
6A3
6C4
6A9
6A6
6B6
6C3
6B4
1

NAWER06
NAWER10
NAWER08
NAWER10
NAWER09
NAWER07
NAWER07
NAWER06
NAWER06
NAWER06
NAWER06
NAWER10
NAWER10
NAWER08
NAWER10
NAWER07
NAWER07
NAWER08
NAWER08
NAWER09
NAWER10
NAWER06

Anglesey
Blaenau Gwent
Bridgend
Caerphilly
Cardiff
Carmarthen
Ceredigion
Conwy
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Gwynedd
Merthyr Tydfil
Monmouth
Neath & Port Talbot
Newport
Pembroke
Powys
Swansea
Torfaen
Wrexham

Rates for PCOs and LHBs are based on mid-2010 population estimates. See Annex A for further details.
Rates for all ages, under 16, under 18 and 35 and over are based on populations 15-44, 13-15, 15-17 and 35-44 respectively

31

Table 11: Legal abortions: purchaser, gestation, Sexual Health Indicator and repeat abortions,

percentages
Purchaser (%)
NHS Funded

Local Health Board

NHS
Hospital

35

61

ENGLAND

34

Privately
Funded

Independent
Sector

ENGLAND & WALES

Gestation weeks (%)

5ND
5J9
5KF
5D9
5KM
5D7
5E1
5D8
TAC
5QR
5KG
5KL

E16000085
E16000041
E16000050
E16000019
E16000053
E16000017
E16000020
E16000018
E17000001
E16000146
E16000051
E16000052

County Durham
Darlington
Gateshead
Hartlepool
Middlesbrough
Newcastle
North Tyneside
Northumberland
South Tyneside
Sunderland Teaching

5HG
5CC
5HP
5HQ
5JX
5NP
5NG
5NE
5NH
5NM
5NQ
5J4
5NL
5NT
5NF
5J5
5F5
5NJ
5F7
5LH
5NR
5J2
5NN
5NK

E16000032
E16000014
E16000033
E16000034
E16000043
E16000095
E16000088
E16000086
E16000089
E16000093
E16000096
E16000038
E16000092
E16000098
E16000087
E16000039
E16000025
E16000090
E16000026
E16000062
E16000097
E16000037
E16000094
E16000091

Blackpool
Bolton
Bury
Central Lancashire
Cumbria Teaching
Knowsley
Liverpool
Manchester
Oldham
Salford
Sefton
Stockport
Trafford
Warrington
Western Cheshire
Wirral

5JE
5NY
5J6
5N5
5NW
5NX
5N2
5N1
5AN
5EF
5NV
5H8
5N4
5N3

E16000042
E16000102
E16000040
E16000078
E16000100
E16000101
E16000075
E16000074
E17000005
E16000021
E16000099
E16000031
E16000077
E16000076

Barnsley
Calderdale
Doncaster
Hull Teaching
Kirklees
Leeds
North Lincolnshire
Rotherham
Sheffield
Wakefield District

Sexual Health Indicator
Total
NHS
funded
abortions

95%
confidence

NHS funded Percentage
interval
abortions
of all NHS
at under
funded
10 weeks
abortions
under 10 weeks

Repeat
abortions
in women
aged
under 25

3-9

10-12

13+

4

78

13

9

183,052

142,653

77.9

77.7 - 78.1

26.2

63

3

78

13

9

175,167

136,403

77.9

77.7 - 78.1

26.4

93

5

2

75

16

10

6,865

5,104

74

73 - 75

22

91
95
95
97
97
86
96
93
91
96
96
94

8
3
2
1
1
13
0
6
9
0
2
2

2
1
3
2
2
1
3
1
1
4
2
4

75
75
74
79
65
77
78
84
78
68
77
66

17
17
16
14
21
14
13
8
14
19
13
22

8
8
10
7
14
9
9
8
8
13
9
12

1,175
284
400
311
501
983
512
534
636
312
393
824

879
213
294
244
322
761
396
446
500
212
301
536

75
75
74
78
64
77
77
84
79
68
77
65

72 - 77
70 - 80
69 - 78
74 - 83
60 - 68
75 - 80
74 - 81
80 - 86
75 - 82
63 - 73
72 - 81
62 - 68

19
21
15
24
32
21
26
20
21
28
19
25

47

51

2

80

12

8

24,374

19,466

80

79 - 80

25

52
92
5
38
25
34
18
94
91
15
43
86
84
21
30
49
55
82
29
44
8
2
63
70

48
5
94
61
74
63
81
4
6
84
55
13
15
77
69
50
43
17
68
55
89
94
35
29

1
3
0
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
3
2
1

77
85
80
77
81
73
82
75
81
80
80
76
77
83
80
84
76
81
80
84
81
78
81
85

14
9
11
12
9
17
10
16
11
12
10
17
15
9
14
8
15
13
13
9
12
14
11
8

9
7
9
11
9
9
9
9
8
8
10
7
8
7
6
8
9
6
7
7
7
9
8
7

841
476
524
1,007
620
1,111
1,518
1,007
1,148
1,046
763
675
2,267
2,921
694
789
1,089
887
840
1,013
751
637
581
1,169

648
402
421
774
507
807
1,237
754
926
836
609
515
1,748
2,444
555
660
823
712
670
851
607
492
470
998

77
84
80
77
82
73
81
75
81
80
80
76
77
84
80
84
76
80
80
84
81
77
81
85

74 - 80
81 - 87
77 - 84
74 - 79
79 - 85
70 - 75
79 - 83
72 - 77
78 - 83
77 - 82
77 - 83
73 - 79
75 - 79
82 - 85
77 - 83
81 - 86
73 - 78
78 - 83
77 - 82
82 - 86
78 - 83
74 - 80
77 - 84
83 - 87

21
26
24
23
32
18
25
18
24
27
23
27
26
27
17
25
25
27
29
28
27
29
21
29

58

40

2

74

17

9

14,513

10,748

74

73 - 75

24

73
70
93
5
87
93
59
21
98
79
40
90
94
4

26
29
3
95
9
6
38
78
1
20
58
8
3
94

1
0
4
1
4
1
3
0
1
1
2
1
3
2

56
73
79
82
64
63
81
80
80
73
72
68
73
78

28
18
16
12
28
28
12
11
13
16
17
21
18
11

16
9
5
7
8
8
8
9
7
11
11
11
9
11

669
1,652
629
961
554
829
1,265
2,459
491
438
1,449
705
1,663
749

374
1,205
493
782
351
526
1,020
1,973
392
320
1,040
478
1,213
581

56
73
78
81
63
63
81
80
80
73
72
68
73
78

52 - 60
71 - 75
75 - 81
79 - 84
59 - 67
60 - 67
78 - 83
79 - 82
76 - 83
69 - 77
69 - 74
64 - 71
71 - 75
74 - 80

22
24
23
31
17
17
23
25
48
24
21
21
21
29

32


percentages
Purchaser (%)
NHS Funded

Local Health Board

NHS
Hospital

35

61

ENGLAND

34

Privately
Funded

Independent
Sector

ENGLAND & WALES

Gestation weeks (%)

5ET
5N7
5N6
5PC
5PA
5N9
5PD
5EM
5N8

E16000023
E16000080
E16000079
E16000113
E16000112
E16000082
E16000114
E16000022
E16000081

Bassetlaw
Derby City
Derbyshire County
Leicester City
Nottingham City

5PG
5MD
5PE
5MX
5CN
5PH
5PF
5M2
TAM
5M1
5PK
5PJ
5MK
5M3
5PM
5MV
5PL

E16000117
E16000070
E16000115
E16000073
E16000015
E16000118
E16000116
E16000065
E17000004
E16000064
E16000120
E16000119
E16000071
E16000066
E16000122
E16000072
E16000121

Coventry Teaching
Dudley
Herefordshire
North Staffordshire
Sandwell
Shropshire County
Solihull
South Birmingham
South Staffordshire
Stoke on Trent
Telford and Wrekin
Walsall Teaching
Warwickshire
Wolverhampton City
Worcestershire

5P2
5PP
5PR
5QV
5GC
5PX
5PQ
5PW
5PN
5P1
5PY
5PT
5PV

E16000104
E16000124
E16000126
E16000150
E16000029
E16000130
E16000125
E16000129
E16000123
E16000103
E16000131
E16000127
E16000128

Bedfordshire
Cambridgeshire
Hertfordshire
Luton
Mid Essex
Norfolk
North East Essex
Peterborough
South East Essex
South West Essex
Suffolk
West Essex

Total
NHS
funded
abortions

95%
confidence

interval
abortions
of all NHS
at under
funded
10 weeks
abortions
under 10 weeks

Repeat
abortions
in women
aged
under 25

3-9

10-12

13+

4

78

13

9

183,052

142,653

77.9

77.7 - 78.1

26.2

63

3

78

13

9

175,167

136,403

77.9

77.7 - 78.1

26.4

67

30

3

68

22

9

11,501

7,816

68

67 - 69

23

76
92
79
73
60
93
54
58
41

23
3
17
23
36
3
44
39
57

2
4
4
4
4
3
1
3
2

74
69
71
64
69
65
69
67
70

17
23
21
24
21
25
20
24
20

9
7
9
12
10
9
10
9
9

243
749
1,424
1,320
1,513
1,405
1,994
1,247
1,606

180
513
1,006
834
1,037
912
1,379
824
1,131

74
68
71
63
69
65
69
66
70

68 - 79
65 - 72
68 - 73
61 - 66
66 - 71
62 - 67
67 - 71
63 - 69
68 - 73

21
24
21
24
20
20
25
25
22

7

91

2

81

11

9

20,528

16,498

80

80 - 81

28

1
3
1
2
93
2
2
5
1
2
3
3
3
46
2
3
16

98
97
98
96
3
96
94
92
95
97
95
95
96
52
97
91
78

1
0
1
2
4
2
3
3
4
1
2
1
1
2
1
6
5

83
79
83
85
71
85
80
77
84
83
76
85
76
86
76
74
80

10
11
10
8
19
9
11
10
10
9
16
7
13
7
12
15
11

7
10
7
7
10
6
9
13
7
8
8
8
11
7
12
10
8

2,071
1,751
1,073
1,937
365
532
1,435
597
672
1,659
1,845
980
545
906
1,639
1,165
1,356

1,719
1,387
890
1,634
259
458
1,149
461
559
1,379
1,392
836
415
785
1,242
851
1,082

83
79
83
84
71
86
80
77
83
83
75
85
76
87
76
73
80

81 - 85
77 - 81
81 - 85
83 - 86
66 - 75
83 - 89
78 - 82
74 - 80
80 - 86
81 - 85
73 - 77
83 - 87
72 - 80
84 - 89
74 - 78
70 - 76
78 - 82

36
31
30
29
28
25
33
18
24
33
25
25
20
28
26
28
21

44

53

3

78

13

9

16,237

12,574

77

77 - 78

25

50
79
95
5
16
14
93
74
63
44
14
92
28

48
16
3
92
82
84
5
22
36
53
83
2
67

2
4
2
2
1
2
3
4
1
3
3
5
5

73
74
67
81
77
82
74
81
79
81
82
67
82

16
17
24
9
12
9
16
12
13
10
10
23
12

11
8
9
9
11
9
10
7
9
9
9
9
6

1,237
1,219
456
3,458
1,053
923
1,588
739
742
1,024
1,508
1,263
1,027

905
898
304
2,809
812
758
1,173
598
584
827
1,228
837
841

73
74
67
81
77
82
74
81
79
81
81
66
82

71 - 76
71 - 76
62 - 71
80 - 82
74 - 80
80 - 84
72 - 76
78 - 84
76 - 82
78 - 83
79 - 83
64 - 69
79 - 84

27
20
22
28
27
29
19
24
21
23
28
18
26

33


percentages
Purchaser (%)
NHS Funded

Local Health Board

NHS
Hospital

35

61

ENGLAND

34

Privately
Funded

Independent
Sector

ENGLAND & WALES

Gestation weeks (%)

5C2
5A9
TAK
5K5
5A7
5K7
5C3
5K9
5HX
5C1
5A8
5H1
5C9
5K6
5A4
5AT
5HY
5K8
5LA
5A5
5LD
5LF
5C5
5NA
5M6
5LE
5M7
5C4
5NC
5LG
5LC

E16000009
E16000006
E17000002
E16000045
E16000004
E16000047
E16000010
E16000049
E16000035
E16000008
E16000005
E16000030
E16000013
E16000046
E16000002
E16000007
E16000036
E16000048
E16000056
E16000003
E16000058
E16000060
E16000012
E16000083
E16000067
E16000059
E16000068
E16000011
E16000084
E16000061
E16000057

Barnet
Bexley
Brent Teaching
Bromley
Camden
Croydon
Ealing
Enfield
Greenwich Teaching
Haringey Teaching
Harrow
Havering
Hillingdon
Hounslow
Islington
Kingston
Lambeth
Lewisham
Newham
Redbridge
Southwark
Sutton and Merton
Tower Hamlets
Waltham Forest
Wandsworth
Westminster

5LQ
5P7
5QA
5P8
5L3
5P5
5P9
5P6

E16000063
E16000109
E16000132
E16000110
E16000055
E16000107
E16000111
E16000108

Hastings and Rother
Medway
Surrey
West Kent
West Sussex

5QG
5QF
5QD
5QC
5QT
5CQ
5QE
5FE
5L1

E16000137
E16000136
E16000134
E16000133
E16000147
E16000016
E16000135
E16000027
E16000054

Berkshire East
Berkshire West
Buckinghamshire
Hampshire
Isle of Wight National Health Service
Milton Keynes
Oxfordshire
Southampton City

Total
NHS
funded
abortions

95%
confidence

interval
abortions
of all NHS
at under
funded
10 weeks
abortions
under 10 weeks

Repeat
abortions
in women
aged
under 25

3-9

10-12

13+

4

78

13

9

183,052

142,653

77.9

77.7 - 78.1

26.2

63

3

78

13

9

175,167

136,403

77.9

77.7 - 78.1

26.4

17

76

7

81

11

8

43,551

34,945

80

80 - 81

32

3
2
2
4
2
14
82
1
2
11
2
10
10
1
2
3
4
14
66
4
7
11
75
3
33
10
25
80
3
25
44

94
92
95
92
93
77
9
96
86
79
93
81
82
96
96
93
90
79
7
91
88
86
9
93
58
86
70
9
92
67
40

3
6
3
4
5
10
9
2
12
10
4
10
7
4
2
5
6
7
27
5
5
3
16
4
9
5
6
11
5
9
17

82
84
82
84
83
82
78
81
75
69
81
82
73
85
87
79
79
82
86
81
81
80
78
83
82
82
82
80
82
84
84

8
9
11
9
9
11
15
11
15
21
10
10
17
8
6
11
11
12
8
11
10
10
11
9
9
10
10
13
10
9
10

10
7
8
7
9
7
7
8
11
11
8
8
10
7
7
9
10
7
6
8
9
10
11
8
9
8
8
7
8
7
7

1,492
1,461
950
2,100
1,059
1,009
1,593
1,900
1,766
1,462
1,588
1,008
1,602
1,107
1,062
1,509
1,596
1,234
567
646
2,045
1,938
1,559
1,577
551
2,146
1,640
1,379
1,644
1,413
948

1,220
1,224
776
1,773
875
822
1,236
1,542
1,279
983
1,291
813
1,157
940
921
1,203
1,253
1,000
482
522
1,647
1,551
1,195
1,310
447
1,752
1,341
1,077
1,344
1,174
795

82
84
82
84
83
81
78
81
72
67
81
81
72
85
87
80
79
81
85
81
81
80
77
83
81
82
82
78
82
83
84

80 - 84
82 - 86
79 - 84
83 - 86
80 - 85
79 - 84
75 - 80
79 - 83
70 - 74
65 - 70
79 - 83
78 - 83
70 - 74
83 - 87
85 - 89
78 - 82
76 - 80
79 - 83
82 - 88
78 - 84
79 - 82
78 - 82
74 - 79
81 - 85
78 - 84
80 - 83
80 - 84
76 - 80
80 - 84
81 - 85
81 - 86

37
36
30
33
33
29
33
37
28
32
34
31
33
32
32
32
28
33
24
28
35
33
28
33
26
36
29
31
36
35
29

5

93

2

79

11

10

12,858

10,161

79

78 - 80

27

1
1
3
6
3
3
3
13

98
97
95
93
95
94
93
84

1
2
1
1
2
3
4
2

79
74
80
75
81
82
80
75

11
13
10
15
11
9
10
15

10
13
10
10
8
9
10
10

1,163
892
2,286
547
1,072
2,940
1,960
1,998

922
659
1,833
413
870
2,402
1,565
1,497

79
74
80
76
81
82
80
75

77 - 82
71 - 77
78 - 82
72 - 79
79 - 83
80 - 83
78 - 82
73 - 77

25
22
26
27
34
27
28
24

16

81

3

79

12

9

11,666

9,163

79

78 - 79

25

3
1
3
25
90
3
4
90
5

93
96
92
74
8
94
93
8
93

4
3
5
1
2
3
3
2
2

81
84
74
80
77
78
78
78
72

10
9
15
11
18
13
13
15
17

9
7
12
9
4
9
9
7
12

1,392
1,467
1,340
3,001
244
983
1,512
788
939

1,134
1,228
981
2,400
188
769
1,176
613
674

81
84
73
80
77
78
78
78
72

79 - 83
82 - 86
71 - 76
79 - 81
71 - 82
76 - 81
76 - 80
75 - 81
69 - 75

28
28
26
22
13
25
26
28
21

34


percentages
Purchaser (%)
NHS Funded

Local Health Board

NHS
Hospital

35

61

ENGLAND

34

Privately
Funded

Independent
Sector

ENGLAND & WALES

Gestation weeks (%)

5FL
5QN
5QJ
5QP
5QQ
5QM
5QH
5M8
5F1
5QL
5A3
5K3
TAL
5QK

Total
NHS
funded
abortions

95%
confidence

interval
abortions
of all NHS
at under
funded
10 weeks
abortions
under 10 weeks

Repeat
abortions
in women
aged
under 25

3-9

10-12

13+

4

78

13

9

183,052

142,653

77.9

77.7 - 78.1

26.2

63

3

78

13

9

175,167

136,403

77.9

77.7 - 78.1

26.4

49

49

2

76

15

9

13,074

9,928

76

75 - 77

22

E16000028
E16000143
E16000139
E16000144
E16000145
E16000142
E16000138
E16000069
E16000024
E16000141
E16000001
E16000044
E17000003
E16000140

Bristol
Devon
Dorset
Gloucestershire
North Somerset
Plymouth Teaching
Somerset
Swindon
Torbay
Wiltshire

49
30
50
72
66
13
91
38
94
61
42
0
2
18

50
69
47
26
31
86
4
61
5
37
56
99
97
80

1
1
2
2
2
1
5
2
1
2
2
1
1
2

80
82
79
69
74
77
71
81
75
70
75
83
81
80

11
10
13
22
19
13
18
12
17
18
13
8
11
13

9
8
9
10
7
10
11
8
8
12
12
9
7
7

416
1,133
1,489
1,056
1,533
880
1,250
446
839
1,168
621
717
504
1,022

335
933
1,167
720
1,122
676
872
359
626
820
470
598
410
820

81
82
78
68
73
77
70
80
75
70
76
83
81
80

76 - 84
80 - 84
76 - 80
65 - 71
71 - 75
74 - 79
67 - 72
77 - 84
72 - 77
68 - 73
72 - 79
81 - 86
78 - 85
78 - 83

20
21
25
16
17
25
21
17
22
22
24
31
30
19

67

26

7

69

21

10

7,885

6,250

79

78 - 80

22

NAWER06
NAWER10
NAWER08
NAWER10
NAWER09
NAWER07
NAWER07
NAWER06
NAWER06
NAWER06
NAWER06
NAWER10
NAWER10
NAWER08
NAWER10
NAWER07
NAWER07
NAWER08
NAWER08
NAWER09
NAWER10
NAWER06

Anglesey
Blaenau Gwent
Bridgend
Caerphilly
Cardiff
Carmarthen
Ceredigion
Conwy
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Gwynedd
Merthyr Tydfil
Monmouth
Neath & Port Talbot
Newport
Pembroke
Powys
Swansea
Torfaen
Wrexham

15
74
91
78
76
94
95
13
11
7
15
96
71
95
71
81
84
91
93
79
78
3

84
21
1
15
7
0
1
83
87
93
81
2
22
2
22
8
8
2
1
5
20
97

1
5
9
7
17
5
3
4
2
0
3
2
7
3
7
10
9
6
6
16
2
0

77
68
59
77
56
68
74
80
83
83
78
72
69
63
72
76
74
69
64
61
71
80

11
26
30
17
32
24
19
11
11
11
10
21
20
24
20
19
15
22
24
27
23
9

11
6
10
5
13
8
7
9
6
7
13
7
11
13
8
6
11
9
12
13
6
11

165
146
332
442
1,051
335
143
276
260
453
302
186
163
331
432
242
224
766
666
272
245
453

137
121
244
395
662
258
121
234
230
400
245
153
130
248
368
213
177
635
500
190
208
381

83
83
73
89
63
77
85
85
88
88
81
82
80
75
85
88
79
83
75
70
85
84

77 - 88
76 - 88
68 - 78
86 - 92
60 - 66
72 - 81
78 - 90
80 - 89
84 - 92
85 - 91
76 - 85
76 - 87
73 - 85
70 - 79
82 - 88
83 - 92
73 - 84
80 - 85
72 - 78
64 - 75
80 - 89
80 - 87

18
13
23
14
23
24
12
25
20
22
27
23
19
26
21
23
19
23
23
23
18
29

WALES
6B1
6C2
6B3
6B2
6A8
6B7
6A4
6A7
6C1
6B5
6A2
6B8
6A1
6A5
6B9
6A3
6C4
6A9
6A6
6B6
6C3
6B4



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Table 12a: Legal abortions: non-residents by country of residence, 2011
total

percentages

6,151

100%

Northern Ireland
Scotland
Isle of Man
Jersey
Guernsey

1,007
233
96
11
14

16.4
3.8
1.6
0.2
0.2

European countries
Irish Republic
Austria
Cyprus
Denmark
France
Germany
Gibraltar
Hungary
Italy
Malta
Netherland, The
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Other

4,149
4
13
12
51
10
6
7
169
63
3
6
24
10
4
3
11
3
6
18

67.5
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.8
0.2
0.1
0.1
2.7
1.0
0.0
0.1
0.4
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.3

8
4
5
3
6
7
3
6
7
8
6
4
102
14
35

0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
1.7
0.2
0.6

All non-residents

Country of residence

1

Rest of the world
Australia
Bahrain
Brazil
Cameroon
India
Kuwait
Mauritius
Nigeria
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Thailand
UAE
USA
Other
1

Details of other countries shown under 'Other' can be obtained on request

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Table 12b: Legal abortions: non residents of England and Wales, by
(i) age, (ii) statutory grounds and (iii) gestation weeks, 2011
total

percentages

6,151

100%

Under 16
16 - 17
18 - 19
20 - 24
25 - 29
30 - 34
35 - 39
40 and over

82
203
469
1,599
1,496
1,111
810
381

1
3
8
26
24
18
13
6

C (alone)
Other

6,012
139

98
2

3-9
10 - 12
13 - 19
20 and over

3,989
946
826
390

65
15
13
6

All non-residents
(i) Age



Note: percentages are rounded and may not add to 100

Table 12c: Legal abortions, country of residence by age and gestation weeks, 2011
Scotland

Northern Ireland

no.

%

233

All

no.

Irish Republic
%

no.

%

100

1,007

100

4,149

100

6
12
30
59
49
41
19
17

3
5
13
25
21
18
8
7

19
50
91
268
226
170
121
62

2
5
9
27
22
17
12
6

37
111
295
1109
1051
755
534
257

1
3
7
27
25
18
13
6

100
10
23
100

43
4
10
43

709
174
108
16

70
17
11
2

2840
684
511
114

68
16
12
3

Age
Under 16
16 - 17
18 - 19
20 - 24
25 - 29
30 - 34
35 - 39
40 & over
Gestation weeks
3-9
10 - 12
13 - 19
20 & over

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Table 13: Legal abortions: by country of procedure and (i) age, (ii) gestation weeks, (iii) procedure, (iv)
parity, (v) previous abortions, (vi) grounds and (vii) principal medical condition for abortions performed
Country of abortion

numbers
England & Wales

All legal abortions

196,082

100%

3,340
11,544
20,793
57,508
43,817
30,690
28,390

2
6
11
29
22
16
14

151,625
26,486
14,852
3,119

105,773
90,309

Scotland p

Great Britain p

100%

208,553

100%

285
897
1,521
3,847
2,696
1,692
1,533

2
7
12
31
22
14
12

3,625
12,441
22,314
61,355
46,513
32,382
29,923

2
6
11
29
22
16
14

77
14
8
2

9,417
2,071
930
53

76
17
7
0

161,042
28,557
15,782
3,172

77
14
8
2

54
46

3,300
9,171

26
74

109,073
99,480

52
48

49
51

6,374
6,097

51
49

103,070
105,483

49
51

65
35

8,855
3,616

71
29

135,634
72,919

65
35

12,471 p

(i) Age
Under 16
16-17
18-19
20-24
25-29
30-34
35+
(ii) Gestation weeks
3-9
10 - 12
13 - 19
20 and over
(iii) Procedure
Surgical
Medical

(iv) Parity (number of previous pregnancies resulting in live or stillbirth)
0
1+

96,696
99,386

(v) Number of previous pregnancies resulting in abortion under the Act
0
1

126,779
69,303

(vi) Grounds
A (alone or with B, C or D) or F or G
B (alone or with C or D)
C (alone)
D (alone or with C)
E (alone one with A, B, C or D)

48

0

*

150
191,985
1,478
2,421

0
98
1
1

*
11,602
722
136

100%

136

.
.
93
6
1

48
150
203,587
2,200
2,557

.
.
98
1
1

(vii) Principal medical condition for abortions performed under ground E
Total Ground E

The nervous system (Q00 - Q007)
Other congenital malformations (Q10-Q89)
Chromosomal abnormalities:
Other:

2,421
574
532
937
378

24
22
39
16

1

27
33
48
28

100%
20
24
35
21

2,557
601
565
985
406

100%
24
22
39
16

p Provisional data
* Adhering to ISD Statistical Disclosure Control Protocol. See annex B
. Not available
1
Some notifications record more than one Statutory Ground, therefore totals may not match with the numbers released by ISD Scotland.
Source: ISD Scotland, Department of Health

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Abortion Statistics, England and Wales: 2011

Annex A: Data Quality and Methods
•
i.

Validation
The Department of Health use a thorough process for inspecting and recording the
information received on the forms in order to monitor compliance with the legislation and
the extent to which best practice guidance from the Department of Health is followed.
Selected forms are scrutinised by a medical practitioner who may request further detail
from the patient’s medical record via the terminating doctor. Further details of the checks
that are made on the data are available on the Department of Health web site at:
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publichealth/Healthimprov
ement/Sexualhealth/Sexualhealthgeneralinformation/DH_4063863

•
ii.

Forms returned after the publication cut-off date
The 2011 figures in this annual bulletin are based on a snapshot of the records taken
about six weeks prior to publication. A small number of notifications have been, and will
continue to be, received after this cut-off date. Whilst these additional notifications are
processed and the information retained in line with our retention policy, they are not
included in future statistical releases. So, for example, figures for 2010 published in the
2010 bulletin have not be revised in this year’s bulletin. This policy of not revising
statistics is taken for three main reasons:
•
•
•

to prevent the disclosure of personal information arising from small differences in
published tables;
to ensure consistency in published outputs over time; and
because the revisions would be small in scale and therefore of little value.


iii.

The scale of the effect is illustrated below for 2010. A further 416 notifications were
received after the cut-off, equating to a quarter of one per cent of the published total. As
the table below shows, the inclusion of this information would have resulted in no change
in the percentage breakdowns by age group, gestation and grounds to one decimal
place.
Table: Examples of the effect on the statistics of forms returned after the publication cutoff date
Published 2010 figures

2010 figures incorporating
notifications received after the
publication cut-off

189,574

189,990

Gestation (weeks)
3 to 9
10 to 12
13 to 19
20 or over
Not known

76.6%
14.5%
7.4%
1.4%
N/A

74.6%
14.5%
7.4%
1.4%
0.0%

Grounds
E
Other

1.2%
98.8%

1.2%
98.8%

20.2%
65.5%
14.3%

20.2%
65.5%
14.3%

Total abortions

Age
Under 20
20 to 34
35 or over

•

Incomplete information and imputation

iv.

Incomplete and incorrectly completed forms are returned to practitioners for completion
and clarification. In a very small number of cases (about one-quarter of one percent), the
information remains unavailable at the time of publication. Date of birth was missing from
19 records in 2011, gestation information from 42, postcodes from 42 and grounds from
22.

v.

For the purposes of constructing statistics, values for missing items are imputed.
Records with missing ages were assigned pro-rata to the 20-24 age group, as this is the
modal age group, accounting for 30% of abortions. Missing gestations were imputed as
6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 weeks in equal distribution unless the method of abortion or diagnosis
suggested otherwise. Missing postcodes were imputed with a random postcode from
within the main PCOs of other residents attending the same hospital or clinic. Missing
grounds were imputed as ground C.

•
vi.

Population estimates used for rates of abortion
Abortion rates are calculated using the conventional age range for women in their child
bearing years, 15 – 44.
ii


vii.

•

Abortion rates per 1,000 women for 2011 at a national level and at PCO level were
calculated using the mid-2010 population estimates for England, Wales and England and
Wales and Primary Care Organisations and Local Health Boards, as published at 24
June 2010 and 24 November 2010 respectively 1. Rates for earlier years were calculated
using the latest population estimates available at the time the relevant annual reports
were produced and have not been revised, either by using population estimates for the
year in question or by using updated population estimates.

Deriving age standardised rates of abortion

viii. Rates of abortion are standardised using the European Standard Population (EuSP) 2.
The EuSP is also used to calculate age-standardised National Statistics for cancer
incidence and mortality within the United Kingdom and cause specific mortality in
England and Wales. Over virtually the whole of the age range of women terminating
pregnancies, the EuSP assumes equal populations at each single year of age. The
formulae used to calculate the age-standardised abortion rates are given below.
For the analysis of trends in abortion rates for England and Wales:

where EuSPi is the population of women aged i in the European Standard Population.
For the area analyses in table 10b:

where the rate for women aged under 16 (rate 15) =
number of abortions to women under 16
population of 15 year olds
rate for women aged 44 and over (rate 44) =
number of abortions to women aged 44 and over
population of 44 year olds

1
2

Available at http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/product.asp?vlnk=15106.
Available at http://www.statistics.gov.uk/STATBASE/xsdataset.asp?vlnk=1260&More=Y.

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