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Mrs. Bridget Prentice
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (a) men and (b) women in Scotland are sterilised annually, by standard census age group. [4103]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
The number of sterilisations performed annually from 1990–1994 on Scottish NHS in-patients and day cases is given in the table.
Sterilisations of NHSiS Patients by Age and Sex, 1990–1994
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Under 20
| 20-24
| 25-29
| 30-34
| 35-39
| 40-44
| 45+
| All ages
| |
| Both Sexes | 20 | 603 | 3,271 | 5,374 | 4,054 | 1,660 | 480 | 15,462 |
1994
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| Males | — | 67 | 895 | 2,344 | 1,914 | 842 | 359 | 6,421 |
| Females | 23 | 461 | 2,169 | 3,081 | 2,303 | 847 | 150 | 9,034 |
| Both Sexes | 23 | 528 | 3,064 | 5,425 | 4,217 | 1,689 | 509 | 15,455 |
Data includes hospital in-patients, day cases and those sterilised after pregnancy or abortion.