(2) how many early medical abortions were performed by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service at the request of the national health service in each of the last four years, broken down by (a) age of the woman, (b) gestation of the pregnancy and (c) region of residence.
The information requested is shown in the following tables.
Age 2003 2004 2005 2006 Under 15 233 192 206 235 15 524 533 564 668 16 1,140 1,224 1,225 1,286 17 1,656 1,750 1,801 1,929 18 1,833 1,990 1,993 2,488 19 1,906 2,181 2,200 2,605 20 1,895 2,131 2,333 2,483 21 1,779 1,967 1,983 2,447 22 1,706 1,945 2,019 2,213 23 1,642 1,805 1,873 2,233 24 1,438 1,803 1,714 2,065 25 1,198 1,506 1,627 1,878 26 1,161 1,241 1,451 1,684 27 995 1,227 1,167 1,435 28 913 1,099 1,161 1,393 29 885 966 1,039 1,148 30 856 963 952 1,153 31 786 891 926 1,034 32 749 831 914 992 33 688 762 820 928 34 608 721 795 876 35 601 662 674 832 36 593 641 690 774 37 533 567 597 707 38 443 521 526 597 39 392 424 459 540 40 325 368 406 469 41 244 298 289 415 42 163 214 244 236 43 129 131 154 200 44 57 88 92 121 45 and over 165 74 86 145 Total 28,136 31,716 32,980 38,209 1 Includes age not stated. For years 2004 onwards age not stated are allocated to ages 20-24
2003 2004 2005 2006 5 and under 188 347 916 1,254 6 1,176 1,733 2,959 3,609 7 3,510 5,076 7,004 7,854 8 5,037 5,800 6,101 7,017 9 3,674 3,950 3,589 4,298 10 3,508 3,350 2,851 3,241 11 2,126 2,227 1,777 2,152 12 2,161 2,130 1,766 1,962 13 1,259 1,523 1,165 1,429 14 950 1,078 950 1,124 15 952 942 816 819 16 539 555 627 631 17 731 734 593 641 18 628 545 441 515 19 393 399 470 450 20 331 341 398 410 21 378 398 282 337 22 355 351 165 240 23 240 237 110 226 Total 28,136 31,716 32,980 38,209
2003 2004 2005 East 857 884 1,075 East Midlands 1,349 1,719 1,416 London 5,053 5,921 6,177 North West 2,362 2,814 2,983 North East 41 51 54 South East 7,502 8,001 8,089 South West 2,557 3,156 3,143 West Midlands 6,009 6,618 7,095 Yorkshire and Humber 2,406 2,552 2,948 Total 28,136 31,716 32,980
2006 East of England 1,163 East Midlands 1,698 London 7,655 North West 3,367 North East 56 South Central 4,632 South East Coast 4,345 South West 3,282 West Midlands 8,570 Yorkshire and the Humber 3,441 Total 38,209 1 Changed boundaries in 2006
Age 2003 2004 2005 2006 Under 16 2— 2— 61 99 Under 18 107 142 364 585 18 76 129 237 459 19 83 152 295 486 20 85 161 314 436 21 105 148 295 468 22 106 145 304 464 23 99 161 302 484 24 103 161 260 452 25 70 143 302 413 26 75 124 287 407 27 69 140 236 343 28 60 108 219 336 29 72 106 197 263 30 71 99 177 330 31 47 95 186 251 32 54 89 175 263 33 56 80 167 232 34 43 73 171 246 35 and over 255 427 869 1,282 Total 1,636 2,683 5,357 8,200
2003 2004 2005 2006 5 and under 134 245 780 1,159 6 465 717 1,611 2,581 7 585 1,012 1,851 2,757 8 452 709 1,115 1,703 Total 1,636 2,683 5,357 8,200
2003 2004 2005 East 43 2— 2— East Midlands 2— 78 105 London 362 582 956 North West 74 97 196 North East 2— 2— 2— South East 507 913 1,468 South West 85 192 511 West Midlands 348 597 1,291 Yorkshire and Humber 173 171 734 Total 1,636 2,683 5,357
2006 East of England 2— East Midlands 209 London 1,342 North West 298 North East 2— South Central 750 South East Coast 1,085 South West 921 West Midlands 2,524 Yorkshire and the Humber 886 Total 8,200 1 SHA changed boundaries in 2006. 2 Suppressed totals less than 10 (between 0 and 9) and values where a presented total would reveal a suppressed value.