(2) how many early medical abortions were performed by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service at the request of the national health service in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by the (a) age of the woman, (b) length of gestation of the pregnancy and (c) region of residence of the woman.
Information on referrals for abortion by general practitioners is not collected.
The information requested on national health service funded abortions is shown in the following tables.
Age Number Under 15 281 15 756 16 1,483 17 2,132 18 2,652 19 2,865 20 2,772 21 2,606 22 2,561 23 2,372 24 2,119 25 2,011 26 1,861 27 1,738 28 1,469 29 1,319 30 1,157 31 1,146 32 1,137 33 1,008 34 934 35 859 36 856 37 744 38 683 39 577 40 464 41 353 42 281 43 193 44 119 45 and over 139 Total 41,647
Gestation weeks Number 5 and under 1,571 6 3,906 7 8,617 8 7.934 9 4,616 10 3,562 11 2,368 12 2,235 13 1,597 14 1,158 15 789 16 642 17 572 18 487 19 394 20 413 21 334 22 254 23 198 Total 41,647
Number East of England 1,285 East Midlands 1,972 London 8,976 North West 3,367 North East 45 South Central 4,719 South East Coast 4,753 South West 3,627 West Midlands 9,841 Yorkshire and The Humber 3,062 Total 41,647
Age Number Under 16 136 Under 18 754 18 514 19 581 20 590 21 580 22 625 23 579 24 528 25 513 26 472 27 451 28 390 29 337 30 338 31 276 32 311 33 290 34 287 35 and over 1,506 Total 9,922
Gestation weeks Number 5 and under 1,456 6 3,014 7 3,295 8 2,157 Total 9,922
Number East of England 1— East Midlands 326 London 1,706 North West 349 North East 1— South Central 844 South East Coast 1,407 South West 1,013 West Midlands 2,811 Yorkshire and The Humber 1,143 Total 9,922 1 Suppressed totals less than 10 (between 0 and 9) and values where a presented total would reveal a suppressed value.
The information requested is shown in the following tables.
Primary care organisation Under 18 rate England 20 5NY Bradford and Airedale Teaching 20 5A9 Barnet 20 5JE Barnsley 20 5NQ Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale 20 5LC Westminster 20 5PV West Essex 21 5H8 Rotherham 21 5KM Middlesbrough 21 5FE Portsmouth City Teaching 21 5NJ Sefton 21 5EM Nottingham City 21 5NH East Lancashire Teaching 21 5M3 Walsall Teaching 21 5P2 Bedfordshire 21 5PN Peterborough 21 5N3 Wakefield District 22 5E1 North Tees 22 5EF North Lincolnshire 22 5QJ Bristol 22 5KL Sunderland Teaching 22 5ET Bassetlaw 22 5A4 Havering 22 5N1 Leeds 22 5HQ Bolton 22 5A7 Bromley 22 5KG South Tyneside 22 5LQ Brighton and Hove City 22 5HG Ashton, Leigh and Wigan 22 5D9 Hartlepool 23 5K7 Camden 23 5D7 Newcastle 23 5P8 Hastings and Rother 23 5MX Heart of Birmingham Teaching 23 5NN West Cheshire 23 5JX Bury 23 5M7 Sutton and Merton 23 5PE Dudley 23 5NM Halton and St. Helens 24 5PF Sandwell 24 5L3 Medway 24 5MV Wolverhampton City 24 5AN North East Lincolnshire 24 5PR Great Yarmouth and Waveney 24 TAK Bexley Care Trust 24 5PG Birmingham East and North 24 5PJ Stoke on Trent 25 5LH Tameside and Glossop 25 5NX Hull Teaching 25 5K5 Brent Teaching 25 5N4 Sheffield 25 5NK Wirral 25 5D8 North Tyneside 26 5N5 Doncaster 26 5J4 Knowsley 26 5AT Hillingdon 27 5NL Liverpool 27 TAL Torbay 27 5C4 Tower Hamlets 28 5M1 South Birmingham 29 5HY Hounslow 29 5F5 Salford Teaching 29 5H1 Hammersmith and Fulham 29 5C1 Enfield 30 5J9 Darlington 30 5K9 Croydon 31 5LG Wandsworth 31 5NT Manchester 32 5MD Coventry Teaching 32 5C2 Barking and Dagenham 32 5K8 Islington 34 5NC Waltham Forest 35 5C3 City and Hackney Teaching 37 5C9 Haringey Teaching 38 5A8 Greenwich Teaching 38 5LF Lewisham 40 5LD Lambeth 44 5LE Southwark 47 Notes: 1. Rates for PCOs are based on 2006 mid year population estimates. 2. Rates for under 18 are based on populations 15-17.
Primary care organisation Percentage of abortions that were repeat abortions in women aged under 19 England 10 5QG Berkshire East 10 5NY Bradford and Airedale teaching 11 5F5 Salford Teaching 11 5A9 Barnet 11 5NL Liverpool 11 5PG Birmingham East and North 11 5P5 Surrey 11 5LH Tameside and Glossop 11 5L3 Medway 11 5GC Luton 12 5EM Nottingham City 12 5PE Dudley 12 5N5 Doncaster 12 5M1 South Birmingham 12 5NK Wirral 12 5QE Oxfordshire 12 5MX Heart of Birmingham Teaching 12 5QF Berkshire West 12 5J9 Darlington 12 5MK Telford and Wrekin 12 5QA Eastern and Coastal Kent 12 TAK Bexley Care Trust 13 5PD Northamptonshire Teaching 13 5P1 South East Essex 13 5A8 Greenwich Teaching 13 5C2 Barking and Dagenham 13 5M7 Sutton and Merton 13 5P4 West Hertfordshire 13 5MD Coventry Teaching 13 5P9 West Kent 13 5A3 South Gloucestershire 13 5LG Wandsworth 14 TAM Solihull 14 5LQ Brighton & Hove City 14 5LC Westminster 14 5CC Blackburn and Darwen Teaching 14 5K5 Brent Teaching 14 5MV Wolverhampton City 14 5NC Waltham Forest 14 5HX Ealing 14 5NT Manchester 15 5J2 Warrington 15 5K3 Swindon 15 5HY Hounslow 15 5PV West Essex 15 5P3 East and North Hertfordshire 15 5LF Lewisham 15 5C5 Newham 15 5LD Lambeth 17 TAL Torbay 17 5LE Southwark 17 5K9 Croydon 17 5C9 Haringey Teaching 17 5K6 Harrow 17 5C4 Tower Hamlets 18 5A7 Bromley 18 5H1 Hammersmith and Fulham 18 5AT Hillingdon 18 5C1 Enfield 19 5K7 Camden 19 5K8 Islington 19 5NA Redbridge 19 5LA Kensington and Chelsea 21 5C3 City and Hackney Teaching 22 1 Data provided are for women aged under 19. A table for women aged under 18 by PCT would result in a large number of PCTs with suppressed data.