The information is shown in the following tables.
Age South East Essex North East Essex Mid Essex South West Essex West Essex Total Essex PCTs Under 16 24 16 19 36 15 110 16 37 25 24 54 34 174 17 53 38 55 60 45 251 18 61 57 70 95 79 362 19 71 54 57 103 72 357 20 68 56 52 83 58 317 21 66 45 49 107 71 338 22 59 46 43 102 47 297 23 55 39 46 89 48 277 24 43 40 54 79 54 270 25 50 34 37 65 40 226 26 38 35 24 70 39 206 27 40 25 45 77 46 233 28 41 28 29 74 46 218 29 33 18 27 61 33 172 30 37 20 26 61 38 182 31 28 21 35 33 34 151 32 28 18 22 44 32 144 33 25 26 25 57 33 166 34 38 17 26 42 21 144 35 36 23 29 34 29 151 36 22 14 26 32 37 131 37 24 17 19 30 29 119 38 and over 71 48 93 123 107 442 Total 1,048 760 932 1,611 1,087 5,438
Grounds2 South East Essex North East Essex Mid Essex South West Essex West Essex Total Essex PCTs Section 1(1)(a) 1,038 3— 903 3— 890 5,188 Section 1(1)(d) 3— 3— 3— 3— 3— 42 Other grounds 3— 3— 3— 3— 3— 208 Total 1,048 760 932 1,611 1,087 5,438
Gestation weeks South East Essex North East Essex Mid Essex South West Essex West Essex Total Essex PCTs Under 6 120 35 130 223 187 695 6 186 55 170 293 211 915 7 237 127 164 363 204 1095 8 171 181 183 253 116 904 9 107 128 83 159 114 591 10 74 78 76 112 90 430 11 46 49 32 49 39 215 12 34 22 20 36 33 145 13 15 19 15 36 29 114 14 and over 58 66 59 87 64 334 Total 1,048 760 932 1,611 1,087 5,438 1 Information about residents of Southend is contained within South East Essex PCT and is not collected separately. 2 Section 1(1)(a): that the pregnancy has not exceeded its 24th 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 or any existing children of her family, Section 1(1)(d): that 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. Other grounds: Section 1(1)(b): that the termination is necessary to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman, Section 1(1)(c): that the continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk to the life of the pregnant woman, greater than if the pregnancy were terminated, Section 1(4): that the termination is immediately necessary to save the life or to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman. 3 Suppressed total less than 10 (between 0 and 9) or where a presented total would reveal a suppressed value.