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Abortion: Essex

Volume 494: debated on Monday 15 June 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many abortions were performed in (a) Southend and (b) Essex in 2008, broken down by (i) age of the women, (ii) grounds of the abortion and (iii) gestation of the pregnancy. (279045)

The information is shown in the following tables.

Abortions for residents of Essex primary care trusts (PCTs)1 by age, ground and gestation, 2008

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.