RU486 Mr. Amess To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women of each age group in each region after taking mifepristone were subject to (a) excessive bleeding, (b) haemorrhaging when the foetus was expelled from the uterus, (c) damage to the cervix and (d) an infection in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by length of gestation of the pregnancy. Dawn Primarolo The information is shown in the following table. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | |Haemorrhage |Other complications2| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Total abortions using RU486|Total complications|Gestation under 13 weeks|13 weeks + |All gestations| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003|29,667 |121 |61 |49 |11| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004|34,466 |93 |58 |25 |10| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005|44,779 |129 |81 |31 |17| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006|56,805 |136 |98 |24 |14| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007|67,917 |183 |121 |30 |32| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Total abortions using RU48|Total complications|Age under 25 years|25 years+|All ages| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |29,667 |121 |39 |71 |11 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |34,466 |93 |35 |48 |10 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |44,779 |129 |52 |60 |17 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 |56,805 |136 |49 |73 |14 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007 |67,917 |183 |72 |79 |32 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Up until the time of discharge from the place of termination.2 Includes uterine perforation and/or sepsis.Note:Breakdown by region is not possible due to small numbers. This is line with the Office for National Statistics’ guidance on the disclosure of abortion statistics (2005)| | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------