Abortion
(asked on 5th June 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women (a) of each age group, (b) in each health authority area and (c) suffering from each type of complication suffered health complications following abortion procedures in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013 and (iii) 2014 to date.
The following table shows categories of information collected on form HSA4 about complications of abortion up to time of discharge. The categories are headed ‘none', ‘haemorrhage', ‘uterine perforation', ‘sepsis', and ‘other'. Health Authority data is not available. Data were analysed by local authority and grouped into regions to protect patient confidentiality. The data is for 2012 only, 2013 and 2014 data has not been published yet.
Abortions with complications by age, residents of England and Wales, 2012
Age | Total |
Under 20 | 35 |
20-24 | 73 |
25-29 | 72 |
30-34 | 57 |
35 and over | 41 |
Total | 278 |
Abortions with complications by region, residents of England and Wales, 2012
Region | Total |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 30 |
North West | 32 |
North East | 12 |
West Midlands | 25 |
East | 36 |
London | 48 |
South East | 34 |
South West | 22 |
Wales | 17 |
Total | 278 |
Total abortions by complication, residents of England and Wales, 2012
Complication* | Total |
Haemorrhage | 216 |
Uterine Perforation | 22 |
Sepsis | 40 |
Other | 0 |
Total | 278 |
*Complications are those reported up to the time of discharge