Abortion
(asked on 23rd June 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women aged (a) 18, (b) 17, (c) 16, (d) 15, (e) 14, (f) 13 and (g) 12 years old in each stategic health authority area who had had (i) one, (ii) two, (iii) three, (iv) four, (v) five, (vi) six, (vii) seven, (viii) eight, (ix) nine and (x) 10 or more previous abortions had a further abortion in 2013.
The following table shows abortions for ages 18 and under by number of previous abortions and region of residence, 2013.
1 | 2 or more | |
Yorkshire and the Humber | ||
Under 14 | 0 | 0 |
14 | 2 | 0 |
15 | 7 | 0 |
16 | 23 | 0 |
17 | 50 | 4 |
18 | 78 | 7 |
North West | ||
Under 14 | 1 | 0 |
14 | 3 | 0 |
15 | 8 | 1 |
16 | 18 | 1 |
17 | 63 | 3 |
18 | 154 | 9 |
North East | ||
Under 14 | 0 | 0 |
14 | 1 | 0 |
15 | 1 | 0 |
16 | 8 | 0 |
17 | 20 | 0 |
18 | 45 | 3 |
West Midlands | ||
Under 14 | 0 | 0 |
14 | 3 | 0 |
15 | 4 | 0 |
16 | 20 | 4 |
17 | 66 | 6 |
18 | 131 | 12 |
East Midlands | ||
Under 14 | 0 | 0 |
14 | 2 | 0 |
15 | 1 | 0 |
16 | 12 | 0 |
17 | 27 | 3 |
18 | 47 | 8 |
East | ||
Under 14 | 0 | 0 |
14 | 3 | 1 |
15 | 3 | 1 |
16 | 13 | 0 |
17 | 48 | 3 |
18 | 88 | 10 |
London | ||
Under 14 | 0 | 0 |
14 | 1 | 0 |
15 | 7 | 2 |
16 | 40 | 7 |
17 | 113 | 8 |
18 | 236 | 37 |
South East | ||
Under 14 | 0 | 0 |
14 | 1 | 0 |
15 | 4 | 0 |
16 | 26 | 0 |
17 | 59 | 9 |
18 | 138 | 11 |
South West | ||
Under 14 | 0 | 0 |
14 | 0 | 0 |
15 | 4 | 0 |
16 | 12 | 1 |
17 | 26 | 2 |
18 | 70 | 5 |
Wales | ||
Under 14 | 0 | 0 |
14 | 2 | 0 |
15 | 5 | 0 |
16 | 3 | 2 |
17 | 20 | 0 |
18 | 34 | 1 |
Strategic health authorities were abolished in April 2013. Information is presented by local authority region.
The number of abortions for women who have had two or more previous abortions have been grouped to protect patient confidentiality.