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Treasury

Answer

Mr. Bendall: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give a breakdown by (a) procedure, (b) gestation of pregnancy and (c) technique of the number of abortions performed in the north Thames region in the latest year for which figures are available.[37007] Mrs. Angela Knight: The figures presented are for legal abortions performed in 1994, on women usually resident in the North Thames health region.{1} (a) Number of abortions by procedure _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Procedure Number of abortions Hysterotomy (only) 6 Hysterectomy (only) 1 Vacuum aspiration (only) 29,416 Vacuum aspiration with dilation and evacuation 2,979 Dilation and evacuation 745 Other surgical 1 Prostaglandins (only) 302 Prostaglandins with other agents 154 Antiprogesterone with or without prostaglandins 595 Other medical 30 Other combined methods 5 Total 34,234 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (b) Number of abortions by gestation of pregnancy _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Gestation in weeks Number of abortions Under 9 15,786 9-12 15,195 13-19 2,865 20 and over 388 Total 34,234 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (c) Number of abortions by technique Abortion data by technique are not routinely collected. {1} 1994 Abortion Statistics, England and Wales, Series AB no. 21.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

37007; 281 c602W

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Abortion Statistics North Thames Health Region

Contains statistics

Yes