§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the National Health Service abortion rate per 100 live births for each hospital region of England and Wales in 1975.
§ Dr. OwenAbortions carried out in National Health Service hospitals on women usually resident in England and Wales per 100 live births registered in areas of regional health authorities of England and Wales during 1975 were as follows:
England and Wales 8.5 RHAs: Northern 12.0 Yorkshire 6.0 Trent 6.8 East Anglia 10.1 NW Thames 12.0 NE Thames 11.3 SE Thames 11.7 SW Thames 8.1 Wessex 7.5 Oxford 8.8 South Western 10.9 West Midlands 3.7 Mersey 4.6 North Western 7.1 Wales 8.9
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the National Health Service abortion rate per 100 live births for Great Britain in 1975.
§ Dr. OwenProvisional figures show 8.8 abortions in National Health Service hospitals for every 100 live births in Great Britain in 1975.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the abortion rate per 1,000 women aged 15–49 years by hospital regions in England and Wales for each of the years 1969 to 1975.
§ Dr. OwenComparable figures for the whole of the period requested are not available. The following information, 479W which relates to abortions to women aged 16 and over usually resident in England and Wales, is based for 1969–73 on final figures by usual residence in areas of the
(1) RATES PER 1,000 WOMEN AGED 15 TO 49 BY HOSPITAL REGION OF WOMAN'S USUAL RESIDENCE 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 England and Wales … … 4.4 6.7 8.4 9.7 9.8 Hospital Region of residence: Newcastle … … … 4.0 6.3 7.2 8.0 7.7 Leeds … … … … 2.8 4.6 6.0 7.0 7.8 Sheffield … … … 2.5 4.7 6.4 7.3 7.6 East Anglia … … … 4.0 5.5 8.2 7.5 7.6 North West Metropolitan … 8.6 12.0 14.3 15.8 15.8 North East Metropolitan … 4.7 6.8 8.6 11.2 11.3 South East Metropolitan … 5.5 7.6 9.7 11.6 11.1 South West Metropolitan … 7.5 10.6 12.8 14.6 14.9 Wessex … … … 3.3 5.4 6.8 7.6 7.4 Oxford … … … … 3.8 6.2 7.0 8.1 8.9 South West … … … 4.1 6.1 7.3 8.9 8.6 Birmingham … … … 3.4 6.4 8.2 9.6 9.8 Manchester … … … 3.6 5.4 7.0 7.8 8.1 Liverpool … … … 2.3 4.1 6.2 7.8 8.7 Welsh … … … … 4.0 6.2 7.8 8.6 8.3
(2) RATES PER 1,000 WOMEN AGED 15 TO 49 BY AREA OF REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY IN WHICH OPERATION WAS PERFORMED 1974 1975 England and Wales … … … … 10.0 9.7 Regional Health Authority Northern of operation: … Northern … … … … … 6.9 6.6 Yorkshire … … … … … 4.0 6.8 Trent … … … … … … 5.6 5.1 East Anglian … … … … … 7.2 6.5 North West Thames … … … … 15.6 13.4 North East Thames … … … … 21.8 18.3 South East Thames … … … … 20.1 23.2 South West Thames … … … … 4.5 4.7 Wessex … … … … … 4.5 4.0 Oxford … … … … … … 5.7 5.5 South Western … … … … 7.9 7.2 West Midlands … … … … 16.7 15.7 Mersey … … … … … 9.5 9.6 North Western … … … … 4.7 4.2 Welsh … … … … … … 5.5 4.9
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services:
(1) how many abortions in 1974 and 1975, respectively, were notified of foetuses of (a) 20–23 weeks gestation and (b) 24 weeks and over gestation;
(2) what percentage of abortions were performed on pregnancies of (a) under nine weeks duration, (b) nine to 12 weeks, (c) 13 to 16 weeks, (d) 17 to 19 weeks, (e) 20 to 23 weeks, and (f) 24 weeks and over in 1974 and 1975, respectively.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the estimated number of discharges from 480W former regional hospital boards; but for 1974–75 on provisional data which are only available by regional health authority of treatment.
English hospitals after septic abortions for the years 1973, 1974 and 1975.
§ Dr. OwenThe number of discharges in 1973 after abortion with sepsis is estimated at 900. Data for later years are not available.