§ Mr. Townsendasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, if he will publish the number of registered deaths assigned to abortion in England and Wales for the year 1976 as classified under each of the ICD codes 640 to 645.
§ Mr. MoyleThe numbers are as follows:
ENGLAND AND WALES DEATHS 1976 ICD 640 Abortion induced for medical indications 1 641 Abortion induced for other legal indications 0 642 Abortion induced for other reasons 1 643 Spontaneous abortion 2 644 Abortion not specified as induced or spontaneous 3 645 Other abortion 0 Total 7 The total number of these deaths has been published in OPCS Monitor DH2 77/3. The full details will appear in OPCS publication DH2 No. 3 early in 1978.