§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the National Health Service abortion rate per 100 live births in each of the English and Welsh hospital regions and in Scotland and Great Britain as a whole for each of the years 1979 and 1980.
§ Dr. VaughanThe available figures are as follows:
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Number of Legal Abortions per 100 Live births in National Health Service Hospitals in 1979 by Regional Health Authority of Residence and by Country of Residence By RHA of residence Rate Northern 11.5 Yorkshire 6.2 Trent 9.0 East Anglian 11.4 North West Thames 11.6 North East Thames 12.2 South East Thames 11.5 South West Thames 8.0 Wessex 7.8 Oxford 8.0 South Western 11.7 West Midlands 3.8 Mersey 4.1 North Western 6.4
By RHA of residence Rate By Country of residence Wales 10.4 England and Wales* 8.7 Scotland† 12.8 Great Britain 9.1 * Includes 24 residents of England and Wales having abortions in Scotland. These figures cannot be allocated to the Regional Health Authorities. † Includes 1,028 residents of Scotland having abortions in England and Wales. Comparable data for 1980 are not yet available.