§ Ms. RichardsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he will list the number of maternal deaths each year from 1968 to 1988 from(a) all causes, (b) abortion, illegal, legal and spontaneous and (c) unknown methods of abortion; and what are the percentages for the same years of maternal death due to abortions of all types.
§ Mr. FreemanThe information for England and Wales is set out in the table.
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Year A B C D B as per cent. of A 1968 200 49 39 10 24.5 1969 155 35 33 2 22.6 1970 145 32 28 4 22.1 1971 132 26 22 4 19.7 1972 112 26 19 7 23.2 1973 88 12 10 2 13.6 1974 81 9 8 1 11.1 1975 77 8 7 1 10.4
Year A B C D B as per cent. of A 1976 78 7 4 3 9.0 1977 74 6 6 0 8.1 1978 68 5 5 0 7.3 1979 74 5 3 2 6.8 1980 70 3 2 1 4.3 1981 57 3 2 1 5.3 1982 42 3 3 0 7 1 1983 54 2 2 0 3.7 1984 52 3 1 1 5.8 1985 46 5 4 1 10.9 1986 45 1 1 0 2.2 1987 46 1 1 0 2.2 1988 41 3 3 0 7.3 A = All maternal deaths 1968–78/ICD* 630–678
1979–88/ICD 630–676
B = All abortion deaths 1968–78/ICD 640–644
1979–88/ICD 634–638
C = Spontaneous, illegal, legal abortion deaths
1968–78/ICD 640–643
1979–88/ICD 634–636
D = Unspecified abortion deaths 1968–78/ICD 644
1979–88/ICD 637
*ICD — International Classification of Diseases 9th Revision.