Pregnancies (Hansard, 20 November 1990)

§ Mr. Dorrell

The information requested for the years 1970–1988 is given in the tables. Figures for conceptions occurring in 1989 will not be available until autumn 1991. Conceptions to women usually resident in England and Wales which led to a maternity or were terminated by abortion under the Abortion Act 1967 are included; those which led to an illegal or spontaneous abortion are excluded.

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	Number of conceptions (thousands)	Conceptions terminated by abortion	Conception rates per 1,000 women in age-group	Conceptions terminated by abortion
	Total conceptions	Conceptions leading to maternities		Total conceptions	Conceptions leading to maternities
		All maternities	Live births	Still births			All maternities	Live births	Still births
1985	31,939	22,235	22,109	126	9,704	80.7	56.2	55.8	0.3	24.5
1986	32,177	22,456	22,357	99	9,721	83.6	58.4	58.1	0.3	25.3
1987	33,648	23,114	22,983	131	10,534	87.7	60.3	59.9	0.3	27.5
1988	32,208	21,672	21,550	122	10,536	86.9	58.5	58.2	0.3	28.4
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1970	45,853	41,489	41,048	441	4,364	136.6	123.6	122.3	1.3	13.0
1971	42,770	37,408	37,018	390	5,362	130.9	114.5	113.3	1.2	16.4
1972	41,406	35,042	34,677	365	6,364	125.7	106.4	105.3	1.1	19.3
1973	39,080	32,766	32,403	363	6,314	117.4	98.4	97.3	1.1	19.0
1974	35,834	29,635	29,357	278	6,199	110.7	91.6	90.7	0.9	19.2
1975	34,216	28,177	27,908	269	6,039	102.5	84.4	83.6	0.8	18.1
1976	32,652	26,617	26,367	250	6,035	95.3	77.7	77.0	0.7	17.6
1977	33,424	27,303	27,061	242	6,121	94.7	77.4	76.7	0.7	17.3
1978	35,872	28,953	28,705	248	6,919	99.1	80.0	79.3	0.7	19.1
1979	38,110	30,015	29,766	249	8,095	102.4	80.6	80.0	0.7	21.7
1980	37,475	29,187	28,975	212	8,288	96.4	75.1	74.6	0.5	21.3
1981	37,458	29,087	28,886	201	8,371	94.0	73.0	72.5	0.5	21.0
1982	36,614	27,961	27,784	177	8,653	90.1	68.8	68.3	0.4	21.3
1983	35,318	26,872	26,719	153	8,446	84.8	64.5	64.2	0.4	20.3
1984	36,993	27,691	27,517	174	9,302	89.3	66.9	66.4	0.4	22.5
1985	37,157	27,489	27,351	138	9,668	91.7	67.9	67.5	0.3	23.9
1986	37,205	27,419	27,271	148	9,786	93.5	68.9	68.6	0.4	24.6
1987	39,048	27,911	27,771	140	11,137	101.1	72.2	71.9	0.4	28.8
1988	38,475	26,878	26,731	147	11,597	100.0	69.8	69.5	0.4	30.1
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1970	54,244	49,573	48,992	581	4,671	155.4	142.0	140.4	1.7	13.4
1971	49,030	43,637	43,158	479	5,393	145.6	129.6	128.2	1.4	16.0
1972	45,760	39,838	39,451	387	5,922	139.3	121.3	120.1	1.2	18.0
1973	43,844	37,743	37,318	425	6,101	132.3	113.9	112.6	1.3	18.4
1974	41,290	35,365	35,009	356	5,925	123.7	105.9	104.9	1.1	17.8
1975	38,396	32,730	32,441	289	5,666	117.9	100.5	99.6	0.9	17.4
1976	36,336	30,916	30,647	269	5,420	108.3	92.1	91.3	0.8	16.2
1977	38,059	32,437	32,159	278	5,622	110.5	94.2	93.4	0.8	16.3
1978	40,902	34,302	34,064	238	6,600	115.1	96.5	95.9	0.7	18.6
1979	43,025	35,601	35,350	251	7,424	118.3	97.9	97.2	0.7	20.4
1980	43,026	35,296	35,055	241	7,730	114.8	94.2	93.5	0.6	20.6
1981	41,931	33,852	33,633	219	8,079	107.2	86.5	86.0	0.6	20.7
1982	42,104	33,836	33,653	183	8,268	104.9	84.3	83.8	0.5	20.6
1983	40,384	32,257	32,051	206	8,127	98.3	78.5	78.0	0.5	19.8
1984	42,227	33,399	33,205	194	8,828	101.2	80.0	79.6	0.5	21.1
1985	42,140	32,744	32,554	190	9,396	101.1	78.6	78.1	0.5	22.5
1986	42,376	32,348	32,178	170	10,028	104.0	79.4	78.9	0.4	24.6
1987	43,712	32,808	32,650	158	10,904	109.3	82.0	81.6	0.4	27.3
1988	43,087	31,515	31,362	153	11,572	111£1	81.2	80.9	0.4	29.8

(b) Numbers and rates of conceptions by outcome to women aged under 16, 1987
England and Wales
Number of conceptions	Conceptions terminated by abortion	Conception rates per 1,000 women aged 13 to 15	Conceptions terminated by abortion
Total conceptions	Conceptions leading to maternities		Total conceptions	Conceptions leading to maternities
	All maternities	Live births	Still births			All maternities	Live births	Still births
9,135	4,185	4,159	26	4,950	9.3	4.2	4.2	0.0	5.0