HC Deb 07 June 1993 vol 226 cc54-5W
Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidelines she has issued in relation to a British standard for knee and hip joint replacement sets.

Mr. Sackville

There is no single British standard for knee and hip joint replacement implants. National standards are defined through an interrelated system of around 40 British standards for orthopaedic implants and materials. Compliance with appropriate standards is called for in the Department of Health's requirements for quality systems for orthopaedic implants, published in 1990, copies of which are available in the Library.

Births and abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–19 years: England and Wales1
Births12

Age (years)

 Abortions

Age (years)
Year 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19
1980 2.6 10.7 27.6 47.5 66.6 6.8 15.8 20.5 22.5 22.8
1981 2.4 10.2 24.4 42.7 61.7 6.7 15.1 19.6 22.1 22.4
1982 2.4 10.0 24.5 40.9 58.6 7.4 15.8 19.0 21.0 21.5
1983 2.8 10.3 24.2 39.3 55.6 8.0 16.5 19.2 20.7 20.3
1984 2.9 10.8 25.5 40.4 55.7 8.3 17.8 21.3 22.5 22.1
1985 3.2 11.7 27.5 43.5 58.4 8.1 17.5 22.0 24.1 23.7
1986 3.1 11.8 28.1 45.6 59.7 7.9 16.8 21.7 24.9 24.5
1987 3.2 11.8 28.5 46.0 62.0 8.2 16.7 22.3 26.1 27.5
1988 3.2 12.9 29.9 47.7 63.3 8.2 18.6 24.5 28.6 30.2
1989 3.6 12.9 29.4 45.4 61.2 8.4 18.1 24.3 28.2 29.7
1990 3.7 13.6 31.4 47.1 61.8 8.6 18.0 24.6 29.5 30.2
1991 4.1 13.9 30.7 47.0 61.9 7.9 16.4 22.7 26.7 29.0
1992 4.0 13.2 29.6 45.4 59.3 Not yet available
1 The populations used as the denominators for 1991 rates are the provisional estimates based on the 1991 Census. The denominators for the 1992 rates are projected populations.
2 Live births and still births combined.