§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the number of(a) pregnancies among teenage girls, (b) births to unmarried mothers and (c) abortions performed in (i) York, (ii) North Yorkshire, (iii) Yorkshire and Humberside and (iv) England in each year since 1979. [31602]
§ Mr. SackvilleThe number of conceptions to women aged under 20 and the total number of live births outside marriage are shown in the table. The data are given for each year from 1979 to the most recent year for which information is available—1991 for conceptions and 1993 for births. Conception statistics by county and county district are not readily available before 1989, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The number of abortions by regional health authority of termination are published in the OPCS Series AB 6–19 and in the OPCS Monitor AB95/1 for 1993; copies of which are available in the Library. For reasons of confidentiality, abortion data by area of termination are published only down to RHA level.
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Area of residence at time of birth or abortion Year England Yorkshire and Humberside North Yorkshire York county district a) Conceptions to women under 201 1979 113,574 12,991 n/a n/a 1980 110,326 12,541 n/a n/a 1981 108,202 12,073 n/a n/a 1982 106,865 12,229 n/a n/a 1983 105,374 11,959 n/a n/a 1984 110,966 12,646 n/a n/a 1985 111,991 13,143 n/a n/a 1986 111,446 13,364 n/a n/a 1987 115,671 13,679 n/a n/a 1988 113,345 13,488 n/a n/a 1989 110,409 13,370 1,173 241 1990 108,037 13,022 1,193 240 1991 96,843 11,907 1,072 201 b) All live births outside marriage 1979 66,056 7,087 575 163 1980 73,413 8,067 635 195 1981 76,916 8,434 640 183 1982 85,188 9,396 747 209 1983 94,022 10,491 840 240 1984 104,404 11,694 939 255 1985 119,235 13,350 1,103 302 1986 133,477 15,141 1,180 324
Area of residence at time of birth or abortion Year England Yorkshire and Humberside North Yorkshire York county district 1987 149,556 16,691 1,353 384 1988 167,179 18,593 1,575 421 1989 175,027 19,357 1,682 453 1990 188,548 21,098 1,816 507 1991 198,938 22,014 1,880 485 1992 202,425 22,587 1,990 482 1993 203,581 22,238 1,992 475 1 Includes pregnancies which resulted in either a maternity at which one or more live or stillbirths occurred or a termination of pregnancy by abortion under the 1967 Act. Pregnancies which led to spontaneous abortion are not included.