§ Mrs. Ann WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what information she has concerning the numbers of(a) deaths, (b) serious medical complications arising following (i) legal abortions and (ii) illegal abortions performed upon women from (1) England and Wales, (2) Scotland and (3) Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe information requested for legal abortions is given in the tables. Data for 1993 are not yet available for Great Britain. Information for illegal abortions is not available.
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Table 1: Number of deaths following legal abortinons performed in Great Britain to residents of United Kingdom from 1984 to 1992 Country of residence England and Wales Scotland Northern Ireland 1984 2 0 0 1985 1 0 0 1986 0 0 0 1987 1 0 0 1988 1 0 0 1989 1 0 0 1990 1 0 0 1991 0 0 0 1992 1 0 0
Table 2: Number of complications1 following legal abortions performed in Great Britain2 to residents of United Kingdom 1984–1992 Country of residence England and Wales Scotland Northern Ireland 1984 893 96 1 1985 875 117 0 1986 796 108 0 1987 897 98 2 1988 735 111 2 1989 621 82 0 1990 658 103 2 1991 641 78 2 1992 695 63 3 1 These figures represent the number of complications mentioned rather than the number of operations. It is not possible to distinguish the seriousness of the complications. 2 Information on abortions performed in Scotland is based on hospital in-patient discharges. Data are given only for residents of Scotland as it is not possible to separate the remaining data by individual country of residence.