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Table 3a
Updated 29 May 2012
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| Table 3a: Legal abortions: by (i) purchaser, (ii) statutory grounds, (iii) gestation weeks, (iv) procedure, (v) marital status, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (vi) ethnicity, (vii) parity, (viii) previous miscarriages, (ix) previous abortions, (x) chlamydia screening, 2001 to 2011 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| England and Wales, residents | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | percentages |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | |
| Not set | Not set | 2001 | Not set | 2002 | Not set | 2003 | Not set | 2004 | Not set | 2005 | Not set | 2006 | Not set | 2007 | Not set | 2008 | Not set | 2009 | Not set | 2010 | Not set | 2011 | |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | All legal abortions ( =100% ) | Not set | 176,364 | Not set | 175,932 | Not set | 181,582 | Not set | 185,713 2 | Not set | 186,416 | Not set | 193,737 | Not set | 198,499 | Not set | 195,296 | Not set | 189,100 | Not set | 189,574 | Not set | 189,931 |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| (i) Purchaser | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | NHS Funded: NHS Hospital | Not set | 43 | Not set | 42 | Not set | 42 | Not set | 40 | Not set | 40 | Not set | 39 | Not set | 38 | Not set | 38 | Not set | 38 | Not set | 37 | Not set | 35 |
| Not set | NHS Funded: Independent Sector | Not set | 33 | Not set | 36 | Not set | 38 | Not set | 42 | Not set | 44 | Not set | 48 | Not set | 50 | Not set | 53 | Not set | 56 | Not set | 59 | Not set | 61 |
| Not set | Privately Funded | Not set | 24 | Not set | 22 | Not set | 20 | Not set | 18 | Not set | 16 | Not set | 13 | Not set | 11 | Not set | 9 | Not set | 6 | Not set | 4 | Not set | 4 |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| (ii) Statutory grounds | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | A (alone or with B, C or D) or F or G | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 |
| Not set | B (alone or with C or D) | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 |
| Not set | C (alone) | Not set | 93 | Not set | 94 | Not set | 94 | Not set | 95 | Not set | 96 | Not set | 97 | Not set | 98 | Not set | 98 | Not set | 97 | Not set | 98 | Not set | 98 |
| Not set | D (alone, or with C) | Not set | 5 | Not set | 4 | Not set | 3 | Not set | 3 | Not set | 2 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 |
| Not set | E (alone or with A, B, C, or D) | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| (iii) Gestation weeks | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | 3 - 9 | Not set | 58 | Not set | 57 | Not set | 58 | Not set | 60 | Not set | 67 | Not set | 68 | Not set | 70 | Not set | 73 | Not set | 75 | Not set | 77 | Not set | 78 |
| Not set | 10 - 12 | Not set | 30 | Not set | 30 | Not set | 29 | Not set | 27 | Not set | 23 | Not set | 22 | Not set | 20 | Not set | 17 | Not set | 16 | Not set | 15 | Not set | 13 |
| Not set | 13 - 19 | Not set | 11 | Not set | 11 | Not set | 11 | Not set | 11 | Not set | 9 | Not set | 9 | Not set | 9 | Not set | 8 | Not set | 8 | Not set | 7 | Not set | 7 |
| Not set | 20 and over | Not set | 2 | Not set | 2 | Not set | 2 | Not set | 2 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 2 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| (iv) Procedure | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | Vacuum aspiration | Not set | 81 | Not set | 81 | Not set | 80 | Not set | 76 | Not set | 71 | Not set | 64 | Not set | 60 | Not set | 57 | Not set | 54 | Not set | 52 | Not set | 48 |
| Not set | Dilatation and evacuation | Not set | 6 | Not set | 4 | Not set | 3 | Not set | 4 | Not set | 5 | Not set | 6 | Not set | 5 | Not set | 5 | Not set | 5 | Not set | 5 | Not set | 5 |
| Not set | Other surgical | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 |
| Not set | All surgical | Not set | 87 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 60 | Not set | 57 | Not set | 53 |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | Antiprogesterone with or without prostaglandin | Not set | 12 | Not set | 14 | Not set | 16 | Not set | 19 | Not set | 24 | Not set | 30 | Not set | 34 | Not set | 37 | Not set | 40 | Not set | 43 | Not set | 47 |
| Not set | Other medical agent | Not set | 1 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 1 |
| Not set | All medical | Not set | 13 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 43 | Not set | 47 |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| (v) Marital status 1 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | Single no partner | Not set | . | Not set | 25 | Not set | 35 | Not set | 31 | Not set | 33 | Not set | 32 | Not set | 31 | Not set | 29 | Not set | 29 | Not set | 26 | Not set | 26 |
| Not set | Single with partner | Not set | . | Not set | 17 | Not set | 30 | Not set | 29 | Not set | 31 | Not set | 36 | Not set | 42 | Not set | 42 | Not set | 43 | Not set | 49 | Not set | 49 |
| Not set | Single not stated | Not set | . | Not set | 32 | Not set | 11 | Not set | 17 | Not set | 15 | Not set | 12 | Not set | 8 | Not set | 9 | Not set | 11 | Not set | 6 | Not set | 6 |
| Not set | Single (total) | Not set | 76 | Not set | 75 | Not set | 76 | Not set | 77 | Not set | 79 | Not set | 80 | Not set | 81 | Not set | 81 | Not set | 82 | Not set | 81 | Not set | 81 |
| Not set | Married/civil partnership | Not set | 19 | Not set | 20 | Not set | 19 | Not set | 18 | Not set | 17 | Not set | 17 | Not set | 16 | Not set | 16 | Not set | 15 | Not set | 16 | Not set | 16 |
| Not set | Separated | Not set | 3 | Not set | 3 | Not set | 2 | Not set | 2 | Not set | 2 | Not set | 2 | Not set | 2 | Not set | 2 | Not set | 2 | Not set | 2 | Not set | 2 |
| Not set | Widowed | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 | Not set | 0 |
| Not set | Divorced | Not set | 2 | Not set | 2 | Not set | 2 | Not set | 2 | Not set | 2 | Not set | 2 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 | Not set | 1 |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| (vi) Ethnicity 1 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | White | Not set | . | Not set | 75 | Not set | 76 | Not set | 75 | Not set | 74 | Not set | 75 | Not set | 75 | Not set | 76 | Not set | 76 | Not set | 76 | Not set | 76 |
| Not set | Mixed | Not set | . | Not set | 3 | Not set | 2 | Not set | 2 | Not set | 2 | Not set | 3 | Not set | 3 | Not set | 3 | Not set | 3 | Not set | 3 | Not set | 3 |
| Not set | Asian or Asian British | Not set | . | Not set | 7 | Not set | 7 | Not set | 7 | Not set | 8 | Not set | 8 | Not set | 8 | Not set | 8 | Not set | 9 | Not set | 10 | Not set | 10 |
| Not set | Black or Black British | Not set | . | Not set | 12 | Not set | 12 | Not set | 13 | Not set | 13 | Not set | 12 | Not set | 11 | Not set | 10 | Not set | 10 | Not set | 9 | Not set | 9 |
| Not set | Chinese or other ethnic group | Not set | . | Not set | 3 | Not set | 3 | Not set | 3 | Not set | 3 | Not set | 2 | Not set | 3 | Not set | 3 | Not set | 2 | Not set | 2 | Not set | 2 |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| (vii) Parity (number of previous pregnancies resulting in live or stillbirth) | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | 0 | Not set | 53 | Not set | 53 | Not set | 53 | Not set | 53 | Not set | 53 | Not set | 53 | Not set | 53 | Not set | 52 | Not set | 51 | Not set | 50 | Not set | 49 |
| Not set | 1+ | Not set | 47 | Not set | 47 | Not set | 47 | Not set | 47 | Not set | 47 | Not set | 47 | Not set | 47 | Not set | 48 | Not set | 49 | Not set | 50 | Not set | 51 |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| (viii) Number of previous pregnancies resulting in spontaneous miscarriage and ectopic pregnancies | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | 0 | Not set | . | Not set | 87 | Not set | 87 | Not set | 86 | Not set | 86 | Not set | 86 | Not set | 86 | Not set | 85 | Not set | 85 | Not set | 84 | Not set | 83 |
| Not set | 1+ | Not set | . | Not set | 13 | Not set | 13 | Not set | 14 | Not set | 14 | Not set | 14 | Not set | 14 | Not set | 15 | Not set | 15 | Not set | 16 | Not set | 17 |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| (ix) Number of previous pregnancies resulting in abortion under the Act | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | 0 | Not set | 69 | Not set | 69 | Not set | 68 | Not set | 68 | Not set | 68 | Not set | 68 | Not set | 68 | Not set | 67 | Not set | 66 | Not set | 66 | Not set | 64 |
| Not set | 1+ | Not set | 31 | Not set | 31 | Not set | 32 | Not set | 32 | Not set | 32 | Not set | 32 | Not set | 32 | Not set | 33 | Not set | 34 | Not set | 34 | Not set | 36 |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| (x) Chlamydia screening | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | Offered | Not set | . | Not set | 65 | Not set | 65 | Not set | 69 | Not set | 71 | Not set | 72 | Not set | 73 | Not set | 73 | Not set | 79 | Not set | 84 | Not set | 88 |
| Not set | Not offered | Not set | . | Not set | 35 | Not set | 35 | Not set | 31 | Not set | 29 | Not set | 28 | Not set | 27 | Not set | 27 | Not set | 21 | Not set | 16 | Not set | 12 |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
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| Not set | 1 Percentages exclude not known and not stated | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | 2 Revised England and Wales total | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | . Information was not collected | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | Note: percentages are rounded and may not add up to 100 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |