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Abortion statistics, England and Wales: 2015

Statistical data on abortions in England and Wales for 2015.

  • updated on 16 November 2016 to correct error in the confidence intervals in tables 10b and 10d
  • updated on 15 June 2016 to correct an error in table 12e

The statistics are obtained from the abortion notification forms returned to the chief medical officers of England and Wales.

Abortion statistics for 2015: complete tables

Read the report on abortion statistics in England and Wales for 2015.

Published 17 May 2016
Last updated 1 June 2016 + show all updates
  1. Table 13, Legal abortions in countries of Great Britain, has been updated with data from Scotland which were published on 31 May 2016

  2. First published.