Abortion statistics for England and Wales: 2020
Statistics and commentary on abortions carried out in 2020.
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This report sets out and comments on abortion statistics in England and Wales for 2020 and provides an update to the abortion statistics during the coronavirus pandemic: January to June 2020
The statistics are obtained from the abortion notification forms returned to the chief medical officers of England and Wales.
Last updated 31 August 2021 + show all updates
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Updated to add the pre-release access lists: abortion statistics, England and Wales, 2020.
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Added new spreadsheet: 'Abortion statistics 2020: clinic data tables'. Updated 'Abortion statistics 2020: freedom of information and other data releases' to include 2 new requests: 1) Legal abortions: number of abortions where the woman has a recorded residential postcode the same as that of a prison by gestation, residents of England and Wales, 2020 2) Legal abortions: number of abortions by age (over 20 years), all abortions, England and Wales, 2020, and legal abortions: number of abortions by ethnicity, all abortions, 2020.
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Added new document 'Abortion statistics 2020: freedom of information and other data releases'. This includes 5 requests: 1) FOI-1334356: Legal abortions: by age (under 16 years), residents of England and Wales, 2020 2) a) Abortion rate per 1,000 women, by age and index of multiple deprivation (IMD) decile, Wales, 2020 b) Abortion rate per 1,000 women by IMD decile, Wales, 2020 c) Legal abortions: rates by region and IMD, residents of Wales, 2020 d) Legal abortions: residents of Northern Ireland, abortions performed in England and Wales, 2020 3) FOI-1336605: Legal abortions: numbers by parity (number of previous pregnancies resulting in live or still birth) and local authority (England) and locality office (Wales) of residence, 2020 4) Abortions to residents of Ireland taking place in England and Wales, 1991 to 2001 5 a) Legal abortions: under 25 years old, previous live or still birth by local authority, England, 2020 b) Legal abortions: NHS funded, under 10 weeks gestation, by local authority, England, 2020
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First published.