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Abortion statistics for England and Wales: 2022

Statistics and commentary on abortions carried out in 2022.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Published: 23 May 2024
• Last updated: 15 January 2026
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  1. 15 January 2026

     Updated the ODS file 'Abortion statistics 2022: additional data tables (amended)' to correct the data in several tables and to amend the labelling of abortions by method. Full details of the changes are in the 'Revisions' tab of the updated ODS file.

  2. 4 November 2025

     Updated to announce a change will be made to the labelling of abortions by method following review.

  3. 9 April 2025

     Added 'Abortion statistics 2022: clinic data tables'.

  4. 3 April 2025

     Data in several tables has been corrected following a full review of the publication. The accompanying commentary has been updated with the revised figures. Added new HTML attachment 'Corrections made to abortion statistics, England and Wales: 2022', which includes full details of all the changes made.

  5. 18 December 2024

     Updated 'Abortion statistics, England and Wales: 2022' to correct the figures quoted in the section 'Abortion rates by index of multiple deprivation deciles', and to remove the analysis for Wales' abortion statistics. Also updated 'Abortion statistics 2022: data tables (amended)' with the revised figures, and ‘Guide to abortion statistics, England and Wales: 2022’ to reflect these changes.

  6. 23 May 2024

     First published.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Abortion statistics, England and Wales: 2022

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Guide to abortion statistics, England and Wales: 2022

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Pre-release access lists: abortion statistics, England and Wales, 2022

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Abortion statistics 2022: data tables (amended)

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Abortion statistics 2022: clinic data tables

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Abortion statistics 2022: additional data tables (amended)

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Corrections made to abortion statistics, England and Wales: 2022

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Details

This report sets out and comments on abortion statistics in England and Wales for 2022 and provides an update to the ad hoc publication Abortion statistics for England and Wales: January to June 2022.

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

Correction notice

The labelling of abortions by method has been updated. See the ‘Revisions’ tab of ‘Abortion statistics 2022: additional data tables (amended)’ for full details of the changes.

Since the statistics were first published in May 2024, we have published 3 sets of corrections (in December 2024, April 2025 and January 2026).

The corrections are listed in full in the attachment ‘Corrections made to abortion statistics, England and Wales: 2022’.

Correction notices have also been added to the ‘data tables’ and ‘additional data tables’ spreadsheets. Some of the data in these tables has been amended.

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To provide feedback on ‘Abortion statistics for England and Wales’, please contact abortion.statistics@dhsc.gov.uk.