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| Table 2: Legal abortions: age 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, 2010 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 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 | numbers and 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 | All ages | Not set | Under 20 | Under 20 | 20-34 | 20-34 | 35 and over | 35 and over | |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | numbers | % | numbers | % | numbers | % | numbers | % |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | |
| All legal abortions | Not set | Not set | 189,574 | 100% | 38,269 | 100% | 124,259 | 100% | 27,046 | 100% |
| 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 | NHS Funded: NHS Hospital | Not set | 69,529 | 37% | 15,638 | 41% | 44,932 | 36% | 8,959 | 33% |
| Not set | NHS Funded: Independent Sector | Not set | 111,775 | 59% | 22,096 | 58% | 73,838 | 59% | 15,841 | 59% |
| Not set | Privately Funded | Not set | 8,270 | 4% | 535 | 1% | 5,489 | 4% | 2,246 | 8% |
| 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 | A (alone or with B, C or D) or F or G | Not set | 41 | 0% | .. | .. | 26 | 0% | .. | .. |
| Not set | B (alone) | Not set | 265 | 0% | 68 | 0% | 159 | 0% | 38 | 0% |
| Not set | B (with C or D) | Not set | 52 | 0% | .. | .. | 34 | 0% | .. | .. |
| Not set | C (alone) | Not set | 185,291 | 98% | 37,959 | 99% | 121,490 | 98% | 25,842 | 96% |
| Not set | D (alone, or with C) | Not set | 1,635 | 1% | 117 | 0% | 1,186 | 1% | 332 | 1% |
| Not set | E (alone or with A, B, C, or D) | Not set | 2,290 | 1% | 115 | 0% | 1,364 | 1% | 811 | 3% |
| 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 | 03-Sep | Not set | 145,163 | 77% | 27,246 | 71% | 96,432 | 78% | 21,485 | 79% |
| Not set | 10-Dec | Not set | 27,572 | 15% | 6,666 | 17% | 17,589 | 14% | 3,317 | 12% |
| Not set | 13 -19 | Not set | 14,095 | 7% | 3,646 | 10% | 8,571 | 7% | 1,878 | 7% |
| Not set | 20 and over | Not set | 2,744 | 1% | 711 | 2% | 1,667 | 1% | 366 | 1% |
| 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 | Surgical | Not set | 108,062 | 57% | 21,511 | 56% | 70,139 | 56% | 16,412 | 61% |
| Not set | Medical | Not set | 81,512 | 43% | 16,758 | 44% | 54,120 | 44% | 10,634 | 39% |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 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 | Single no partner | Not set | 46,997 | 26% | 11,991 | 33% | 31,020 | 26% | 3,986 | 15% |
| Not set | Single with partner | Not set | 87,587 | 49% | 20,732 | 58% | 58,388 | 50% | 8,467 | 33% |
| Not set | Single not stated | Not set | 11,372 | 6% | 3,015 | 8% | 7,406 | 6% | 951 | 4% |
| Not set | Married/civil partnership | Not set | 28,608 | 16% | 184 | 1% | 18,032 | 15% | 10,392 | 40% |
| Not set | Separated/widowed/divorced | Not set | 4,851 | 3% | 63 | 0% | 2,820 | 2% | 1,968 | 8% |
| Not set | Not known & not stated | Not set | 10,159 | Not set | 2,284 | Not set | 6,593 | Not set | 1,282 | 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 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 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 - British | Not set | 122,491 | 68% | 29,285 | 81% | 76,610 | 65% | 16,596 | 64% |
| Not set | White - Irish | Not set | 1,119 | 1% | 195 | 1% | 733 | 1% | 191 | 1% |
| Not set | White - Any other White background | Not set | 12,783 | 7% | 1,134 | 3% | 9,505 | 8% | 2,144 | 8% |
| Not set | Mixed - White and Black Caribbean | Not set | 1,994 | 1% | 609 | 2% | 1,255 | 1% | 130 | 1% |
| Not set | Mixed - White and Black African | Not set | 1,010 | 1% | 260 | 1% | 667 | 1% | 83 | 0% |
| Not set | Mixed - White and Asian | Not set | 635 | 0% | 164 | 0% | 408 | 0% | 63 | 0% |
| Not set | Mixed - Any Other | Not set | 1,715 | 1% | 375 | 1% | 1,145 | 1% | 195 | 1% |
| Not set | Asian or Asian British - Indian | Not set | 6,520 | 4% | 434 | 1% | 5,017 | 4% | 1,069 | 4% |
| Not set | Asian or Asian British - Pakistani | Not set | 3,492 | 2% | 339 | 1% | 2,568 | 2% | 585 | 2% |
| Not set | Asian or Asian British - Bangladeshi | Not set | 1,731 | 1% | 234 | 1% | 1,249 | 1% | 248 | 1% |
| Not set | Asian - Any other Asian background | Not set | 5,554 | 3% | 448 | 1% | 3,965 | 3% | 1,141 | 4% |
| Not set | Black or Black British - Caribbean | Not set | 5,049 | 3% | 894 | 2% | 3,411 | 3% | 744 | 3% |
| Not set | Black or Black British - African | Not set | 10,829 | 6% | 1,232 | 3% | 7,742 | 7% | 1,855 | 7% |
| Not set | Black or Black British - Any other | Not set | 1,203 | 1% | 192 | 1% | 874 | 1% | 137 | 1% |
| Not set | Chinese | Not set | 2,157 | 1% | 172 | 0% | 1,663 | 1% | 322 | 1% |
| Not set | Any other ethnic group | Not set | 2,163 | 1% | 225 | 1% | 1,514 | 1% | 424 | 2% |
| Not set | Not known/not stated | Not set | 9,129 | Not set | 2,077 | Not set | 5,933 | Not set | 1,119 | 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 still birth) | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 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 | 95,254 | 50% | 33,762 | 88% | 57,491 | 46% | 4,001 | 15% |
| Not set | 1+ | Not set | 94,320 | 50% | 4,507 | 12% | 66,768 | 54% | 23,045 | 85% |
| 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 | 0 | Not set | 159,802 | 84% | 36,480 | 95% | 103,853 | 84% | 19,469 | 72% |
| Not set | 1+ | Not set | 29,772 | 16% | 1,789 | 5% | 20,406 | 16% | 7,577 | 28% |
| 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 | 0 | Not set | 125,271 | 66% | 32,962 | 86% | 77,069 | 62% | 15,240 | 56% |
| Not set | 1+ | Not set | 64,303 | 34% | 5,307 | 14% | 47,190 | 38% | 11,806 | 44% |
| 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 | Offered | Not set | 159,035 | 84% | 34,747 | 91% | 103,649 | 83% | 20,639 | 76% |
| Not set | Not offered | Not set | 30,539 | 16% | 3,522 | 9% | 20,610 | 17% | 6,407 | 24% |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 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 |