Legal abortions: rates by Primary Care Organisation by age. Rates per 1,000 in age group. Age not stated have been distributed pro-rata across age group 20-24. Rates for under 16 are based on populations 13-15. Rates for all ages, under 18 and 35 and over are based on populations 15-44, 15-17 and 35-44 respectively.

External links:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/report-on-abortion-statistics-in-england-and-wales-for-2012

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/abortion-statistics-for-england-and-wales

The Abortion update contains information on notifications, to the Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, of terminations of pregnancy under the Abortion Act 1967. The release includes numbers and rates for Scotland, NHS Boards and Local Council Areas.

Source agency: ISD Scotland (part of NHS National Services Scotland)

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Abortions Statistics

Statistics on abortions. Source agency: Health Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Abortion Statistics, England and Wales

This dataset shows numbers and rates of Under 18 and under 16 Conceptions, including proportion leading to abortion. Data is for London Boroughs.

The Office of National Statistics (ONS) conception statistics are used to monitor progress towards the Teenage Pregnancy Strategy's target to halve England's under-18 conception rate by 2010, from a 1998 baseline.

These statistics are part of a well established series, which are compiled by combining information from birth registrations and abortion notifications.

Under 18 rates are per 1000 female population aged 15-17.
Under 16 rates are per 1000 female population aged 13-15.
Counts for City of London have been combined with those for Hackney
For conceptions leading to abortions, rates based on fewer than 10 events have been suppressed. Occasionally it has been necessary to apply a secondary suppression to avoid the possibility of disclosure by differencing.

Miscarriages and illegal abortions are not included in the conception rates, resulting in rates that may be an under estimation.

The annual Abortion Statistics for England and Wales: 2022 has been provisionally delayed from 22 June 2023 until May 2024. This is due to a backlog in the HSA4 form processing, which the publication is based on. Legal abortions: rates by Primary Care Organisation by age. Rates per 1,000 in age group. Age not stated have been distributed pro-rata across age group 20-24. Rates for under 16 are based on populations 13-15. Rates for all ages, under 18 and 35 and over are based on populations 15-44, 15-17 and 35-44 respectively. External links: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/abortion-statistics-for-england-and-wales

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of the Vital Statistics for England and Wales data is to record the numbers of conceptions, live births, stillbirths, deaths and causes of death for persons in England and Wales, by gender and age. Data are available at local authority, health authority and ward level. Individual studies in the series record various parts of these data. Changes have been made over time to the way in which the Office for National Statistics (ONS) collects vital statistics data, resulting in some variation in the content of later studies in the series. Further information may be found in the Key Population and Vital Statistics reports available from the ONS web site. During 2006, Sam Smith and colleagues at ESDS Government carried out work on various studies in the series prior to 2002, to improve the data format. The resulting files have been redeposited at the UKDA. More information is available in the documentation for the studies concerned. The data cover conceptions in 1994-1997, aggregated at ward level, which led to maternities or to abortions under the 1967 Act. They do not include conceptions resulting in spontaneous miscarriages during the first 23 weeks of gestation (data for these are not collected centrally) nor any illegal abortions. For the second edition (August 2006), work was carried out on the data by ESDS Government (see above) to produce more user-friendly tab-delimited ASCII files. The data are also now available in Excel, SPSS and Stata in addition to the previous ONS ITELite format. Main Topics: The data cover total number of conceptions to women of all ages, those aged under 20 years, and to girls under 16 years for each local authority ward in England and Wales. Tables include:Conw.94: conceptions for wards to 1996 boundariesConw.95: conceptions for wards to 1997 boundariesConw.96: conceptions for wards to 1998 boundariesConw.97: conceptions for wards to 1999 boundaries

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this survey was to collect data from a random sample of women living in England, Wales and Scotland and having abortions in the Spring of 1972 and to find out whom they had consulted in the process, the number of consultations, any delays involved and the reasons for them, and what the women felt about the way they had been treated. Main Topics: Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions Type of hospital, gestation weeks at operation (patient and calculator estimates) and reason for discrepancy where appropriate. Details of respondent's own GP (religion, sex, type of practice), number of consultations prior to abortion (number and type of doctors and other professionals). Discussion of possibility of abortion with friends and/or relatives, satisfaction with discussion of (dis)advantages and reasons for abortion, whether pregnant by husband (if married), desire for more children, number of previous abortions (whether NHS or private), methods of contraception ever used/used around time of conception (reasons). Future intended contraceptive practice, discussion of birth control with doctors or other professional staff, whether sterilization discussed, satisfaction with decision process for abortion and/or sterilization. Costs involved (operational, consultations, fares, lost pay), length of journey from home to clinic/hospital, number of weeks between consultation and operation, satisfaction with treatment from medical staff, details of operation (understanding and expectation of respondent). Employment status at time of conception and attitude to returning to work. Advice respondent would give to a person in similar circumstances about abortion. Background Variables Age, age finished full-time education, place of birth, religion, marital status, number of children (ages), social class, household composition, persons per room, amenities (whether shared), country of residence, length of stay in England. Multi-stage stratified random sample two-stage 1. Selection of hospitals and approved places by systematic sampling. Then stratified by number of abortions performed (ie less than or more than 50). 2. Sample of patients: total sample for patients in institutions performing less than 50 abortions per quarter, and patients in institutions performing more than 50 abortions per quarter selected with probability proportional to the number of abortions performed. Face-to-face interview

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The British National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles, or Natsal, are among the largest and most detailed studies of sexual behaviour in the world. Three Natsal surveys have taken place to date: Natsal-1 in 1990-1991 (available from the UK Data Archive under SN 3434), Natsal-2 in 1999-2001 (available under SN 5223) and Natsal-3 in 2010-2012 (available under SN 7799, and for Secure Access versions SN 8178 and SN 8179). Further information is available from the Natsal website.

The National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles, 2010-2012 is the third survey in the series. Natsal-3 aimed to provide up-to-date information on key sexual behaviours and risk factors, as well as to look at trends over time by including comparable measures to those used in the previous two surveys, and to include new questions and an extended age range to take account of current information needs in the field of sexual health.

The main objectives of Natsal-3 were to:

• provide a detailed understanding of patterns and variability of sexual behaviour in Britain (including, for example, numbers of sexual partners, frequency of different sexual practices, and homosexual experience)
• provide self-reported estimates of a range of sexual and reproductive health outcomes (including, for example, pregnancy, STI diagnosis, contraception use) and health service use
• explore sexual behaviour and function over the life-course by including an older age group (up to age 74)
• describe changes in sexual activity over time and trends in relationships, reproductive history and patterns of fertility (using Natsal-1, Natsal-2 and Natsal-3)
• from urine samples, measure the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, type-specific Human Papillomavirus, HIV antibody and Mycoplasma genitalium
• measure the gender-specific distribution of salivary testosterone and its relationship to sexual behaviour, function and ageing

Secure Access Datasets
The Natsal-3 Secure Access datasets include additional variables considered too sensitive or disclosive for release under standard End User Licence (EUL) conditions. Additional variables available in the Secure Access studies (SNs 8178 and 8179) include:

• detailed geographic variables, including Local Authority Districts and Area Classification for Output Areas Subgroups
• respondent month of birth
• age when had hysterectomy
• month and year of first and most recent sex with partners
• outcomes of pregnancies
• age at first stillbirth
• variables relating to abortions
• age at miscarriage, abortion or still birth
• month of last pregnancy
• genders and month of birth of children
• number of children gave birth to in multiple births
• ungrouped ethnic group
• age when first and last injected non-prescribed drugs
• dates (months) relating to live-in partners
• qualifications
• Indices of Multiple Deprivation

This study, SN 8179 (National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles, 2010-2012: Biological Data: Secure Access), includes all the variables listed above, plus variables relating to urine and saliva sample tests, including:

• chlamydia
• gonorrhoea
• Mycoplasma genitalium
• HIV
• HPV
• Trichomonas vaginalis
• salivary testosterone level

Main Topics:

The face-to-face interview included sections on: general health; alcohol consumption; smoking; body mass index; family history; learning about sex; first sexual experiences; contraception; periods and menopause; household classification; previous live-in partnerships; household composition; employment; qualifications; parents occupation; ethnicity; sexual identity; religion and internet access.

The self-completion questionnaire included sections on: heterosexual behaviour; same-sex behaviour; heterosexual partnerships; same-sex partnerships; overlapping partnerships; online partnerships; total partnerships; detailed partnerships; travel and sex abroad; non-consensual sex; paying for sex; pregnancy history; unplanned pregnancy; family formation; fertility intentions and infertility; sexually transmitted infections; HIV testing; sexual function; drug use; mood and wellbeing and circumcision.

Users should note that some variables have been removed or recoded for anonymity and confidentiality reasons.