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The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998

Table 2D8 Abortions¹, 1990, 1993-1997

	1990	1993	1994	1995	1996 ²	1997 ³	1990	1993	1994	1995	1996 ²	1997 ³
	Rate per 1,000 women aged 15-44
Total abortions on Scottish residents	11,003	11,517	11,755	11,434	12,307		9.8	10.4	10.6	10.4	11.2
of which:
Performed in Scotland ⁴	10,219	11,076	11,392	11,143	11,978	12,080	9.1	10.0	10.3	10.1	10.9	11.0
NHS hospitals	10,010	10,945	11,280	11,026	11,861	11,893	8.9	9.9	10.2	10.0	10.8	10.9
Approved places ⁵	209	131	112	117	117	187	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2
Performed in England & Wales	784	441	363	291	329	..	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	..
NHS hospitals	20	34	13	20	33	..	-	-	-	-	-	..
Approved places ⁵	764	407	350	271	296	..	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.3	..

Age of women ⁶	Rate per 1,000 women ⁷
Under 16	250	295	300	323	329	289	*	*	*	*	*	*
16-19	2,693	2,355	2,345	2,208	2,413	2,428	18.7	19.1	19.4	18.4	19.9	19.5
20-24	3,483	3,504	3,581	3,485	3,654	3,434	16.9	18.2	19.3	19.5	21.4	21.2
25-29	2,272	2,561	2,547	2,503	2,676	2,643	11.0	12.3	12.4	12.4	13.4	13.6
30-34	1,267	1,566	1,710	1,670	1,866	1,852	6.8	7.8	8.3	8.0	8.9	8.9
35-39	749	937	918	911	996	1,090	4.4	5.2	5	4.8	5.1	5.5
40-44	266	270	322	301	344	320	1.5	1.6	1.9	1.8	2.0	1.8
45 and over	23	29	32	33	29	24	*	*	*	*	*	*

Marital state ⁶	Percentage
Single	7,515	7,886	8,125	7,911	8,702	8,577	68.3	68.5	69.1	69.2	70.7	71.0
Married	2,289	2,264	2,401	2,247	2,372	2,369	20.8	19.7	20.4	19.7	19.3	19.6
Widowed, divorced or separated	1,128	1,206	1,040	1,006	945	908	10.3	10.5	8.8	8.8	7.7	7.5
Not known	71	161	189	270	288	226	0.6	1.4	1.6	2.4	2.3	1.9

Period of gestation (weeks) ⁶	Cumulative percentage
Under 10	5,596	6,818	7,092	7,214	7,642	7,421	53.0	59.3	60.4	63.1	62.1	61.4
10-13	4,317	3,781	3,765	3,460	3,783	3,946	91.3	92.1	92.4	93.4	92.8	94.1
14-17	806	653	648	563	621	557	97.5	97.8	97.9	98.3	97.9	98.7
18-19	164	158	149	113	151	104	99.0	99.2	99.2	99.3	99.1	99.6
20-24	115	93	87	79	103	50	100.0	100.0	99.9	100.0	99.9	100.0
25 and over	5	4	8	5	7	2	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Not stated	-	10	6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Source: Notification (to the Chief Medical Officer, SODoH) of abortions performed under the Abortion Act, 1967;
Office for National Statistics (for abortions performed in England & Wales)

¹ Refers to therapeutic abortions notified in accordance with the Abortion Act 1967.

² Revised.

³ Provisional.

⁴ Includes a small number of terminations carried out in Scotland on women normally resident outwith Scotland (21 in 1994; 12 in 1995; 21 in 1996; and 23 in 1997.)

⁵ Defined as in Section 1(3) of the Abortion Act 1967.

⁶ Rates not calculated.

⁷ Rates are per 1,000 women in the age group specified.