David Amess – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2014-06-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which 10 primary care areas in England had the (a) highest and (b) lowest abortion rates per 1,000 women aged between 15 and 44 years in 2013.
Jane Ellison
The following tables show the information requested.
Table 1: Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) with the 10 highest abortion rates, 2013
|
CCG Name |
Rate per 1,000 resident women aged 15-44 ASR 1, 2 |
|
NHS Barking and Dagenham |
31.4 |
|
NHS Croydon |
26.9 |
|
NHS Greenwich |
26.6 |
|
NHS Lewisham |
26.6 |
|
NHS Waltham Forest |
25.8 |
|
NHS Southwark |
25.0 |
|
NHS Brent |
25.0 |
|
NHS Hounslow |
24.6 |
|
NHS Lambeth |
24.0 |
|
NHS Redbridge |
23.8 |
1Rates for CCGs are based on mid-2013 population estimates.
2Aged Standardised Rates are calculated using the 2013 European Standard Population (ESP).
Table 2: CCGs with the 10 lowest abortion rates, 2013
|
CCG Name |
Rate per 1,000 resident women aged 15-44 ASR 1, 2 |
|
NHS Hardwick |
9.2 |
|
NHS Vale of York |
9.7 |
|
NHS North Durham |
9.9 |
|
NHS South Norfolk |
10.1 |
|
NHS North Derbyshire |
10.1 |
|
NHS North Norfolk |
10.2 |
|
NHS West Suffolk |
10.5 |
|
NHS Rushcliffe |
10.5 |
|
NHS South Lincolnshire |
10.7 |
|
NHS Bath and North East Somerset |
10.8 |
1Rates for CCGs are based on mid-2013 population estimates.
2Aged Standardised Rates are calculated using the 2013 ESP.
