Abortion statistics, England and Wales: 2018
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An extract from summary information from the abortion notification forms returned to the Chief Medical Officers of England and Wales.
Overall number and rate of abortions
In total, there were 205,295 abortions notified as taking place in England and Wales in 2018, of which 200,608 were to residents of England and Wales. This represents an age-standardised abortion rate of 17.4 per 1,000 resident women aged 15–443. The 2018 rate has increased since 2017 (16.7 per 1,000 resident women aged 15–4...
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