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Conceptions to women aged under 18(numbers, rates and percentage leadingto abortion): area of usual residence(South West) 1993-95, 1996-98
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Dataset Name: PT99CT6
Title: Conceptions to women aged under 18(numbers, rates and percentage leading to abortion): area of usual residence 1993-95 and 1996-98
Description: This report contains provisional estimated numbers and rates of conceptions for women usually resident in England and Wales in 1998.

Explanatory Notes
Conceptions data combine information from registration of births and notifications of legal abortions occurring in England and Wales for women who are usually resident there. Conception statistics include pregnancies that result in:
One or more live or still births (a maternity), or A legal abortion under the Abortion Act 1967 (an abortion).
They do not include miscarriages or illegal abortions.

The statistics shown are provisional, being based on the returns available to ONS at 22 November 1999. Final figures will be published in Births Statistics 1999 Series FM1 No 28 in December 2000.
Source: Office for National Statistics
Time Frame: 1993-95, 1996-98
Geographic Coverage: England and Wales
Universe: Conceptions
Measure: Number and rates by area of usual residence
Units: Numbers, rates and percentage leading to abortion

 
Table            
              1993-95 - number of conceptions 1993-95 - rate per 1000 women aged 15-17 1993-95 - percentage leading to abortion 1996-98 - number of conceptions 1996-98 - rate per 1000 women aged 15-17 1996-98 - percentage leading to abortion
England and Wales 109773 42.1 39 130908 46.4 41
England 102660 41.8 40 122052 46 41
South West 8167 34.2 43 9816 38.2 43
Bath and North East Somerset UA 210 25.6 49 210 24.1 44
Bournemouth UA 281 42.1 49 366 52.8 51
Bristol UA 792 42.9 33 963 48.5 41
North Somerset UA 279 30.6 49 344 35.9 46
Plymouth UA 622 49.7 33 735 54 35
Poole UA 222 34.3 56 286 40.1 47
South Gloucestershire UA 309 26.5 51 375 32 46
Swindon UA 464 52.8 36 545 58.1 36
Torbay UA 250 43.2 42 301 49.1 45
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly 802 32.5 39 1028 39.4 39
Caradon 119 28.3 39 136 30.6 42
Carrick 138 32.1 42 160 34.2 46
Kerrier 156 33.3 34 220 44.4 31
North Cornwall 109 27.8 39 160 39.5 36
Penwith CD & Isles of Scilly<2> 102 33.3 40 172 57.5 44
Restormel 178 39.3 42 180 36.4 39
Devon County 956 29.2 48 1122 31.5 44
East Devon 135 23.3 61 135 21.8 47
Exeter 185 39.7 39 260 47.7 40
Mid Devon 115 34.3 45 121 34.4 44
North Devon 128 28.5 45 176 37.6 36
South Hams 100 27 63 95 22.8 54
Teignbridge 150 27.2 44 183 30.9 44
Torridge 91 32.5 51 92 29.7 48
West Devon 52 21.3 44 60 22.6 52
Dorset County 530 28.8 50 607 29.1 51
Christchurch 56 33.6 57 62 32.4 53
East Dorset 65 17.4 71 97 22.9 66
North Dorset 69 20.8 41 76 21.3 57
Purbeck 74 34.7 50 75 32.2 53
West Dorset 112 24.3 48 125 22.7 43
Weymouth and Portland 154 52.8 44 172 52.8 45
Gloucestershire 981 34.4 46 1238 40.4 44
Cheltenham 196 33.7 40 291 45.7 37
Cotswold 87 20.8 55 114 26 54
Forest of Dean 152 37.7 39 175 40.4 46
Gloucester 268 53 41 342 60.8 41
Stroud 160 27.6 54 190 31.6 47
Tewkesbury 118 32.8 54 126 32.2 47
Somerset 828 32.9 43 971 35.3 44
Mendip 171 29.7 41 167 26.6 43
Sedgemoor 197 38.6 39 261 46.9 45
South Somerset 249 32.5 41 300 36.8 36
Taunton Deane 169 32.1 52 188 32.3 54
West Somerset 42 31.2 38 55 33.3 55
Wiltshire County 641 29.7 40 725 30.9 42
Kennet 111 28 32 125 26.9 37
North Wiltshire 182 29.2 40 192 29.4 46
Salisbury 159 28.4 49 175 27.3 41
West Wiltshire 189 32.6 38 233 39.7 42
Former County of Avon 1590 33.5 42 1892 38 43
Former County of Devon 1828 35.8 42 2158 39 41
Former County of Dorset 1033 32.8 51 1259 36.1 50
Former County of Wiltshire 1105 36.4 39 1270 38.7 39