United Kingdom: abortion percentages by health region, 2002-2003

county	live births	abortions	abortion ratio	abortion %	abortion % ranking
County Durham, Tees Valley	24,637	5,739	233	18.9	29
Northumberland, Tyne, Wear	28,639	7,622	266	21.0	15
Cheshire, Merseyside	50,294	13,045	259	20.6	18
Cumbria, Lancashire	40,623	9,397	231	18.8	30
Greater Mancheseter	61,571	16,763	272	21.4	12
North Yorkshire, East Yorkshire, Northern Lincolnshire	32,811	7,792	237	19.2	26
South Yorkshire	28,195	7,790	276	21.6	10
West Yorkshire	52,452	12,112	231	18.8	31
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Rutland	37,151	9,115	245	19.7	21
Trent	54,804	12,887	235	19.0	28
Birmingham, Black Country	60,777	18,147	299	23.0	8
Coventry, Warwickshire, Hereford, Worcestershire	32,017	9,400	294	22.7	9
Shropshire, Staffordshire	31,935	7,388	231	18.8	32
Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire	40,394	10,511	260	20.6	17
Essex	36,278	9,398	259	20.6	19
Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire	46,210	10,185	220	18.1	33
North Central London	35,174	17,684	503	33.5	2
North East London	49,867	22,827	458	31.4	4
North West London	50,894	24,612	484	32.6	3
South East London	44,418	24,076	542	35.2	1
South West London	35,687	13,669	383	27.7	5
Hampshire, Isle of Wright	37,675	9,546	253	20.2	20
Kent, Medway	35,911	9,616	268	21.1	14
Surrey, Sussex	54,509	14,800	272	21.4	13
Thames Valley	51,829	14,205	274	21.5	11
Avon, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire	48,586	11,610	239	19.3	24
Dorset, Somerset	22,544	5,483	243	19.6	22
South West Peninsula	29,678	7,043	237	19.2	27
ENGLAND	1,155,560	342,462	296	22.9
Mid Wales, West Wales
North Wales
South East Wales
WALES	61,605	15,011	244	19.6
ENGLAND AND WALES	1,217,591	357,514	294	22.7
Argyll, Clyde	8,130	1,487	183	15.5	39
Ayrshire, Arran	7,140	1,365	191	16.0	36
Borders	1,970	377	191	16.1	37
Dumfries, Galloway	2,590	493	190	16.0	38
Fife	7,030	1,694	241	19.4	23
Forth Valley	5,770	1,135	197	16.4	34
Grampian	10,240	2,680	262	20.7	16
Greater Glasgow	18,660	4,443	238	19.2	25
Highland	4,090	805	197	16.4	35
Lanarkshire	11,920	2,075	174	14.8	40
Lothian	16,440	5,001	304	23.3	7
Tayside	7,270	2,372	326	24.6	6
Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, Western Isles	1,210	178	147	12.8	41
TOTAL SCOTLAND	103,702	24,804	239	19.3
Eastern Northern Ireland
Northern Northern Ireland
Southern Northern Ireland
Western Northern Ireland
TOTAL NORTHERN IRELAND	43,033	2,709	63	5.9
TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM	1,364,326	385,027	282	22.0