In 2020, 22.1 abortions per 1,000 women were carried out in Scotland and were performed on women between the ages of 20 and 24. This age group accounted for the highest rate of abortions performed in Scotland. The age group 25 to 29 years had an abortion rate of 17.7 per 1,000 women.
Abortion in the rest of the UK
In England and Wales in 2019, the age group 20 to 24 years had the highest rate of abortions, as was the case in Scotland. The rate of 30.1 abortions per 1,000 women was higher than in Scotland. Furthermore, the abortion rate for women aged 25 to 29 years in England was 26 per 1,000 in 2019. It is the age group of those under 16 years of age, which has the highest share of conceptions leading to abortion in England and Wales in 2018, with over 61 percent of conceptions in this age group leading to an abortion.
Comparison with age of mothers giving birth
In England and Wales, the most common age for a mother giving birth was the age group 30 to 34 years, with 106.8 births per 1,000 women in 2018, while the age group 25 to 29 years had 91.3 births per 1,000 women.
Rate of abortion in Scotland in 2020, by age of woman
(per 1,000 women)
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Information Services Division. (May 25, 2021). Rate of abortion in Scotland in 2020, by age of woman (per 1,000 women) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 28, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/382955/abortion-by-age-of-woman-in-scotland/
Information Services Division. "Rate of abortion in Scotland in 2020, by age of woman (per 1,000 women)." Chart. May 25, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/382955/abortion-by-age-of-woman-in-scotland/
Information Services Division. (2021). Rate of abortion in Scotland in 2020, by age of woman (per 1,000 women). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/382955/abortion-by-age-of-woman-in-scotland/
Information Services Division. "Rate of Abortion in Scotland in 2020, by Age of Woman (per 1,000 Women)." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/382955/abortion-by-age-of-woman-in-scotland/
Information Services Division, Rate of abortion in Scotland in 2020, by age of woman (per 1,000 women) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/382955/abortion-by-age-of-woman-in-scotland/ (last visited May 28, 2022)