This statistic displays the share of abortions in Scotland in 2021, by gestation period in weeks. In this year, the cumulative percentage of abortions taking place under an estimated gestation period of under nine weeks amounted to 84 percent, by 13 weeks this rate had increased to 96.7 percent. In 2021, 99.5 percent of the abortions carried out in Scotland had been done so by the nineteenth week of pregnancy.
Cumulative percentage of abortions in Scotland in 2021, by gestation period
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NHS Health Scotland. (May 31, 2022). Cumulative percentage of abortions in Scotland in 2021, by gestation period [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 28, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/382963/abortions-by-gestation-period-in-scotland/
NHS Health Scotland. "Cumulative percentage of abortions in Scotland in 2021, by gestation period." Chart. May 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/382963/abortions-by-gestation-period-in-scotland/
NHS Health Scotland. (2022). Cumulative percentage of abortions in Scotland in 2021, by gestation period. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/382963/abortions-by-gestation-period-in-scotland/
NHS Health Scotland. "Cumulative Percentage of Abortions in Scotland in 2021, by Gestation Period." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/382963/abortions-by-gestation-period-in-scotland/
NHS Health Scotland, Cumulative percentage of abortions in Scotland in 2021, by gestation period Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/382963/abortions-by-gestation-period-in-scotland/ (last visited June 28, 2022)