Scotland: abortion percentages by health region, 1991-2021

Scotland: abortion percentages by health region, 1991-2021

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 10 September 2022

Scotland abortion ratios by health region of residence, 1991-2021

Note: In 2006 the region Argyll and Cylde was merged into the regions Greater Glasgow (becoming Greater Glasgow and Clyde) and Highland.

health region 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 health region

Ayrshire and Arran 136.2 147.6 147.3 169.7 155.7 166.2 172.6 172.6 187.4 188.8 180.4 189.9 194.9 197.5 199.8 211.5 208.2 207.2 187.5 213.9 187.8 212.4 191.1 202.7 206.5 196.0 222.2 253.3 241.3 247.0 236.1 Ayrshire and Arran

Borders 145.1 155.4 147.0 168.6 127.3 143.9 170.5 170.5 144.2 157.3 145.4 172.4 192.0 197.9 182.4 214.6 173.7 181.9 129.6 184.3 187.7 165.9 155.5 149.9 136.9 182.1 194.1 196.1 215.1 207.1 228.9 Borders

Dumfries and Galloway 145.2 153.8 127.2 136.6 136.8 135.9 161.2 161.8 168.3 187.7 202.7 172.0 200.5 196.4 184.1 201.2 191.1 204.9 195.1 202.1 210.6 184.9 174.1 195.2 187.1 194.2 205.9 218.7 220.3 231.3 245.6 Dumfries and Galloway

Fife 186.6 175.3 176.0 182.9 188.4 192.4 203.2 203.7 210.4 235.3 222.1 238.7 233.4 220.6 209.1 216.1 237.2 235.0 230.0 215.2 207.4 226.2 226.2 202.4 226.1 229.7 253.7 248.9 273.7 277.4 267.0 Fife

Forth Valley 142.1 153.5 147.8 182.4 160.6 178.4 190.6 190.6 201.1 207.5 202.7 200.4 194.8 187.3 196.1 195.0 186.2 198.9 191.6 203.0 197.8 189.9 214.2 208.4 215.7 244.4 242.9 288.8 311.0 287.7 270.7 Forth Valley

Grampian 194.9 188.2 204.9 211.1 218.7 240.3 237.8 240.5 232.2 228.2 242.9 250.8 260.3 263.3 250.6 235.9 254.9 242.8 228.2 224.7 213.4 220.2 226.2 209.3 203.9 197.1 210.7 224.1 251.6 268.6 252.6 Grampian

Greater Glasgow 192.7 201.3 218.9 232.0 239.6 263.9 287.8 287.5 293.1 217.2 232.9 226.4 222.2 225.1 235.2 257.6 235.0 228.5 218.6 215.9 202.3 196.6 210.6 208.0 229.9 230.8 245.0 269.3 289.5 333.0 332.5 Greater Glasgow

Highland 224.2 213.3 240.8 222.2 208.4 243.0 239.2 245.2 259.6 178.6 191.3 192.9 185.7 170.4 162.7 181.6 185.9 158.4 147.7 171.2 178.6 156.1 166.6 165.0 176.8 174.1 175.4 208.8 214.9 213.3 212.6 Highland

(Argyll and Cylde) 148.0 167.2 167.5 167.7 (Argyll and Cylde)

Islands 85.3 118.0 117.1 119.1 124.8 125.3 113.2 118.7 124.8 141.9 97.4 148.0 128.5 131.4 103.1 96.7 104.7 89.5 115.9 71.6 93.8 95.2 90.4 86.4 80.4 88.0 108.6 84.0 121.0 142.1 119.6 Islands

Lanarkshire 119.2 123.5 127.6 128.8 135.2 133.9 148.3 148.8 159.1 165.1 181.2 175.7 168.9 175.3 185.9 185.4 219.0 228.4 223.7 240.3 215.3 236.3 193.0 189.7 193.7 208.9 218.0 241.9 243.6 282.5 280.6 Lanarkshire

Lothian 211.4 205.3 223.1 243.1 243.9 275.5 295.6 297.9 300.1 301.2 309.2 297.1 304.7 302.1 294.4 282.2 284.9 275.2 377.4 234.8 250.2 251.3 243.7 237.2 258.2 253.1 269.0 297.6 308.7 336.8 305.6 Lothian

Tayside 238.9 218.6 229.5 228.9 246.3 260.4 297.2 298.4 279.2 304.2 273.0 294.5 326.8 295.1 311.3 297.5 308.6 269.0 278.3 260.3 261.1 267.7 251.4 242.1 270.8 267.4 291.7 324.1 315.7 356.4 359.7 Tayside

SCOTLAND TOTAL 176.2 174.7 181.7 190.8 190.1 207.3 221.5 226.4 226.0 232.1 236.9 237.5 241.0 236.8 237.8 242.3 244.2 236.0 226.1 224.2 217.9 219.8 216.2 210.4 223.4 225.9 240.7 263.4 276.3 299.4 290.9 SCOTLAND TOTAL

Scotland abortion percentages by health region of residence, 1991-2021

Note: In 2006 the region Argyll and Cylde was merged into the regions Greater Glasgow (becoming Greater Glasgow and Clyde) and Highland.

health region 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 health region

Ayrshire and Arran 12.0 12.9 12.8 14.5 13.5 14.3 14.7 14.7 15.8 15.9 15.3 16.0 16.3 16.5 16.7 17.5 17.2 17.2 15.8 17.6 15.8 17.5 16.0 16.9 17.1 16.4 18.2 20.2 19.4 19.8 19.1 Ayrshire and Arran

Borders 12.7 13.4 12.8 14.4 11.3 12.6 14.6 14.6 12.6 13.6 12.7 14.7 16.1 16.5 15.4 17.7 14.8 15.4 11.5 15.6 15.8 14.2 13.5 13.0 12.0 15.4 16.3 16.4 17.7 17.2 18.6 Borders

Dumfries and Galloway 12.7 13.3 11.3 12.0 12.0 12.0 13.9 13.9 14.4 15.8 16.9 14.7 16.7 16.4 15.5 16.8 16.0 17.0 16.3 16.8 17.4 15.6 14.8 16.3 15.8 16.3 17.1 17.9 18.1 18.8 19.7 Dumfries and Galloway

Fife 15.7 14.9 15.0 15.5 15.9 16.1 16.9 16.9 17.4 19.0 18.2 19.3 18.9 18.1 17.3 17.8 19.2 19.0 18.7 17.7 17.2 18.4 18.4 16.8 18.4 18.7 20.2 19.9 21.5 21.7 21.1 Fife

Forth Valley 12.4 13.3 12.9 15.4 13.8 15.1 16.0 16.0 16.7 17.2 16.9 16.7 16.3 15.8 16.4 16.3 15.7 16.6 16.1 16.9 16.5 16.0 17.6 17.2 17.7 19.6 19.5 22.4 23.7 22.3 21.3 Forth Valley

Grampian 16.3 15.8 17.0 17.4 17.9 19.4 19.2 19.4 18.8 18.6 19.5 20.0 20.7 20.8 20.0 19.1 20.3 19.5 18.6 18.3 17.6 18.0 18.4 17.3 16.9 16.5 17.4 18.3 20.1 21.2 20.2 Grampian

Greater Glasgow 16.2 16.8 18.0 18.8 19.3 20.9 22.3 22.3 22.7 17.8 18.9 18.5 18.2 18.4 19.0 20.5 19.0 18.6 17.9 17.8 16.8 16.4 17.4 17.2 18.7 18.8 19.7 21.2 22.4 25.0 25.0 Greater Glasgow

Highland 18.3 17.6 19.4 18.2 17.2 19.5 19.3 19.7 20.6 15.2 16.1 16.2 15.7 14.6 14.0 15.4 15.7 13.7 12.9 14.6 15.2 13.5 14.3 14.2 15.0 14.8 14.9 17.3 17.7 17.6 17.5 Highland

(Argyll and Cylde) 12.9 14.3 14.3 14.4 (Argyll and Cylde)

Islands 7.9 10.6 10.5 10.6 11.1 11.1 10.2 10.6 11.1 12.4 8.9 12.9 11.4 11.6 9.3 8.8 9.5 8.2 10.4 6.7 8.6 8.7 8.3 7.9 7.4 8.1 9.8 7.8 10.8 12.4 10.7 Islands

Lanarkshire 10.6 11.0 11.3 11.4 11.9 11.8 12.9 13.0 13.7 14.2 15.3 14.9 14.4 14.9 15.7 15.6 18.0 18.6 18.3 19.4 17.7 19.1 16.2 15.9 16.2 17.3 17.9 19.5 19.6 22.0 21.9 Lanarkshire

Lothian 17.5 17.0 18.2 19.6 19.6 21.6 22.8 23.0 23.1 23.1 23.6 22.9 23.4 23.2 22.7 22.0 22.2 21.6 27.4 19.0 20.0 20.1 19.6 19.2 20.5 20.2 21.2 22.9 23.6 25.2 23.4 Lothian

Tayside 19.3 17.9 18.7 18.6 19.8 20.7 22.9 23.0 21.8 23.3 21.4 22.7 24.6 22.8 23.7 22.9 23.6 21.2 21.8 20.7 20.7 21.1 20.1 19.5 21.3 21.1 22.6 24.5 24.0 26.3 26.5 Tayside

SCOTLAND TOTAL 15.0 14.9 15.4 16.0 16.0 17.2 18.1 18.5 18.4 18.8 19.2 19.2 19.4 19.1 19.2 19.5 19.6 19.1 18.4 18.3 17.9 18.0 17.8 17.4 18.3 18.4 19.4 20.9 21.6 23.0 22.5 SCOTLAND TOTAL

Scotland abortion percentage ranks by health region of residence, 1991-2021

health region 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 health region

Ayrshire and Arran 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 10 8 7 7 6 7 7 7 9 7 9 6 8 6 6 8 6 5 8 8 9 Ayrshire and Arran

Borders 8 7 9 9 11 10 9 9 12 11 11 10 9 6 10 6 11 10 11 10 10 10 11 11 11 10 10 11 10 11 10 Borders

Dumfries and Galloway 7 8 11 10 9 11 11 11 9 8 7 11 6 8 9 8 8 8 7 9 5 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 Dumfries and Galloway

Fife 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 3 6 6 4 3 7 4 5 3 6 5 6 6 Fife

Forth Valley 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 9 7 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 5 4 5 3 5 3 2 4 5 Forth Valley

Grampian 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 3 7 7 8 8 6 7 7 Grampian

Greater Glasgow 5 4 4 2 3 2 3 3 2 5 4 5 5 4 4 3 5 5 6 5 7 7 6 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 Greater Glasgow

Highland 2 2 1 4 5 4 4 4 4 9 8 7 10 11 11 11 10 11 10 11 11 11 10 10 10 11 11 10 11 10 11 Highland

(Argyll and Cylde) 9 10 10 10 (Argyll and Cylde)

Islands 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 Islands

Lanarkshire 11 11 10 11 10 12 12 12 11 10 9 9 11 10 8 10 6 6 5 2 3 3 7 9 8 6 7 7 7 5 4 Lanarkshire

Lothian 3 3 3 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 Lothian

Tayside 1 1 2 3 1 3 1 1 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Tayside

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Last modified 10 September 2022.
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health region	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	health region
Ayrshire and Arran	136.2	147.6	147.3	169.7	155.7	166.2	172.6	172.6	187.4	188.8	180.4	189.9	194.9	197.5	199.8	211.5	208.2	207.2	187.5	213.9	187.8	212.4	191.1	202.7	206.5	196.0	222.2	253.3	241.3	247.0	236.1	Ayrshire and Arran
Borders	145.1	155.4	147.0	168.6	127.3	143.9	170.5	170.5	144.2	157.3	145.4	172.4	192.0	197.9	182.4	214.6	173.7	181.9	129.6	184.3	187.7	165.9	155.5	149.9	136.9	182.1	194.1	196.1	215.1	207.1	228.9	Borders
Dumfries and Galloway	145.2	153.8	127.2	136.6	136.8	135.9	161.2	161.8	168.3	187.7	202.7	172.0	200.5	196.4	184.1	201.2	191.1	204.9	195.1	202.1	210.6	184.9	174.1	195.2	187.1	194.2	205.9	218.7	220.3	231.3	245.6	Dumfries and Galloway
Fife	186.6	175.3	176.0	182.9	188.4	192.4	203.2	203.7	210.4	235.3	222.1	238.7	233.4	220.6	209.1	216.1	237.2	235.0	230.0	215.2	207.4	226.2	226.2	202.4	226.1	229.7	253.7	248.9	273.7	277.4	267.0	Fife
Forth Valley	142.1	153.5	147.8	182.4	160.6	178.4	190.6	190.6	201.1	207.5	202.7	200.4	194.8	187.3	196.1	195.0	186.2	198.9	191.6	203.0	197.8	189.9	214.2	208.4	215.7	244.4	242.9	288.8	311.0	287.7	270.7	Forth Valley
Grampian	194.9	188.2	204.9	211.1	218.7	240.3	237.8	240.5	232.2	228.2	242.9	250.8	260.3	263.3	250.6	235.9	254.9	242.8	228.2	224.7	213.4	220.2	226.2	209.3	203.9	197.1	210.7	224.1	251.6	268.6	252.6	Grampian
Greater Glasgow	192.7	201.3	218.9	232.0	239.6	263.9	287.8	287.5	293.1	217.2	232.9	226.4	222.2	225.1	235.2	257.6	235.0	228.5	218.6	215.9	202.3	196.6	210.6	208.0	229.9	230.8	245.0	269.3	289.5	333.0	332.5	Greater Glasgow
Highland	224.2	213.3	240.8	222.2	208.4	243.0	239.2	245.2	259.6	178.6	191.3	192.9	185.7	170.4	162.7	181.6	185.9	158.4	147.7	171.2	178.6	156.1	166.6	165.0	176.8	174.1	175.4	208.8	214.9	213.3	212.6	Highland
(Argyll and Cylde)						148.0	167.2	167.5	167.7																							(Argyll and Cylde)
Islands	85.3	118.0	117.1	119.1	124.8	125.3	113.2	118.7	124.8	141.9	97.4	148.0	128.5	131.4	103.1	96.7	104.7	89.5	115.9	71.6	93.8	95.2	90.4	86.4	80.4	88.0	108.6	84.0	121.0	142.1	119.6	Islands
Lanarkshire	119.2	123.5	127.6	128.8	135.2	133.9	148.3	148.8	159.1	165.1	181.2	175.7	168.9	175.3	185.9	185.4	219.0	228.4	223.7	240.3	215.3	236.3	193.0	189.7	193.7	208.9	218.0	241.9	243.6	282.5	280.6	Lanarkshire
Lothian	211.4	205.3	223.1	243.1	243.9	275.5	295.6	297.9	300.1	301.2	309.2	297.1	304.7	302.1	294.4	282.2	284.9	275.2	377.4	234.8	250.2	251.3	243.7	237.2	258.2	253.1	269.0	297.6	308.7	336.8	305.6	Lothian
Tayside	238.9	218.6	229.5	228.9	246.3	260.4	297.2	298.4	279.2	304.2	273.0	294.5	326.8	295.1	311.3	297.5	308.6	269.0	278.3	260.3	261.1	267.7	251.4	242.1	270.8	267.4	291.7	324.1	315.7	356.4	359.7	Tayside
SCOTLAND TOTAL	176.2	174.7	181.7	190.8	190.1	207.3	221.5	226.4	226.0	232.1	236.9	237.5	241.0	236.8	237.8	242.3	244.2	236.0	226.1	224.2	217.9	219.8	216.2	210.4	223.4	225.9	240.7	263.4	276.3	299.4	290.9	SCOTLAND TOTAL

health region	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	health region
Ayrshire and Arran	12.0	12.9	12.8	14.5	13.5	14.3	14.7	14.7	15.8	15.9	15.3	16.0	16.3	16.5	16.7	17.5	17.2	17.2	15.8	17.6	15.8	17.5	16.0	16.9	17.1	16.4	18.2	20.2	19.4	19.8	19.1	Ayrshire and Arran
Borders	12.7	13.4	12.8	14.4	11.3	12.6	14.6	14.6	12.6	13.6	12.7	14.7	16.1	16.5	15.4	17.7	14.8	15.4	11.5	15.6	15.8	14.2	13.5	13.0	12.0	15.4	16.3	16.4	17.7	17.2	18.6	Borders
Dumfries and Galloway	12.7	13.3	11.3	12.0	12.0	12.0	13.9	13.9	14.4	15.8	16.9	14.7	16.7	16.4	15.5	16.8	16.0	17.0	16.3	16.8	17.4	15.6	14.8	16.3	15.8	16.3	17.1	17.9	18.1	18.8	19.7	Dumfries and Galloway
Fife	15.7	14.9	15.0	15.5	15.9	16.1	16.9	16.9	17.4	19.0	18.2	19.3	18.9	18.1	17.3	17.8	19.2	19.0	18.7	17.7	17.2	18.4	18.4	16.8	18.4	18.7	20.2	19.9	21.5	21.7	21.1	Fife
Forth Valley	12.4	13.3	12.9	15.4	13.8	15.1	16.0	16.0	16.7	17.2	16.9	16.7	16.3	15.8	16.4	16.3	15.7	16.6	16.1	16.9	16.5	16.0	17.6	17.2	17.7	19.6	19.5	22.4	23.7	22.3	21.3	Forth Valley
Grampian	16.3	15.8	17.0	17.4	17.9	19.4	19.2	19.4	18.8	18.6	19.5	20.0	20.7	20.8	20.0	19.1	20.3	19.5	18.6	18.3	17.6	18.0	18.4	17.3	16.9	16.5	17.4	18.3	20.1	21.2	20.2	Grampian
Greater Glasgow	16.2	16.8	18.0	18.8	19.3	20.9	22.3	22.3	22.7	17.8	18.9	18.5	18.2	18.4	19.0	20.5	19.0	18.6	17.9	17.8	16.8	16.4	17.4	17.2	18.7	18.8	19.7	21.2	22.4	25.0	25.0	Greater Glasgow
Highland	18.3	17.6	19.4	18.2	17.2	19.5	19.3	19.7	20.6	15.2	16.1	16.2	15.7	14.6	14.0	15.4	15.7	13.7	12.9	14.6	15.2	13.5	14.3	14.2	15.0	14.8	14.9	17.3	17.7	17.6	17.5	Highland
(Argyll and Cylde)						12.9	14.3	14.3	14.4																							(Argyll and Cylde)
Islands	7.9	10.6	10.5	10.6	11.1	11.1	10.2	10.6	11.1	12.4	8.9	12.9	11.4	11.6	9.3	8.8	9.5	8.2	10.4	6.7	8.6	8.7	8.3	7.9	7.4	8.1	9.8	7.8	10.8	12.4	10.7	Islands
Lanarkshire	10.6	11.0	11.3	11.4	11.9	11.8	12.9	13.0	13.7	14.2	15.3	14.9	14.4	14.9	15.7	15.6	18.0	18.6	18.3	19.4	17.7	19.1	16.2	15.9	16.2	17.3	17.9	19.5	19.6	22.0	21.9	Lanarkshire
Lothian	17.5	17.0	18.2	19.6	19.6	21.6	22.8	23.0	23.1	23.1	23.6	22.9	23.4	23.2	22.7	22.0	22.2	21.6	27.4	19.0	20.0	20.1	19.6	19.2	20.5	20.2	21.2	22.9	23.6	25.2	23.4	Lothian
Tayside	19.3	17.9	18.7	18.6	19.8	20.7	22.9	23.0	21.8	23.3	21.4	22.7	24.6	22.8	23.7	22.9	23.6	21.2	21.8	20.7	20.7	21.1	20.1	19.5	21.3	21.1	22.6	24.5	24.0	26.3	26.5	Tayside
SCOTLAND TOTAL	15.0	14.9	15.4	16.0	16.0	17.2	18.1	18.5	18.4	18.8	19.2	19.2	19.4	19.1	19.2	19.5	19.6	19.1	18.4	18.3	17.9	18.0	17.8	17.4	18.3	18.4	19.4	20.9	21.6	23.0	22.5	SCOTLAND TOTAL