compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 26 October 2026

Wales abortion ratios by health region, 1991-2022 (by regions used in 1974-1995 reports)

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	region
Clwyd	192	188	193	200	189							256	265	251	257	248	265	257	269	257	256	249	275	261	265	277	268	317	339	396	409	466	Clwyd
Dyfed	190	181	187	193	201							229	221	201	212	231	224	242	214	214	201	218	222	214	205	213	248	252	288	318	330	393	Dyfed
(East Dyfed)	203	191	195	217								215	198	181	206	233	206	228	204	201	197	218	218	217	203	198	242	233	286	327	325	391	(East Dyfed)
(Pembrokeshire)	167	164	171	149								260	267	241	221	228	261	271	235	241	208	218	230	209	208	245	259	293	292	299	341	396	(Pembrokeshire)
Gwent	129	132	134	128	117	176	192	220	227	229	236	260	270	251	259	268	274	238	246	227	228	239	231	234	235	247	246	266	283	312	354	369	Gwent
Gwynedd	272	268	288	265	262							231	227	229	198	210	260	250	258	253	229	226	234	268	251	240	265	294	361	344	356	458	Gwynedd
Mid Glamorgan	214	199	217	219	223							231	221	249	215	262	247	267	256	238	249	266	268	269	258	242	284	304	328	368	411	449	Mid Glamorgan
Powys	167	166	190	166	170							190	194	194	184	225	254	234	202	222	199	207	206	209	240	215	254	274	278	318	285	368	Powys
South Glamorgan	179	179	175	188	178							284	278	270	289	271	269	266	263	257	256	252	242	254	260	248	272	302	350	287	329	313	South Glamorgan
West Glamorgan	227	210	224	228	222							209	189	206	203	229	224	267	273	240	244	261	253	254	267	284	297	292	322	410	410	458	West Glamorgan
WALES TOTAL	189	183	189	192	187	209	214	234	237	240	246	245	243	239	238	251	255	255	253	240	239	245	246	248	249	250	267	289	319	343	368	405	WALES TOTAL

Wales abortion ratios by health region, 1991-2022 (by regions used in 1996-2001 reports)

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	region
Bro Taf						207	215	241	245	251	271	269	256	265	263	266	263	268	264	254	260	261	256	266	258	246	281	311	347	324	365	374	Bro Taf
Dyfed Powys	184	177	187	186	193	196	185	214	216	215	235	219	214	199	204	230	231	240	211	216	200	215	217	213	213	214	249	257	285	318	318	387	Dyfed Powys
Gwent	129	132	134	128	117	176	192	220	227	229	236	260	270	251	259	268	274	238	246	227	228	239	231	234	235	247	246	266	283	312	354	369	Gwent
Morgannwg						227	222	236	234	251	233	207	198	212	200	241	228	264	264	233	234	257	249	248	267	272	286	282	315	387	399	439	Morgannwg
North Wales	214	211	220	219	210	236	247	251	251	246	245	249	255	245	241	238	264	255	266	256	249	243	264	263	261	267	268	311	344	382	395	464	North Wales
WALES TOTAL	189	183	189	192	187	209	214	234	237	240	246	245	243	239	238	251	255	255	253	240	239	245	246	248	249	250	267	289	319	343	368	405	WALES TOTAL

Wales abortion ratios by health region, 2002-2022 (by regions used in 2002-2022 reports)

region	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	region
Anglesey, Isle of	228	225	201	182	212	234	221	272	229	217	208	239	230	262	239	247	237	339	362	372	455	Anglesey, Isle of
Blaenau Gwent	271	301	276	247	256	261	217	233	254	195	202	219	222	236	229	240	265	255	314	343	384	Blaenau Gwent
Bridgend	200	221	229	192	271	238	255	238	214	210	247	238	231	264	239	258	257	300	330	372	390	Bridgend
Caerphilly	249	251	224	248	257	263	241	242	212	228	227	208	208	216	229	219	273	289	334	398	428	Caerphilly
Cardiff	291	286	284	295	273	279	275	271	265	266	267	255	267	278	264	295	316	362	293	334	332	Cardiff
Carmarthenshire	223	202	172	190	213	188	226	209	198	183	220	214	206	211	216	226	232	281	322	332	376	Carmarthenshire
Ceredigion	191	188	208	253	300	259	234	190	207	241	212	229	251	180	145	295	236	303	345	302	442	Ceredigion
Conwy	265	258	260	270	259	249	268	299	275	242	256	286	287	250	260	288	346	345	432	434	467	Conwy
Denbighshire	236	270	242	234	255	276	255	276	260	241	241	244	238	242	239	248	313	300	362	419	464	Denbighshire
Flintshire	229	263	228	233	247	270	242	254	242	267	253	275	255	267	273	281	310	346	379	363	442	Flintshire
Gwynedd	233	228	245	206	209	276	267	250	269	237	237	232	292	244	241	275	327	373	333	346	459	Gwynedd
Merthyr Tydfil	252	222	213	193	233	222	232	241	202	249	220	264	258	235	262	263	332	326	346	368	470	Merthyr Tydfil
Monmouthshire	249	251	224	236	233	260	200	191	214	223	177	239	209	199	236	232	257	294	279	289	341	Monmouthshire
Neath Port Talbot	182	208	220	195	275	241	255	252	248	215	245	246	235	243	247	272	296	327	379	409	407	Neath Port Talbot
Newport	270	269	274	272	289	282	248	258	228	243	253	224	227	216	231	226	255	265	295	342	322	Newport
Pembrokeshire	260	267	241	221	228	261	271	235	241	208	218	230	209	208	245	259	293	292	299	341	396	Pembrokeshire
Powys	190	194	194	184	225	254	234	202	222	199	207	206	209	240	215	254	274	278	318	285	368	Powys
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff	244	221	269	233	263	259	283	269	260	272	290	286	293	261	239	304	324	344	396	446	477	Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
Swansea	224	179	197	207	202	214	274	286	235	261	270	258	265	282	307	312	290	318	430	411	491	Swansea
Torfaen	267	312	270	283	296	305	265	281	249	229	312	291	334	339	332	348	283	321	329	357	371	Torfaen
Vale of Glamorgan	262	256	229	268	264	239	236	239	230	222	201	198	206	196	195	203	258	314	270	311	257	Vale of Glamorgan
Wrexham	295	269	275	289	239	264	267	259	260	263	245	289	265	290	318	255	308	353	410	438	496	Wrexham
WALES TOTAL	245	243	239	238	251	255	255	253	240	239	245	246	248	249	250	267	289	319	343	368	405	WALES TOTAL

Wales abortion percentages by health region, 1991-2022 (by regions used in 1974-1995 reports)

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	region
Clwyd	16.1	15.8	16.2	16.7	15.9							20.4	21.0	20.0	20.5	19.9	21.0	20.5	21.2	20.5	20.4	19.9	21.6	20.7	20.9	21.7	21.2	24.1	25.3	28.4	29.0	31.8	Clwyd
Dyfed	15.9	15.3	15.7	16.2	16.7							18.7	18.1	16.7	17.5	18.8	18.3	19.5	17.7	17.6	16.7	17.9	18.1	17.7	17.0	17.6	19.9	20.1	22.4	24.1	24.8	28.2	Dyfed
(East Dyfed)	16.9	16.0	16.3	17.8								17.7	16.6	15.3	17.1	18.9	17.1	18.6	17.0	16.7	16.5	17.9	17.9	17.8	16.9	16.6	19.5	18.9	22.3	24.6	24.5	28.1	(East Dyfed)
(Pembrokeshire)	14.3	14.1	14.6	13.0								20.7	21.1	19.4	18.1	18.5	20.7	21.3	19.0	19.4	17.2	17.9	18.7	17.3	17.3	19.7	20.6	22.7	22.6	23.0	25.4	28.4	(Pembrokeshire)
Gwent	11.4	11.7	11.8	11.3	10.5	14.9	16.1	18.0	18.5	18.6	19.1	20.6	21.3	20.0	20.5	21.2	21.5	19.3	19.7	18.5	18.6	19.3	18.8	19.0	19.0	19.8	19.7	21.0	22.0	23.8	26.1	26.9	Gwent
Gwynedd	21.4	21.1	22.3	21.0	20.8							18.8	18.5	18.7	16.5	17.4	20.6	20.0	20.5	20.2	18.6	18.4	19.0	21.1	20.0	19.4	20.9	22.7	26.5	25.6	26.2	31.4	Gwynedd
Mid Glamorgan	17.6	16.6	17.9	18.0	18.3							18.8	18.1	19.9	17.7	20.7	19.8	21.1	20.4	19.2	19.9	21.0	21.2	21.2	20.5	19.5	22.1	23.3	24.7	26.9	29.1	31.0	Mid Glamorgan
Powys	14.3	14.2	15.9	14.2	14.6							16.0	16.3	16.2	15.6	18.4	20.3	19.0	16.8	18.1	16.6	17.1	17.1	17.3	19.3	17.7	20.3	21.5	21.7	24.1	22.2	26.9	Powys
South Glamorgan	15.2	15.2	14.9	15.8	15.1							22.1	21.8	21.3	22.4	21.3	21.2	21.0	20.8	20.4	20.4	20.1	19.5	20.3	20.6	19.9	21.4	23.2	26.0	22.3	24.7	23.8	South Glamorgan
West Glamorgan	18.5	17.4	18.3	18.6	18.2							17.3	15.9	17.1	16.8	18.7	18.3	21.1	21.5	19.3	19.6	20.7	20.2	20.2	21.1	22.1	22.9	22.6	24.3	29.1	29.1	31.4	West Glamorgan
WALES TOTAL	15.9	15.4	15.9	16.1	15.7	17.3	17.6	19.0	19.1	19.4	19.8	19.7	19.5	19.3	19.2	20.0	20.3	20.3	20.2	19.4	19.3	19.7	19.8	19.9	19.9	20.0	21.1	22.4	24.2	25.6	26.9	28.8	WALES TOTAL

Wales abortion percentages by health region, 1991-2022 (by regions used in 1996-2001 reports)

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	region
Bro Taf						17.1	17.7	19.4	19.7	20.0	21.3	21.2	20.4	21.0	20.8	21.0	20.8	21.1	20.9	20.2	20.6	20.7	20.4	21.0	20.5	19.8	21.9	23.7	25.7	24.5	26.8	27.2	Bro Taf
Dyfed Powys	15.5	15.1	15.8	15.7	16.2	16.4	15.6	17.6	17.8	17.7	19.0	18.0	17.6	16.6	17.0	18.7	18.8	19.4	17.4	17.7	16.7	17.7	17.9	17.6	17.6	17.6	20.0	20.5	22.2	24.1	24.1	27.9	Dyfed Powys
Gwent	11.4	11.7	11.8	11.3	10.5	14.9	16.1	18.0	18.5	18.6	19.1	20.6	21.3	20.0	20.5	21.2	21.5	19.3	19.7	18.5	18.6	19.3	18.8	19.0	19.0	19.8	19.7	21.0	22.0	23.8	26.1	26.9	Gwent
Morgannwg						18.5	18.2	19.1	18.9	20.1	18.9	17.1	16.5	17.5	16.6	19.4	18.6	20.9	20.9	18.9	19.0	20.4	19.9	19.8	21.0	21.4	22.2	22.0	24.0	27.9	28.5	30.5	Morgannwg
North Wales	17.6	17.4	18.0	18.0	17.3	19.1	19.8	20.0	20.1	19.8	19.7	19.9	20.3	19.7	19.4	19.2	20.9	20.3	21.0	20.4	19.9	19.5	20.9	20.8	20.7	21.1	21.1	23.7	25.6	27.7	28.3	31.7	North Wales
WALES TOTAL	15.9	15.4	15.9	16.1	15.7	17.3	17.6	19.0	19.1	19.4	19.8	19.7	19.5	19.3	19.2	20.0	20.3	20.3	20.2	19.4	19.3	19.7	19.8	19.9	19.9	20.0	21.1	22.4	24.2	25.6	26.9	28.8	WALES TOTAL

Wales abortion percentages by health region, 2002-2022 (by regions used in 2002-2022 reports)

region	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	region
Anglesey, Isle of	18.6	18.4	16.7	15.4	17.5	18.9	18.1	21.4	18.7	17.8	17.2	19.3	18.7	20.7	19.3	19.8	19.2	25.3	26.6	27.1	31.3	Anglesey, Isle of
Blaenau Gwent	21.3	23.1	21.6	19.8	20.4	20.7	17.8	18.9	20.2	16.3	16.8	18.0	18.2	19.1	18.6	19.4	20.9	20.3	23.9	25.6	27.7	Blaenau Gwent
Bridgend	16.7	18.1	18.6	16.1	21.3	19.2	20.3	19.2	17.6	17.4	19.8	19.2	18.8	20.9	19.3	20.5	20.4	23.1	24.8	27.1	28.1	Bridgend
Caerphilly	19.9	20.1	18.3	19.9	20.5	20.8	19.4	19.5	17.5	18.5	18.5	17.2	17.2	17.8	18.6	18.0	21.4	22.4	25.0	28.5	30.0	Caerphilly
Cardiff	22.6	22.2	22.1	22.8	21.5	21.8	21.6	21.3	20.9	21.0	21.1	20.3	21.1	21.8	20.9	22.8	24.0	26.6	22.6	25.0	24.9	Cardiff
Carmarthenshire	18.2	16.8	14.7	16.0	17.5	15.8	18.5	17.3	16.5	15.5	18.0	17.6	17.1	17.4	17.7	18.5	18.8	21.9	24.3	25.0	27.3	Carmarthenshire
Ceredigion	16.0	15.8	17.3	20.2	23.1	20.5	19.0	16.0	17.1	19.4	17.5	18.6	20.1	15.3	12.7	22.8	19.1	23.3	25.6	23.2	30.7	Ceredigion
Conwy	21.0	20.5	20.7	21.3	20.6	20.0	21.2	23.0	21.6	19.5	20.4	22.2	22.3	20.0	20.6	22.4	25.7	25.7	30.2	30.3	31.8	Conwy
Denbighshire	19.1	21.2	19.5	18.9	20.3	21.7	20.3	21.6	20.7	19.4	19.4	19.6	19.2	19.5	19.3	19.9	23.8	23.1	26.6	29.5	31.7	Denbighshire
Flintshire	18.6	20.8	18.6	18.9	19.8	21.3	19.5	20.2	19.5	21.1	20.2	21.5	20.3	21.1	21.5	21.9	23.7	25.7	27.5	26.6	30.6	Flintshire
Gwynedd	18.9	18.6	19.7	17.1	17.3	21.6	21.1	20.0	21.2	19.1	19.2	18.8	22.6	19.6	19.4	21.6	24.6	27.2	25.0	25.7	31.5	Gwynedd
Merthyr Tydfil	20.1	18.2	17.5	16.2	18.9	18.2	18.8	19.4	16.8	19.9	18.1	20.9	20.5	19.0	20.7	20.8	24.9	24.6	25.7	26.9	32.0	Merthyr Tydfil
Monmouthshire	20.0	20.0	18.3	19.1	18.9	20.7	16.7	16.0	17.6	18.2	15.0	19.3	17.3	16.6	19.1	18.8	20.4	22.7	21.8	22.4	25.4	Monmouthshire
Neath Port Talbot	15.4	17.2	18.1	16.3	21.6	19.4	20.3	20.2	19.9	17.7	19.7	19.8	19.0	19.6	19.8	21.4	22.8	24.6	27.5	29.0	28.9	Neath Port Talbot
Newport	21.2	21.2	21.5	21.4	22.4	22.0	19.9	20.5	18.6	19.6	20.2	18.3	18.5	17.8	18.7	18.4	20.3	20.9	22.8	25.5	24.4	Newport
Pembrokeshire	20.7	21.1	19.4	18.1	18.5	20.7	21.3	19.0	19.4	17.2	17.9	18.7	17.3	17.3	19.7	20.6	22.7	22.6	23.0	25.4	28.4	Pembrokeshire
Powys	16.0	16.3	16.2	15.6	18.4	20.3	19.0	16.8	18.1	16.6	17.1	17.1	17.3	19.3	17.7	20.3	21.5	21.7	24.1	22.2	26.9	Powys
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff	19.6	18.1	21.2	18.9	20.9	20.6	22.1	21.2	20.6	21.4	22.5	22.2	22.6	20.7	19.3	23.3	24.5	25.6	28.3	30.8	32.3	Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
Swansea	18.3	15.2	16.5	17.2	16.8	17.6	21.5	22.2	19.0	20.7	21.2	20.5	20.9	22.0	23.5	23.8	22.5	24.2	30.1	29.1	32.9	Swansea
Torfaen	21.1	23.8	21.3	22.1	22.8	23.3	21.0	21.9	20.0	18.6	23.8	22.5	25.0	25.3	24.9	25.8	22.1	24.3	24.7	26.3	27.1	Torfaen
Vale of Glamorgan	20.8	20.4	18.6	21.1	20.9	19.3	19.1	19.3	18.7	18.2	16.7	16.5	17.0	16.4	16.3	16.9	20.5	23.9	21.3	23.7	20.5	Vale of Glamorgan
Wrexham	22.8	21.2	21.6	22.4	19.3	20.9	21.0	20.6	20.6	20.8	19.7	22.4	20.9	22.5	24.1	20.3	23.6	26.1	29.1	30.4	33.1	Wrexham
WALES TOTAL	19.7	19.5	19.3	19.2	20.0	20.3	20.3	20.2	19.4	19.3	19.7	19.8	19.9	19.9	20.0	21.1	22.4	24.2	25.6	26.9	28.8	WALES TOTAL

Wales abortion percentage rankings by health region, 2002-2022 (by regions used in 2002-2022 reports)

region	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	region
Anglesey, Isle of	16	14	19	22	20	19	20	5	14	16	18	12	14	7	14	16	20	7	8	9	8	Anglesey, Isle of
Blaenau Gwent	3	2	2	9	11	9	21	18	7	21	20	18	16	14	18	17	15	22	17	14	15	Blaenau Gwent
Bridgend	19	17	12	19	6	18	11	16	17	18	8	13	13	6	11	12	17	15	13	8	14	Bridgend
Caerphilly	11	11	14	8	10	8	14	13	19	13	13	20	20	16	17	21	14	18	11	7	11	Caerphilly
Cardiff	2	3	1	1	5	3	2	6	3	3	4	8	5	4	5	4	5	2	20	17	20	Cardiff
Carmarthenshire	18	19	22	20	19	22	19	19	22	22	15	19	21	18	19	19	22	19	15	18	16	Carmarthenshire
Ceredigion	20	21	18	7	1	13	17	22	20	9	17	16	10	22	22	5	21	13	10	20	9	Ceredigion
Conwy	6	9	7	5	9	15	5	1	1	8	5	3	4	9	7	6	1	5	1	3	5	Conwy
Denbighshire	13	4	9	11	12	4	10	4	4	10	11	10	11	12	12	15	6	14	7	4	6	Denbighshire
Flintshire	15	8	13	12	13	6	13	10	10	2	7	5	9	5	4	7	7	4	5	11	10	Flintshire
Gwynedd	14	13	8	16	21	5	6	12	2	11	12	14	3	10	10	8	3	1	12	13	7	Gwynedd
Merthyr Tydfil	9	15	17	18	16	20	18	14	21	6	14	6	8	15	6	10	2	9	9	10	4	Merthyr Tydfil
Monmouthshire	10	12	15	10	15	11	22	21	18	14	22	11	18	20	15	18	18	16	21	21	19	Monmouthshire
Neath Port Talbot	22	18	16	17	4	16	9	11	9	17	10	9	12	11	8	9	9	8	6	6	12	Neath Port Talbot
Newport	4	6	4	4	3	2	12	9	15	7	6	17	15	17	16	20	19	21	19	15	21	Newport
Pembrokeshire	8	7	10	14	17	10	4	17	11	19	16	15	17	19	9	11	10	17	18	16	13	Pembrokeshire
Powys	21	20	21	21	18	14	16	20	16	20	19	21	19	13	20	14	13	20	16	22	18	Powys
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff	12	16	6	13	8	12	1	7	5	1	2	4	2	8	13	3	4	6	4	1	3	Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
Swansea	17	22	20	15	22	21	3	2	12	5	3	7	6	3	3	2	11	11	2	5	2	Swansea
Torfaen	5	1	5	3	2	1	8	3	8	12	1	1	1	1	1	1	12	10	14	12	17	Torfaen
Vale of Glamorgan	7	10	11	6	7	17	15	15	13	15	21	22	22	21	21	22	16	12	22	19	22	Vale of Glamorgan
Wrexham	1	5	3	2	14	7	7	8	6	4	9	2	7	2	2	13	8	3	3	2	1	Wrexham