"Figure 4: The percentage of conceptions leading to abortion has increased over the last 20 years","" "Percentage of conceptions leading to legal abortion by age, England and Wales, 1997, 2007, 2017","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Year","1997","2007","2017" "all ages","21.3","22","22.7" "under 16","49.7","61.5","60.7" "under 18","40.6","50","51.7" "under 20","36.8","42.6","47" "20 to 24","26.7","28.2","33.2" "25 to 29","16.4","17.5","20" "30 to 34","14.2","12.7","15" "35 to 39","21","16.7","18.1" "40 and over","38","31.1","28.7"