Children, Schools and Families written question – answered at on 19 July 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the rate of conception in young people under the age of 18 years was in each of the last 10 years.
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Letter from Colin Mowl, dated
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the rate of conception in young people under the age of 18 years was in each of the last 10 years. I am replying in her absence. (150776)
Available figures are estimates of the number of conceptions that resulted in a live birth, stillbirth or legal, termination.
The number and rate of conceptions to girls aged under 18 for England and Wales, 1996 to 2005 (the most recent year for which figures are available), are shown in the attached table. Figures for 2005 are provisional.
Conceptions by age: number and rate for England and Wales, 1996-2005( 1) | ||
Under 18 | ||
Number | Rate( 2) | |
1996 | 43,489 | 46 |
1997 | 43,358 | 46 |
1998 | 44,119 | 47 |
1999 | 42,028 | 45 |
2000 | 41,348 | 44 |
2001 | 40,990 | 43 |
2002 | 41,951 | 43 |
2003 | 42,162 | 42 |
2004 | 42,198 | 42 |
2005(1) | 42,187 | 41 |
(1) Figures for 2005 are provisional. (2) Rate per 1,000 females aged 15 to 17. |
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