44.1 conceptions per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 17 in 2005 (41.1 inEngland)
8.1% of live births weighed less than 2,500 grams in 2004 (7.6 per centin England)
5.3 infant deaths under one week per 1,000 women in 2004 (five inEngland)
Since figures for the teenage pregnancy strategy were first collected in1998, the number of teen conceptions per year has fallen by 33. In 1998,184 girls fell pregnant, but in 2005 this number fell to 151. Knowsley'sunder 18 conception rate fell by five per cent between 1996 to 1998 and1999 to 2001. However, since 1998 to 2001, the rate has fallen by nearly20 per cent.
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