51.6 conceptions per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 17 in 1998 (46.6 in England)
- 36.7 conceptions per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 17 in 2005 (41.1 inEngland)
- 6.9% of live births weighed less than 2,500 grams in 2004 (7.6 percent in England)
- 6.8 infant deaths under one week per 1,000 women in 2005 (5 inEngland)
The conception rate in the authority has dropped by more than a quartersince figures were first collected for the teenage pregnancy strategy in1998, falling by 28.8 per cent. The drop represents 20 fewer girlsconceiving. In 1998, 118 girls became pregnant.
Source: Teenage Pregnancy Unit, 2005; Key Population and VitalStatistics 2004 and 2005, Office for National Statistics.
