- 34.3 conceptions per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 17 in 2004 (41.5 inEngland)
- 6.7% of live births weighed less than 2,500 grams in 2002 (7.6 percent in England)
- 5.7 infant deaths under one week per 1,000 women in 2002 (five inEngland)
The conception rate in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has fallen by13.6 per cent since figures were first collected in 1998. But a reportby Cornwall County Council's health and social care overview andscrutiny committee, admitted: "Implementation has been affected by lackof resources."
Source: Teenage Pregnancy Unit, Office for National Statistics KeyPopulation and Vital Statistics 2004.
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