- 69.4 conceptions per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 17 in 2004 (41.5 inEngland)
- 9.4% of live births weighed less than 2,500 grams in 2002 (7.7 percent in England)
- 9.3 infant deaths under one week per 1,000 women in 2002 (5.2 inEngland)
Since figures on the teenage pregnancy strategy were first collected in1998, the conception rate in Hackney has dropped by 10 per cent.
The rate peaked at 79.5 conceptions per 1,000 girls in 2000, beforefalling after the strategy's introduction. This achievement goes againstthe trend of London as a whole, where the rate showed no change for theperiod, or comparable authorities such as Lambeth, where there was a 23per cent increase, or Haringey, where there was a 14 per centincrease.
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