12% of all mothers aged 19 or younger in 2001 (7 per cent in England and
Wales)
60.7 conceptions per 1,000 girls aged under 18 in Hastings from 1999 to
2001 (43.8 in England)
12% of infants weighed less than 2,500 grams in Central St Leonard's,
1999 to 2002 (7.9 per cent in England and Wales)
5.2 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2002 (5.2 in England and
Wales)
A spokeswoman from the trust said: "Figures indicate a sharp reduction in teenage conceptions between 1998 and 2002. Projected figures suggest that this trend will continue and the PCT should achieve its overall reduction of 50 per cent by 2010." Source: Hastings and St Leonard's primary care trust public health report 2003/04.
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