- 39 conceptions per 1,000 girls aged 15-17 in 2002 (42.6 in England)
- 2.03 average number of decayed, missing or filled teeth in five-year-olds in 2001/02 (1.47 in England)
- 1.84 average number of decayed, missing or filled teeth in 14-year-olds in 2002/03 (1.43 in England)
Frank Atherton, director of public health at Morecambe Bay Primary Care Trust, said: "Our trust covers an area of about 900 square miles. As elsewhere, higher teenage pregnancy rates are found in neighbourhoods experiencing socio-economic disadvantage."
Source: Morecambe Bay Primary Care Trust Public Health Report 2004 and British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry.
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