- 48.6 conceptions per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 17 in 2003 (42.1 inEngland)
- 8.8% of live births weighed less than 2,500 grams in 2002 (7.7 percent in England)
- 4.8 infant deaths under one week per 1,000 women in 2002 (5.2 inEngland)
Projects to help bring down the rate of teenage conceptions furtherinclude a collaborative sexual health course for youth and healthworkers, piloted by Newcastle's Young People's Health Strategy Group andyoung people have designed a pack to be distributed to all Year 9students.
Source: Teenage Pregnancy Unit, Office for National Statistics KeyPopulation and Vital Statistics 2002, Newcastle and North TynesideTeenage Pregnancy Strategy.
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