- 25.5 conceptions per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 17 in 2004 (41.5 inEngland)
- 6.2% of live births weighed less than 2,500 grams in 2002 in Rutland,Leicestershire and Northamptonshire (7.6 per cent in England)
- 3.8 infant deaths under one week per 1,000 women in 2002 (five inEngland)
The conception rate in North Yorkshire has fallen by 30.2 per cent sincefigures for the teenage pregnancy strategy were first collected in 1998.The rate fluctuated until 2005 when it dropped to its current rate.Almost half of conceptions led to abortions in 2006 in line with theaverage for England.
Source: Teenage Pregnancy Unit, Office for National Statistics KeyPopulation and Vital Statistics 2004.
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