- 48.4 conceptions per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 17 in 2005 (41.1 inEngland)
- 8.9% of live births weighed less than 2,500 grams in 2004 (7.6 percent in England)
- 8.1 infant deaths under one week per 1,000 women in 2004 (five inEngland)
The conception rate in Oldham has fallen by 26.8 per cent since thefigures for the strategy were first collected in 1998. This fallrepresents 73 fewer girls conceiving. The level has fluctuated in theintervening years, falling and rising close to its original rate in 2004before dropping sharply the next year.
Source: Teenage Pregnancy Unit, 2005; Key Population and VitalStatistics 2004, Office for National Statistics.
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