25.9 conceptions per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 17 in 1998 (46.6 in England)
- 33.2 conceptions per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 17 in 2005 (41.1 inEngland)
- 8.5% of live births weighed less than 2,500 grams in 2004 (7.6 percent in England)
- 5.7 infant deaths under one week per 1,000 women in 2004 (five inEngland)
The conception rate in the London Borough of Redbridge has risen by morethan a quarter since the figures for the teenage pregnancy strategy werefirst collected, an increase of 28 per cent. This is the largest riseamong local authorities in England between 1998 and 2005. This riserepresents 55 more girls conceiving. In 1998, 109 girls fell pregnantbut in 2005 this number rose to 164.
Source: Teenage Pregnancy Unit 2005; Key Population and Vital Statistics2004, Office for National Statistics.
