- 10 conceptions per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 17 in 2004 (41.5 inEngland)
- 7.6% of live births weighed less than 2,500 grams in 2002 in Rutland,Leicestershire and Northamptonshire (7.6 per cent in England)
- 4.3 infant deaths under one week per 1,000 women in 2002 in Rutland,Leicestershire and Northamptonshire (five in England)
The conception rate in the unitary authority has fallen by 35.5 per centsince figures for the teenage pregnancy strategy were first collected in1998. This represents a fall of five girls conceiving. Fifteen girlswere pregnant in 1998 compared with 10 in 2004.
Source: Teenage Pregnancy Unit, Office for National Statistics KeyPopulation and Vital Statistics 2004.
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