9.5% of babies born weighing less than 2,500 grams in 2002 (8.1 per cent in England and Wales)
51.8 conceptions per 1,000 15- to 17-year-olds in 1999/2001 (43.8 in England)
11% of dental decay in five-year-olds treated with fillings in 2002 (13 per cent in England and Wales)
Dr Paul Redgrave, director of public health for South East Sheffield Primary Care Trust, says: "We are a pathfinder children's trust and are looking to develop integrated planning across all children's and young people's services. We are working to improve low birth weight, teenage pregnancy and infant mortality."
Sources: Sheffield directors of public health Joint Annual Report 2003; the Department of Health's teenage pregnancy unit; Office of National Statistics; Department of Health Compendium of Clinical and Health Indicators 2002.
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