- 26.5 conceptions per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 17 in 2003 (42.1 inEngland)
- 5.9% of live births weighed less than 2,500 grams in 2002 (7.7 percent in England)
- 4 infant deaths under one week per 1,000 women in 2002 (5.2 inEngland)
Teenage pregnancies have fallen in South Gloucestershire, with apercentage change of 21.5 since figures on the Teenage PregnancyStrategy were first collected.
This compares with a decrease in the South West of 13.4 per cent and 9.8per cent in England. It is set to meet teenage pregnancy reductiontargets. South Gloucestershire plans to ensure training in sex andrelationships education is available to all primary, secondary andspecial school governors.
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