- 62% of conceptions in 2002 to girls aged 15-17 led to abortion (45.8 per cent in England)
- 9.7% of babies born in 2002 weighed less than 2,500 grams (7.7 per cent in England)
- 7.2 infant deaths at under one year per 1,000 live births in 2002 (5.2 in England)
Dorothy Okotie, teenage pregnancy co-ordinator for Southwark council, said: "We focus on empowering young people to make informed choices about their futures.
Innovative projects include young peer educators, who share the message that you don't have to have sex to get a boyfriend. There is still a long way to go, but last year some schools reported no pregnancies for the first time in four years."
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