34.6 conceptions per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 17 in 2004 (41.5 inEngland)
7.1% of live births weighed less than 2,500 grams in 2002 (7.7 per centin England)
5.1 infant deaths under one week per 1,000 women in 2002 (5.2 inEngland)
The conception rate for teenagers in Staffordshire has dropped by 20 percent since figures for the teenage pregnancy strategy were firstcollected in 1998. But the largest fall came in 1999, before work on theteenage pregnancy strategy had started. Figures dropped from 43.2conceptions per 1,000 girls to 38. They then fluctuated around thislevel until 2003, when they fell again to their current level.
Source: Teenage Pregnancy Unit, Office for National Statistics KeyPopulation and Vital Statistics 2002.
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