64.2 conceptions per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 17 in 1998 (46.6 inEngland)
6.8% of live births weighed less than 2,500 grams in 2002 (7.7 per centin England)
1.89 average number of decayed, missing or filled teeth in five-year-oldchildren (1.47 in England)
Eloise Owen, teenage pregnancy co-ordinator for Telford & Wrekin PrimaryCare Trust, said: "The rate of under-18 conceptions has fallen by 16.2per cent since 1998. We have a strong multi-agency partnership and havemade improvements in both the prevention of teenage pregnancy andsupport for teenage parents."
Source: Teenage Pregnancy Unit, Office for National Statistics KeyPopulation and Vital Statistics 2002, British Association for the Studyof Dentistry Survey 2002/03.
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