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TABLE A13
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Fertility: Conceptions
England
Numbers and percentages
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1999 (p)
Conceptions (thousands)
all ages
784.9
776.8
760.4
749.9
774.5
759.5
735.2
under 20
87.7
81.7
80.0
81.1
88.8
89.9
92.4
under 16
6.7
6.8
7.3
7.5
8.2
7.7
7.4
Rate per 1,000 females
all ages
76.4
76.3
74.8
73.8
76.1
74.5
71.9
under 20
61.7
59.6
58.6
58.5
62.9
62.2
62.5
under 16
8.3
8.0
8.3
8.5
9.3
8.8
8.2
Percentage terminated by abortion
all ages
19.5
19.3
19.6
19.9
21.0
21.5
22.7
under 20
34.2
34.6
35.1
35.1
36.7
37.2
39.0
under 16
48.8
50.4
50.6
48.0
49.6
50.1
53.0
Source: ONS. (p) = provisional
Contact:Lesz Lancucki 020 7972 5533 (email: lesz.lancucki@doh.gsi.gov.uk)
See General Notes Section
Reducing under-age conception rates was a Health of the Nation target; rates peaked at over 9 per 1,000 females aged 13-15 in 1990 and again in 1995; they have since fallen.
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