§ Mr. Chris DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the number of(a) conceptions and (b) births by region and nationally, among girls under the age of 16 years in each of the last 10 years. [40683]
§ Mr. SackvilleThe available information is shown in the table. Full data for 1994 are not yet available.
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1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Conceptions Live births Conceptions Live births Conceptions Live births Conceptions Live births Conceptions Live births England and Wales 8,634 1,306 7,822 1,426 7,254 1,314 7,243 1,403 n/a 1,353 England 8,111 1,231 7,362 1,335 6,786 1,241 6,790 1,325 n/a 1,251 Health Region: Northern and Yorkshire 1,413 265 1,274 245 1,156 233 1,160 243 n/a 201 Trent 898 152 849 160 828 173 818 156 n/a 164 East Anglia and Oxford 724 84 642 111 583 97 522 97 n/a 90 North Thames 845 118 839 130 790 120 755 143 n/a 121 South Thames 904 136 773 150 762 129 812 150 n/a 137 South and West 938 117 778 120 695 125 717 117 n/a 127 West Midlands 1,046 136 987 171 922 157 911 190 n/a 200 North West 1,343 223 1,220 248 1,050 207 1,095 229 n/a 211 Wales 523 75 460 91 468 73 453 78 n/a 102 Boundaries are as at 1 April 1994.
Data for England and Wales do not include evente to mothers who are normally resident outside England and Wales.
Conceptions not leading to maternities or to abortions under the Abortion Act 1967 are not included in the statistics, as information about them is incomplete.