HC Deb 20 May 2004 vol 421 cc1201-7W
Mr. Amess

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many conceptions in women aged(a) 11,

Conceptions: Numbers and rates1 for women under 20 by age
England and Wales, strategic health authority Number, rate per 1,000 women
Age at conception
Area Under 14 14 15 16
2000 Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
England and Wales 397 12 1,890 5.8 5,827 18.1 13,153 42.4
England 376 12 1,771 5.8 5,472 18.0 12,323 42.1
County Durham and Tees Valley 12 15 58 7.4 163 21.0 349 46.5
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 10 1.1 62 6.8 217 24.0 424 48.6
Cheshire and Merseyside 12 0.8 74 4.6 278 17.4 649 42.4
Cumbria and Lancashire 9 0.7 68 5.4 276 22.4 508 42.5
Greater Manchester 16 1.0 97 5.8 326 19.8 817 51.8
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 8 0.7 56 5.3 182 17.4 441 43.6
South Yorkshire 7 0.9 61 7.8 182 23.3 412 54.6
West Yorkshire 15 1.1 75 5.4 245 18.0 605 46.4
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 10 1.1 52 5.5 178 18.9 373 41.5
Trent 24 1.4 86 5.2 281 17.1 634 40.3
Birmingham and the Black Country 32 2.0 110 7.1 343 22.4 735 50.9
Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire 14 1.5 59 6.2 181 19.4 405 44.4
Shropshire and Staffordshire 5 0.5 65 6.6 185 18.7 371 39.4
Bedford and Hertfordshire 10 1.0 57 5.5 129 12.7 338 34.8
Essex 9 0.9 48 5.1 144 15.7 341 37.4
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 11 0.8 48 3.8 157 12.3 434 35.1
North Central London 17 2.5 45 6.9 132 19.7 302 47.0
North East London 14 1.4 74 7.5 232 23.0 459 47.7
North West London 18 19 53 5.7 166 18.1 369 41.0
South East London 24 2.7 80 9.2 199 23.6 488 62.0
South West London 14 2.0 51 7.7 127 19.2 275 43.0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 7 0.7 46 4.4 161 15.7 365 36.5
Kent and Medway 13 1.3 51 5.1 170 16.9 392 39.5
Surrey and Sussex 11 0.7 74 5.0 182 12.4 420 29.5
Thames Valley 14 1.1 68 5.4 186 14.9 432 36.2
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 24 1.7 75 5.6 202 15.3 458 36.3
Dorset and Somerset 6 0.9 29 4.1 105 14.8 199 29.1
South West Peninsula 10 1.1 49 5.5 143 16.2 328 37.6
Wales 21 1.1 119 6.3 355 18.7 830 46.0

(b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 there were in each year since 2000, broken down by strategic health authority; and if he will make a statement; [174522]

(2) what the rate of conceptions in women aged (a) 11, (b) 12, (c) 13, (d) 14, (e) 15, (f) 16, (g) 17, (h) 18 and (i) 19 was in each year since 2000, broken down by strategic health authority; and if he will make a statement. [174523]>

John Healey

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Mr. David Amess, dated 20 May 2004: As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent questions asking for conception numbers and conception rates for women aged between 11 and 19 for each year since 2000. (174522, 174523) Numbers of conceptions are estimated from registrations of births and notifications of abortions. Miscarriages before the 24th week of gestation are not included. Numbers and rates of conceptions at ages under 14, and by single year for ages 14 to 19, are shown in the tables. The information is provided for all strategic health authorities in England, for the years 2000 to, 2002. The figures for 2002 are provisional estimates, since complete abortions data is not yet available. Information on the number of conceptions at age 19 is not available for 2002, and information on conceptions at age 18 is only available at national level for this year. In order to protect the confidentiality of individuals, ONS does not publish these figures by single year of age below age 14, given the small number of cases.

17 18 19
Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
England and Wales 20,081 66.0 26,180 87.3 30,136 94.7
England 18,757 65.5 24,518 86.8 28,263 94.4
County Durham and Tees Valley 537 73.4 689 98.3 736 97.4
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 646 74.3 849 98.2 882 94.9
Cheshire and Merseyside 1,014 69.1 1,212 85.9 1,405 97.0
Cumbria and Lancashire 839 71.7 1,084 94.9 1,100 97.0
Greater Manchester 1,223 79.8 1,659 111.2 1,822 112.6
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 571 59.4 826 86.3 865 87.7
South Yorkshire 593 80.7 738 103.1 862 98.9
West Yorkshire 953 73.2 1,248 95.6 1,394 92.2
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 575 63.2 714 77.8 881 87.2
Trent 985 64.1 1,228 81.7 1,416 87.4
Birmingham and the Black Country 1,243 86.2 1,599 113.2 1,887 122.8
Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire 556 62.5 732 81.9 845 93.0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 558 60.0 697 78.4 791 915
Bedford and Hertfordshire 466 49.4 641 68.2 715 816
Essex 502 58.5 644 74.4 702 816
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 637 52.7 873 71.6 1,006 83.6
North Central London 448 70.7 652 106.7 825 103.4
North East London 728 78.7 1,033 113.2 1,350 132.5
North West London 606 69.0 843 99.9 1,132 113.4
South East London 677 86.2 951 122.9 1,131 127.9
South West London 443 69.8 576 93.8 654 91.2
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 543 55.2 675 70.8 909 80.7
Kent and Medway 644 68.0 728 77.1 829 94.7
Surrey and Sussex 691 48.2 831 56.4 976 69.4
Thames Valley 615 50.8 827 68.6 980 78.3
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 643 52.5 881 72.1 993 77.9
Dorset and Somerset 356 53.8 448 68.9 475 78.3
South West Peninsula 465 55.1 640 78.7 700 84.0
Wales 1324 74.6 1,662 95.6 1,873 99.0
1 Rates for women aged under 14 are per 1,000 females aged 13 and rates by single year of age are per 1,000 females of the same age

Conceptions: Numbers and rates1 for women under 20 by age
England and Wales, strategic health authority2 Number, rate per 1,000 women
Age at conception
Area Under 14 14 15 16
2001 Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
England and Wales 398 1.2 1,883 5.7 5,609 17.4 13,099 40.5
England 374 1.2 1,774 5.7 5,247 17.2 12,255 40.2
County Durham and Tees Valley 9 1.2 51 6.7 140 18.3 371 48.4
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 9 1.0 57 6.4 192 21.7 434 48.7
Cheshire and Merseyside 16 1.0 73 4.6 225 14.2 599 37.1
Cumbria and Lancashire 12 0.9 76 6.1 203 16.3 492 40.1
Greater Manchester 17 1.0 117 7.0 328 19.6 811 49.3
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 9 0.8 54 5.2 184 18.0 417 41.2
South Yorkshire 15 1.8 67 8.3 179 23.0 387 50.0
West Yorkshire 17 1.2 78 5.5 258 18.6 600 43.6
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 11 1.1 53 5.3 150 15.2 347 35.3
Trent 15 0.9 97 5.9 283 17.8 648 40.9
Birmingham and the Black Country 28 1.8 108 6.8 332 21.8 776 51.2
Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire 10 1.0 54 5.7 172 18.1 357 38.0
Shropshire and Staffordshire 14 1.4 55 5.8 161 17.0 401 42.4
Bedford and Hertfordshire 9 0.8 43 4.2 127 12.6 292 28.6
Essex 10 1.0 49 4.9 135 13.9 299 31.4
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 13 1.0 70 5.3 185 14.4 426 32.7
North Central London 14 2.0 55 8.2 126 19.6 322 46.3
North East London 17 1.7 76 7.9 221 22.6 507 49.3
North West London 13 1.3 56 5.9 169 18.3 370 38.5
South East London 24 2.7 69 7.8 233 27.0 517 61.3
South West London 9 1.3 34 5.0 132 20.2 255 38.8
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 11 1.0 60 5.5 184 17.2 379 35.3
Kent and Medway 13 1.2 57 5.6 169 16.9 398 39.1
Surrey and Sussex 11 0.7 64 4.4 173 11.9 428 29.7
Thames Valley 12 0.9 49 3.8 173 13.3 414 32.0
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 16 1.2 77 5.8 196 15.0 460 35.9
Dorset and Somerset 8 1.1 33 4.6 90 12.5 244 34.3
South West Peninsula 12 1.2 42 4.4 127 13.7 304 33.0
Wales 24 1.2 109 5.8 362 19.5 844 44.6

17 18 19
Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
England and Wales 19,975 63.9 25,735 83.7 29,225 94.7
England 18,786 63.8 24,200 83.6 27,518 94.8
County Durham and Tees Valley 531 72.1 666 92.4 751 104.5
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 596 69.2 779 89.2 868 92.9
Cheshire and Merseyside 1,025 66.7 1,253 85.0 1,355 95.2
Cumbria and Lancashire 749 63.0 953 81.4 1,081 94.8
Greater Manchester 1,273 80.7 1,569 101.7 1,763 112.3
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 626 63.7 771 81.8 840 91.5
South Yorkshire 610 80.8 721 93.9 843 97.6
West Yorkshire 934 71.4 1,284 95.4 1,464 96.7
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 545 57.4 693 72.4 831 81.6
Trent 926 60.5 1,253 84.1 1,319 85.8
Birmingham and the Black Country 1,173 81.4 1,599 108.6 1,760 114.4
Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire 549 59.5 687 77.5 111 90.1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 569 62.5 681 76.1 739 88.3
Bedford and Hertfordshire 489 50.7 648 70.4 726 88.2
Essex 526 56.1 648 74.6 715 90.6
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 635 50.6 840 68.3 1,012 84.2
North Central London 456 67.3 673 99.4 824 113.1
North East London 762 78.1 1,063 113.0 1,374 146.9
North West London 580 60.8 860 90.8 1,044 111.1
South East London 754 93.6 1,013 125.5 1,097 131.2
South West London 432 66.8 513 79.0 644 92.7
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 583 56.4 749 71.6 886 80.7
Kent and Medway 581 57.9 763 80.9 828 97.6
Surrey and Sussex 639 45.7 833 60.6 913 69.3
Thames Valley 622 49.1 836 66.7 921 75.9
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 746 60.3 862 70.7 1,002 79.2
Dorset and Somerset 341 49.6 396 61.8 481 83.5
South West Peninsula 534 58.5 594 66.5 660 74.3
Wales 1,189 65.8 1,535 85.7 1,707 93.0
1 Rates for women aged under 14 are per 1,000 females aged 13 and rates by single year of age are per 1,000 females of the same age
2 Provisional

Conceptions: Numbers and rates1 for women under 20 by age
England and Wales, strategic health authority, (provisional estimates2) Number, rate per 1,000 women
Age at conception
Area Under 14 14 15 16
2002 Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
England and Wales 359 1.1 1,652 4.9 5,111 15.6 12,376 38.2
England 335 1.1 1,562 4.9 4,786 15.5 11,630 38.1
County Durham and Tees Valley 11 1.5 44 5.7 150 19.8 332 43.3
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 11 1.3 47 5.3 162 18.2 403 45.3
Cheshire and Merseyside 11 0.7 63 3.9 235 14.9 603 38.0
Cumbria and Lancashire 15 1.2 81 6.3 190 15.1 493 39.5
Greater Manchester 14 0.8 102 6.0 284 17.0 792 47.3
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 6 0.6 55 5.1 175 16.8 390 38.1
South Yorkshire 11 1.4 57 7.0 189 23.5 410 52.8
West Yorkshire 17 1.2 99 7.0 242 17.1 541 38.8
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 11 1.1 54 5.1 122 12.1 366 36.7
Trent 20 1.2 93 5.5 256 15.4 581 36.5
Birmingham and the Black Country 22 1.4 88 5.6 290 18.4 697 45.8
Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire 8 0.8 53 5.4 138 14.6 393 41.1
Shropshire and Staffordshire 10 1.0 49 5.0 160 16.8 363 38.3
Bedford and Hertfordshire 11 1.0 39 3.7 101 9.9 301 29.7
Essex 4 0.4 35 3.4 136 13.4 286 29.5
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 15 1.1 58 4.3 178 13.6 413 32.1
North Central London 14 2.1 41 5.9 117 17.4 332 50.3
North East London 13 1.3 65 6.6 180 18.7 458 46.1
North West London 13 1.4 37 3.8 137 14.4 360 38.1
South East London 22 2.5 66 7.6 229 26.1 502 58.5
South West London 9 1.3 29 4.1 114 16.8 271 41.3
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 17 1.5 39 3.5 154 14.0 355 33.1
Kent and Medway 10 0.9 50 4.7 155 15.1 362 36.0
Surrey and Sussex 16 1.1 47 3.1 157 10.7 398 27.1
Thames Valley 5 0.4 41 3.1 167 13.1 368 28.2
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 6 0.4 65 4.7 159 11.9 403 30.7
Dorset and Somerset 4 0.5 21 2.8 83 11.5 179 25.0
South West Peninsula 9 0.9 44 4.5 126 13.2 278 29.8
Wales 24 1.3 90 4.7 325 17.2 746 40.3

17 18 19
Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
England and Wales 19,117 58.7 24,239 76.9.
England 17,876 58.3
County Durham and Tees Valley 561 73.3
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 663 74.4
Cheshire and Merseyside 891 55.1
Cumbria and Lancashire 756 60.9
Greater Manchester 1,150 70.2
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 594 58.8
South Yorkshire 554 71.6
West Yorkshire 887 64.6
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and R Aland 518 52.0
Trent 935 58.7
Birmingham and the Black Country 1,151 75.8
Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire 508 53.2
Shropshire and Staffordshire 544 57.5
Bedford and Hertfordshire 452 44.3
Essex 500 52.5
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 606 45.9
North Central London 490 68.7
North East London 722 69.6
North West London 561 56.5
South East London 659 78.0
South West London 393 59.0
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 543 50.2
Kent and Medway 527 51.3
Surrey and Sussex 606 41.7
Thames Valley 603 45.7
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 628 48.8
Dorset and Somerset 355 49.7
South West Peninsula 519 56.4
Wales 1,241 65.4
1 Rates for women aged under 14 are per 1,000 females aged 13 and rates by single year of age are per 1, 000 females of the same age
2 Provisional estimates based on incomplete abortion data.
3 Processing of abortion data for women aged 18 and over is incomplete and therefore figures are not yet available. An early provisional national estimate has been made of conceptions at age 18, but not at other ages or subnationally.

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