§ Mrs. Iris RobinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of births were to teenage mothers in each of the last 10 years, broken down by health board area. [161681]
§ Mr. PearsonThe following table gives the percentage of births that were to teenage mothers in each of the last 10 years, by Health and Social Services Board area.
Number of births to teenage mothers expressed as a percentage of all births, by year and Health and Social Services Board EHSSB NHSSB SHSSB WHSSB 1993 7.0 6.7 5.1 6.3 1994 7.0 6.5 5.0 6.6 1995 6.9 5.3 4.3 7.1 1996 7.4 5.9 5.2 6.7 1997 8.0 6.4 4.9 7.0 1998 8.3 6.7 6.2 7.4 1999 8.7 7.3 5.9 8.8 2000 8.9 6.5 5.9 7.6 2001 8.1 6.5 5.6 6.8 2002 8.4 6.4 5.0 7.5