Pregnancy: Children
(asked on 6th July 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the rate of pregnancy is for those under 18 years old in (a) the UK, (b) England and (c) the North East in each of the last 10 years.
The Department does not collect this information. However, the Office for National Statistics collects information on the conception rate in women under 18 years old in England. The information requested for England and the North East in each of the last ten years for which data is available is shown in the following table.
| England | North East | ||
Year | Number of Conceptions | Conception rate per 1,000 women in age group | Number of Conceptions | Conception rate per 1,000 women in age group |
2009 | 35,966 | 37.1 | 2,225 | 45.7 |
2010 | 32,552 | 34.2 | 2,032 | 43.5 |
2011 | 29,166 | 30.7 | 1,750 | 38.4 |
2012 | 26,157 | 27.7 | 1,600 | 35.5 |
2013 | 22,830 | 24.3 | 1,367 | 30.6 |
2014 | 21,282 | 22.8 | 1,332 | 30.2 |
2015 | 19,080 | 20.8 | 1,199 | 28.0 |
2016 | 17,024 | 18.8 | 1,023 | 24.6 |
2017 | 15,748 | 17.8 | 994 | 24.7 |
2018 | 14,736 | 16.7 | 986 | 24.9 |