To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he will list (a) the total number and rate of pregnancies to women aged 17, 18, 19 and 20 years for each year from 1970 to 1989, respectively, with the figures broken down into live births, stillbirths and abortions and (b) the above breakdown for all girls aged under 16 years for 1987.
The information requested for the years 1970–1988 is given in the tables. Figures for conceptions occurring in 1989 will not be available until autumn 1991. Conceptions to women usually resident in England and Wales which led to a maternity or were terminated by abortion under the Abortion Act 1967 are included; those which led to an illegal or spontaneous abortion are excluded.
Number of conceptions (thousands)
| Conceptions terminated by abortion
| Conception rates per 1,000 women in age-group
| Conceptions terminated by abortion
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Total conceptions
| Conceptions leading to maternities
| Total conceptions
| Conceptions leading to maternities
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All maternities
| Live births
| Still births
| All maternities
| Live births
| Still births
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| 1985 | 31,939 | 22,235 | 22,109 | 126 | 9,704 | 80·7 | 56·2 | 55·8 | 0·3 | 24·5 |
| 1986 | 32,177 | 22,456 | 22,357 | 99 | 9,721 | 83·6 | 58·4 | 58·1 | 0·3 | 25·3 |
| 1987 | 33,648 | 23,114 | 22,983 | 131 | 10,534 | 87·7 | 60·3 | 59·9 | 0·3 | 27·5 |
| 1988 | 32,208 | 21,672 | 21,550 | 122 | 10,536 | 86·9 | 58·5 | 58·2 | 0·3 | 28·4 |
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| 1970 | 45,853 | 41,489 | 41,048 | 441 | 4,364 | 136·6 | 123·6 | 122·3 | 1·3 | 13·0 |
| 1971 | 42,770 | 37,408 | 37,018 | 390 | 5,362 | 130·9 | 114·5 | 113·3 | 1·2 | 16·4 |
| 1972 | 41,406 | 35,042 | 34,677 | 365 | 6,364 | 125·7 | 106·4 | 105·3 | 1·1 | 19·3 |
| 1973 | 39,080 | 32,766 | 32,403 | 363 | 6,314 | 117·4 | 98·4 | 97·3 | 1·1 | 19·0 |
| 1974 | 35,834 | 29,635 | 29,357 | 278 | 6,199 | 110·7 | 91·6 | 90·7 | 0·9 | 19·2 |
| 1975 | 34,216 | 28,177 | 27,908 | 269 | 6,039 | 102·5 | 84·4 | 83·6 | 0·8 | 18·1 |
| 1976 | 32,652 | 26,617 | 26,367 | 250 | 6,035 | 95·3 | 77·7 | 77·0 | 0·7 | 17·6 |
| 1977 | 33,424 | 27,303 | 27,061 | 242 | 6,121 | 94·7 | 77·4 | 76·7 | 0·7 | 17·3 |
| 1978 | 35,872 | 28,953 | 28,705 | 248 | 6,919 | 99·1 | 80·0 | 79·3 | 0·7 | 19·1 |
| 1979 | 38,110 | 30,015 | 29,766 | 249 | 8,095 | 102·4 | 80·6 | 80·0 | 0·7 | 21·7 |
| 1980 | 37,475 | 29,187 | 28,975 | 212 | 8,288 | 96·4 | 75·1 | 74·6 | 0·5 | 21·3 |
| 1981 | 37,458 | 29,087 | 28,886 | 201 | 8,371 | 94·0 | 73·0 | 72·5 | 0·5 | 21·0 |
| 1982 | 36,614 | 27,961 | 27,784 | 177 | 8,653 | 90·1 | 68·8 | 68·3 | 0·4 | 21·3 |
| 1983 | 35,318 | 26,872 | 26,719 | 153 | 8,446 | 84·8 | 64·5 | 64·2 | 0·4 | 20·3 |
| 1984 | 36,993 | 27,691 | 27,517 | 174 | 9,302 | 89·3 | 66·9 | 66·4 | 0·4 | 22·5 |
| 1985 | 37,157 | 27,489 | 27,351 | 138 | 9,668 | 91·7 | 67·9 | 67·5 | 0·3 | 23·9 |
| 1986 | 37,205 | 27,419 | 27,271 | 148 | 9,786 | 93·5 | 68·9 | 68·6 | 0·4 | 24·6 |
| 1987 | 39,048 | 27,911 | 27,771 | 140 | 11,137 | 101·1 | 72·2 | 71·9 | 0·4 | 28·8 |
| 1988 | 38,475 | 26,878 | 26,731 | 147 | 11,597 | 100·0 | 69·8 | 69·5 | 0·4 | 30·1 |
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1970
| 54,244 | 49,573 | 48,992 | 581 | 4,671 | 155·4 | 142·0 | 140·4 | 1·7 | 13·4 |
| 1971 | 49,030 | 43,637 | 43,158 | 479 | 5,393 | 145·6 | 129·6 | 128·2 | 1·4 | 16·0 |
| 1972 | 45,760 | 39,838 | 39,451 | 387 | 5,922 | 139·3 | 121·3 | 120·1 | 1·2 | 18·0 |
| 1973 | 43,844 | 37,743 | 37,318 | 425 | 6,101 | 132·3 | 113·9 | 112·6 | 1·3 | 18·4 |
| 1974 | 41,290 | 35,365 | 35,009 | 356 | 5,925 | 123·7 | 105·9 | 104·9 | 1·1 | 17·8 |
| 1975 | 38,396 | 32,730 | 32,441 | 289 | 5,666 | 117·9 | 100·5 | 99·6 | 0·9 | 17·4 |
| 1976 | 36,336 | 30,916 | 30,647 | 269 | 5,420 | 108·3 | 92·1 | 91·3 | 0·8 | 16·2 |
| 1977 | 38,059 | 32,437 | 32,159 | 278 | 5,622 | 110·5 | 94·2 | 93·4 | 0·8 | 16·3 |
| 1978 | 40,902 | 34,302 | 34,064 | 238 | 6,600 | 115·1 | 96·5 | 95·9 | 0·7 | 18·6 |
| 1979 | 43,025 | 35,601 | 35,350 | 251 | 7,424 | 118·3 | 97·9 | 97·2 | 0·7 | 20·4 |
| 1980 | 43,026 | 35,296 | 35,055 | 241 | 7,730 | 114·8 | 94·2 | 93·5 | 0·6 | 20·6 |
| 1981 | 41,931 | 33,852 | 33,633 | 219 | 8,079 | 107·2 | 86·5 | 86·0 | 0·6 | 20·7 |
| 1982 | 42,104 | 33,836 | 33,653 | 183 | 8,268 | 104·9 | 84·3 | 83·8 | 0·5 | 20·6 |
| 1983 | 40,384 | 32,257 | 32,051 | 206 | 8,127 | 98·3 | 78·5 | 78·0 | 0·5 | 19·8 |
| 1984 | 42,227 | 33,399 | 33,205 | 194 | 8,828 | 101·2 | 80·0 | 79·6 | 0·5 | 21·1 |
| 1985 | 42,140 | 32,744 | 32,554 | 190 | 9,396 | 101·1 | 78·6 | 78·1 | 0·5 | 22·5 |
| 1986 | 42,376 | 32,348 | 32,178 | 170 | 10,028 | 104·0 | 79·4 | 78·9 | 0·4 | 24·6 |
| 1987 | 43,712 | 32,808 | 32,650 | 158 | 10,904 | 109·3 | 82·0 | 81·6 | 0·4 | 27·3 |
| 1988 | 43,087 | 31,515 | 31,362 | 153 | 11,572 | 111£1 | 81·2 | 80·9 | 0·4 | 29·8 |
(b) Numbers and rates of conceptions by outcome to women aged under 16, 1987
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England and Wales
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Number of conceptions
| Conceptions terminated by abortion
| Conception rates per 1,000 women aged 13 to 15
| Conceptions terminated by abortion
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Total conceptions
| Conceptions leading to maternities
| Total conceptions
| Conceptions leading to maternities
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All maternities
| Live births
| Still births
| All maternities
| Live births
| Still births
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| 9,135 | 4,185 | 4,159 | 26 | 4,950 | 9·3 | 4·2 | 4·2 | 0·0 | 5·0 |