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Mr. John D. Taylor
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many women under the age of 20 years gave birth to babies in each of the last five years within the Eastern health board area; how many of these women were single; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Hanley
The information requested is as follows:
| Live births | Still births | |||
| Year | Total | Single women | Total | Single women |
| 1986 | 852 | 547 | 5 | 3 |
| 1987 | 833 | 571 | 7 | 6 |
| 1988 | 869 | 646 | 3 | 2 |
| 1989 | 769 | 604 | 3 | 2 |
| 11990 | 728 | 599 | 4 | 3 |
| 1 Provisional. | ||||
Source: Statistics held by General Register Office.