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Teenage Pregnancy

David Simpson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many births there were to mothers aged (a) 19, (b) 18, (c) 17, (d) 16, (e) 15, (f) 14 and (g) 13 years old in (i) each Northern Ireland health board, (ii) Wales, (iii) Scotland and (iv) England in each of the last 10 years. [132150]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 23 April 2007:

As the National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question about how many births there were to mothers aged (a) 19, (b) 18, (c) 17, (d) 16, (e) 15, (f) 14 and (g) 13 years old in (i) each Northern Ireland health board, (ii) Wales, (iii) Scotland and (iv) England in each of the last 10 years. (132150)

The latest year for which figures are available is 2005. The attached table provides the figures requested for the years 1996 to 2005.

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Live births to mothers aged 13 to 19( 1) in Northern Ireland Health Boards, Wales, Scotland and England( 2,3) , 1996 to 2005( 4)
		Northern Ireland Health and Social Service Board
	Mother's age	Eastern	Northern	Southern	Western	Total	Wales	Scotland	England
1996	13	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	30
	14	9	3	0	1	13	27	23	232
	15	15	13	4	8	40	113	134	1,218
	16	81	35	24	20	160	342	494	4,152
	17	137	83	45	60	325	691	1,001	8,690
	18	195	77	74	79	425	886	1,343	11,885
	19	253	134	97	134	618	1,196	1,546	15,188
	13 to 19	690	346	244	302	1,582	3,256	4,544	41,395
1997	13	0	0	0	0	0		2	26
	14	2	1	0	0	3	18	23	239
	15	21	6	2	7	36	106	153	1,207
	16	80	32	16	23	151	359	505	4,140
	17	142	103	43	59	347	700	1,101	9,091
	18	242	112	76	83	513	1,025	1,390	12,995
	19	242	121	96	135	594	1,144	1,661	15,301
	13 to 19	729	375	233	307	1,644	3,352	4,835	42,999
1998	13	0	1	0	0	1	2	5	37
	14	3	1	2	2	8	13	22	232
	15	16	16	5	10	47	98	110	1,156
	16	60	39	18	29	146	356	496	3,916
	17	145	70	54	66	335	733	1,112	9,229
	18	254	126	107	104	591	1,079	1,423	13,491
	19	264	135	100	108	607	1,229	1,634	16,694
	13 to 19	742	388	286	319	1,735	3,510	4,802	44,755
1999	13	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	33
	14	3	1	2	0	6	18	18	210
	15	28	10	9	9	56	79	123	1,125
	16	69	29	18	34	150	311	420	3,791
	17	143	86	52	68	349	764	1,050	8,683
	18	235	136	85	109	565	991	1,501	13,572
	19	275	146	104	139	664	1,305	1,642	17,472
	13 to 19	754	408	270	359	1,791	3,470	4,755	44,886
2000	13	0	1	0	0	1	3	2	34
	14	3	4	0	3	10	22	19	223
	15	19	10	9	9	47	79	115	1,107
	16	91	30	16	27	164	284	370	3,539
	17	137	73	46	54	310	671	954	8,232
	18	215	85	87	95	482	1,036	1,382	12,685
	19	257	141	91	111	600	1,209	1,757	16,696
	13 to 19	722	344	249	299	1,614	3,304	4,599	42,516
2001	13	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	36
	14	2	1	0	0	3	14	16	227
	15	24	5	2	6	37	77	115	1,061
	16	61	24	26	18	129	263	410	3,436
	17	127	67	51	34	279	630	868	7,956
	18	209	104	84	94	491	993	1,339	12,162
	19	229	149	91	115	584	1,189	1,695	16,116
	13 to 19	652	350	255	267	1,524	3,167	4,444	40,994
2002	13	1	0	0	1	2	6	2	40
	14	1	1	0	1	3	13	17	201
	15	14	10	2	5	31	77	91	999
	16	54	22	16	21	113	254	358	3,349
	17	136	60	43	63	302	591	915	7,989
	18	200	119	76	95	490	904	1,247	12,081
	19	235	135	85	106	561	1,117	1,565	15,823
	13 to 19	641	347	222	292	1,502	2,962	4,195	40,482
2003	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	24
	14	2	0	0	2	4	10	13	176
	15	9	9	7	4	29	56	89	969
	16	62	22	20	17	121	230	350	3,390
	17	125	46	44	52	267	582	906	8,096
	18	238	99	62	72	471	969	1,285	12,470
	19	251	138	99	103	591	1,095	1,509	16,150
	13 to 19	687	314	232	250	1,483	2,944	4,155	41,275
2004	13	0	1	2	0	3	1	1	23
	14	1	0	0	0	1	5	12	178
	15	21	7	4	3	35	61	83	951
	16	52	40	22	19	133	241	344	3,392
	17	122	63	37	50	272	612	853	8,211
	18	221	97	75	75	468	954	1,290	12,734
	19	256	136	87	95	574	1,239	1,589	16,483
	13 to 19	673	344	227	242	1,486	3,113	4,172	41,972
2005	13	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	14
	14	3	2	0	0	5	16	16	173
	15	17	7	1	4	29	70	86	907
	16	51	29	14	16	110	249	322	3,264
	17	134	54	52	45	285	609	853	8,074
	18	202	86	65	60	413	922	1,280	12,457
	19	254	121	80	97	552	1,232	1,612	16,826
	13 to 19	661	299	213	222	1,395	3,099	4,171	41,715
(1) Age refers to age at the time of the birth. (2) Data for Northern Ireland exclude births to mothers not usually resident in Northern Ireland at the time of birth. Similarly, data for England and Wales exclude births to mothers not usually resident in England and Wales. Data for Scotland include births to mothers not usually resident in Scotland. For this reason the number of births shown here will not exactly sum to total UK births at ages 13 to 19. (3) Births registered in Northern Ireland have been allocated to Health and Social Services Boards according to the usual residence of the mother. Births registered in England and Wales are assigned to England or Wales according to usual residence of the mother. (4) For Northern Ireland and Scotland, figures relate to the number of live births registered in each calendar year. For England and .Wales, figures relate to the number of live births occurring in each calendar year. Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency: Office for National Statistics; General Register Office for Scotland.

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