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Pregnant Women: Death
Mr. Amess: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many women aged (a) 14 to 16, (b) 17 to 21, (c) 22 to 24, (d) 25 to 30, (e) 31 to 35 and (f) 36 to 40 years old died from pregnancy-related diseases in each year since 1979. [261392]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many women aged (a) 14 to 16, (b) 17 to 21, (c) 22 to 24, (d) 25 to 30, (e) 31 to 35 and (f) 36 to 40 years old died from pregnancy-related diseases in each year since 1979. (261392)
The table attached provides the number of deaths with an underlying cause related to pregnancy or childbirth for women aged (a) 14 to 16, (b) 17 to 21, (c) 22 to 24, (d) 25 to 30, (c) 31 to 35 and (f) 36 to 40 years old, in England and Wales, from 1979 to 2007 (the latest year available).
| Table 1: Number of deaths with an underlying cause of death related to pregnancy or childbirth, by age group, England and Wales, 1979 — 2007( 1,2,3) | ||||||
| Deaths (females) | ||||||
| 14-16 | 17-21 | 22-24 | 25-30 | 31-35 | 36-40 | |
| (1) Deaths with an underlying cause related to pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium were defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (1CD-9) codes 630-676 for the years 1979 to 2000, and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes 000-099 for the years 2001 to 2007. (2) Figures include deaths of non-residents. (3) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. | ||||||
Public Opinion
Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much his Department and its agencies spent on (a) opinion polling, (b) focus groups and (c) other forms of market research in each year since 1997; what surveys were commissioned; and what the purpose was of each. [261204]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested is not held centrally and therefore is available only at disproportionate cost.
Teenage Pregnancy
Mr. Amess: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many girls aged 16 years and under of each age (a) became pregnant, (b) had an abortion, (c) gave birth and gave the child up for adoption and (d) gave birth and kept the child in each region in the last year for which figures are available. [261394]
Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated March 2009:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how-many girls aged 16 years and under of
each age (a) became pregnant, (b) had an abortion, (c) gave birth and gave the child up for adoption and (d) gave birth and kept the child in each region in the last year for which figures are available. (261394)
Available figures are estimates of the number of conceptions that resulted in a live birth and/or stillbirth (a maternity) or a legal termination.
To preserve confidentiality of individuals, figures for girls aged under 15 are not available for each age. The numbers of girls that (a) became pregnant and (b) had an abortion in each Government Office Region in 2007 (the most recent year for which figures are available), are shown in the attached table. Figures for 2007 are provisional.
Information on girls that (c) gave birth and gave the child up for adoption and (d) gave birth and kept the child are not available. The attached table includes, instead, the total number of maternities to girls aged under 16.
| Number of conceptions to girls aged under 15, 15 and 16 by Government Office Region (GOR), 2007 | |||
| GOR | Total number of conceptions | Number leading to an abortion | Number leading to a maternity |
| Note: Figures for 2007 are provisional | |||
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