8. PSA AND DSO PERFORMANCE
8.1.2 What are the conception and abortion
rates for (i) under 18-year-olds (PSA indicator 14.4/DSO indicator
1.18) and (ii) under 14-year-olds, for each year from 1998? (Q93)
Answer
1. The available information is given in
tables 93a and 93b.
2. Conception rates consist of conceptions
leading to births and conceptions leading to abortions.
3. Between 1998 and 2007, the under-18 conception
rate fell by 10.7%, reversing the previous upward trend. The under-14 conception
rate has fallen 8% in the same period.
4. The under-18 conception rate increased
by 2.6% between 2006 and 2007. Provisional conception data
for quarter 4, 2007 and quarter 1, 2008 suggest that
there will be a decline in the under-18 conception rate in
2008—a return to the trend established between 1998 and
2006.
5. Trends in abortion data can not be deduced
in the same way because there have been changes in the way the
data is collected.
Table 93a
TEENAGE CONCEPTIONS
|
Age group/
year | Number of
conceptions
| Conception rate per
1,000 women
| % leading to legal
abortions
|
|
| Under-18s |
| |
|
| 1998 | 41,089
| 46.60 | 41.90
|
| 1999 | 39,247
| 44.80 | 43.50
|
| 2000 | 38,699
| 43.60 | 44.30
|
| 2001 | 38,461
| 42.50 | 45.60
|
| 2002 | 39,350
| 42.70 | 45.20
|
| 2003 | 39,553
| 42.20 | 45.70
|
| 2004 | 39,593
| 41.60 | 45.50
|
| 2005 | 39,804
| 41.30 | 46.30
|
| 2006 | 39,170
| 40.60 | 48.40
|
| 2007 | 40,298
| 41.70 | 50.00
|
Under-14s |
| |
|
| 1998 | 423
| 1.30 | 59.80
|
| 1999 | 406
| 1.30 | 57.10
|
| 2000 | 397
| 1.20 | 59.40
|
| 2001 | 400
| 1.20 | 55.20
|
| 2002 | 390
| 1.20 | 61.80
|
| 2003 | 334
| 1.00 | 61.70
|
| 2004 | 337
| 1.00 | 62.00
|
| 2005 | 327
| 1.00 | 59.60
|
| 2006 | 295
| 0.90 | 63.10
|
| 2007 | 380
| 1.20 | 61.30
|
|
| Source: |
Office for National Statistics
|
| Footnotes: |
| 1. Under-18 conceptions rates are per 1,000 women aged 15 to 17.
|
| 2. Under 14 conceptions rates are per 1,000 women aged 13.
|
| 3. Conceptions data for 2007 is provisional.
|
| 4. Data for under-18s relates to England only.
|
| 5. Data for under-14s relates to England and Wales.
|
Table 93b
TEENAGE ABORTIONS
|
| Age group/year | Number of abortions
| Abortion rate
per 1,000 women
|
|
| Under-18s |
| |
| 1998 | 17,186
| 26.51(2) |
| 1999 | 16,560
| 26.01(2) |
| 2000 | 17,082
| 26.65(2) |
| 2001 | 17,273
| 26.83(2) |
| 2002 | 17,449
| 21.10(3) |
| 2003 | 18,122
| 18.2 |
| 2004 | 17,892
| 17.8 |
| 2005 | 18,023
| 17.8 |
| 2006 | 18,619
| 18.2 |
| 2007 | 20,289
| 19.8 |
| 2008 | 19,387
| 18.9 |
Under-14s |
| |
| 1998 | 175
| n/a (4) |
| 1999 | 162
| n/a (4) |
| 2000 | 162
| n/a (4) |
| 2001 | 148
| n/a (4) |
| 2002 | 168
| n/a (4) |
| 2003 | 148
| n/a (4) |
| 2004 | 157
| n/a (4) |
| 2005 | 137
| n/a (4) |
| 2006 | 135
| n/a (4) |
| 2007 | 163
| n/a (4) |
| 2008 | 166
| n/a (4) |
|
| Source: |
| Department of Health Statistical Bulletins.
|
Footnotes:
|
| 1. Data relate to residents of England and Wales.
|
| 2. Rates are for women aged 16 to 19.
|
| 3. Rates are for women aged 16 to 17.
|
| 4. Rates for women aged under 14 are not available.
|
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