"Figure 1: The number of conceptions (in thousands) and the conception rate in England and Wales, 1969–2011","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. Rates have been calculated using the latest population estimates. Rates for 2002-2010 have been calculated using the revised mid-year population estimates which take account of the 2011 Census." "Unit","" "","" "Year","Number of conceptions (thousands)","Conception Rate (per thousand) [1]" "1969","832.7","89.1" "1970","876.9","93.8" "1971","835.5","89.1" "1972","801.0","85.0" "1973","762.1","80.4" "1974","724.3","76.1" "1975","693.3","72.4" "1976","671.6","69.4" "1977","686.4","70.1" "1978","747.9","75.3" "1979","774.1","76.8" "1980","765.0","74.8" "1981","752.3","72.7" "1982","755.3","72.3" "1983","753.4","71.4" "1984","790.1","74.2" "1985","797.2","74.1" "1986","818.9","75.1" "1987","850.4","77.4" "1988","849.5","77.1" "1989","864.7","78.5" "1990","871.5","79.2" "1991","853.7","77.7" "1992","828.0","76.3" "1993","819.0","76.2" "1994","801.6","74.8" "1995","790.3","73.8" "1996","816.9","76.2" "1997","800.4","74.6" "1998","797.0","74.2" "1999","774.0","71.9" "2000","767.0","70.9" "2001","763.7","70.3" "2002","787.0","72.1" "2003","806.8","73.5" "2004","826.8","74.9" "2005","841.8","75.5" "2006","870.0","77.5" "2007","895.9","79.4" "2008","888.6","78.6" "2009","896.5","79.3" "2010","909.2","80.5" "2011","909.1","80.4"